"Hourglass" by David Gahan

Depeche Mode is one of many '80s bands currently enjoying a sudden resurgence in fame, and impulsively being labeled as legends. Smartly striking while the iron is hot, lead singer Dave Gahan has chosen to capitalize on this surge by picking up his solo career. Gahan had no hand in writing any of the songs that propelled Depeche Mode to fame—in fact, he played no role in the bands' writing until 2005, so it's fun to imagine where he might take a project over which he has full control. Interestingly, Gahan takes a cue from the many contemporary bands who claim influence from Depeche Mode, borrowing from the band's synth-based electronica and incorporating darker melodies and instrumentation to give the music some edge. This chicken-or-the-egg scenario plays out most effectively on "Saw Something," a moody, meandering track that finds Gahan employing his perfectly haunting vocals to great success. Not long after that, though, things get uncomfortable. Lead single

Published: 2007-10-22 Provider: Artist Direct

She Wants Revenge Embrace Their Inner Depeche Mode On This Is Forever

She Wants Revenge promise a different sound on their upcoming second album, This Is Forever, inspired in part by their tour with Depeche Mode.

Published: 2007-10-05 Provider: VH1 Keywords: Artist, Shadow, Album, Index, Ultra, Hard, VH1, Movies, News, Rock, A-Z, on, TV,

Hourglass by Dave Gahan

This is the second solo album for the Depeche Mode singer. [Rock, Alternative]

Published: 2007-10-26 Provider: Metacritic

SELF-MODE MAN

DEPECHE Mode frontman Dave Gahan knows that rock 'n' roll eats musicians the same way kids gobble candy corn on Halloween. Just 10 years ago, the singer was a major rock casualty - between rumors of a suicide attempt (which Gahan has denied) and a...

Published: 2007-10-23 Provider: New York Post Keywords: Gahan, Deeper, life, part, album, home, song, music

Dave Gahan Reveales New Album Details

Dave Gahan, the frontman for Depeche Mode, revealed a few weeks back that he would be releasing a sophomore solo effort titled

Published: 2007-08-15 Provider: Artist Direct

MPFREE

Download these free MP3s through Friday at nypost.com Carrie Underwood, "So Small" Underwood had multi-platinum success with her debut disc and she's hoping to tap in to that again with her sophomore album, "Carnival Ride," featuring this lushly...

Published: 2007-10-23 Provider: New York Post Keywords: Deeper, Gahan, Depeche, Mode, Underwood, album, back, nypost, track, music

Rock List: Readers’ Best Eighties New Wave Bands

Inspired by last week’s announcement of the Regeneration Tour, we asked the Rock Dailyists to tell us their favorite New Wave acts of the 1980s. After rewatching the entire Savage Steve Holland filmography and tallying the votes, the readers have selected Echo & the Bunnymen as their favorite keyboard-stabbing, oddly hair-cutted New Wavers. Check out the entire top ten list after the jump. 1. Echo & the Bunnymen 2. New Order 3. Talking Heads 4. Psychedelic Furs 5. Elvis Costello 6. The Police 7. Depeche Mode 8. Duran Duran 9. The Cure 10. XTC [Photo: Musto/Redferns/Retna]

Published: 2008-04-14 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

"Audio Day Dream" by Blake Lewis

American Idol runner-up and "that guy" who made beatboxing a household term, Blake Lewis delivers an odd debut with Audio Daydream. He, like Kelly Clarkson earlier this year, is very proud in that he "wrote everything himself" which is a feat for American Idols. At first glance, you'd think he's just riffing a half-way decent Justin Timberlake impression. And in a lot of ways, he is. "Hate 2 Love Her" is sufficiently poppy, in that club-sounding way as Lewis muses "we're heading straight for disaster" because, you know, she's "making his heart hurt." That said, it's as if Lewis was very conscious in making sure he didn't rehash the sound arrangements of this decade's prominent R&B stars. In fact, the songs sound a bit like '80s Cure or Depeche Mode at times—we didn't see that one coming, but maybe we should have with that faux-Flock of Seagulls hair-do. And to further mix things up, "What'cha Got 2 Lose" has some

Published: 2007-12-14 Provider: Artist Direct

Hear Rolling Stone’s Favorite New Tracks Including Hurricane Chris, Robert Plant and Say Anything

Hurricane Chris, “The Hang Clap” Silly-fun club jam around the sleek bouncy sound that Louisianians call “ratchet” — and almost as catchy as “A Bay Bay.” [Listen]-[Review] Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, “Fortune Teller” Plant and Krauss transform the 1960s R&B standard into a sweet midtempo harmonic gem. [Listen]-[Review] Dave Gahan , “Use You” This Iggy Pop-inspired track proves that the Depeche Mode frontman can craft a song outside his band. [Listen]-[Review] Say Anything, “Retarded in Love” Cathartic, hook-filled emo — and now’s your chance to hear frontman Max Bemis fall apart yet one more time. [Listen]-[Review] Neil Young, “Ordinary People” The longest song in Young’s catalog (eighteen verses, endless horns) could also be his most bizarre. But it works. [Listen]-[Review]

Published: 2007-10-30 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Killers’ Joy Divison Cover Hits the Web, M.I.A. Helps Jailed Aussie Kids Rhyme, Jadakiss Free From Gun and Drug Charges

From the Ian Curtis biopic Control, check out the Killers’ take on Joy Division’s “Shadowplay.” The cover, which will also appear on the Killers’ upcoming B-sides collection Sawdust, finds the Las Vegas band putting a glossy sheen on the moody 1979 classic, like it was being filtered through a Depeche Mode machine. Who knew Joy Division could sound so sunny? Following the first trial showdown of the music industry vs. an illegal music downloader, the RIAA promises that many more of its kind will take place, regardless of whether or not Jammie Thomas, a woman in court for downloading 1,702 songs from Kazaa, is found guilty. “We’re in the long haul in terms of establishing that music has value,” said RIAA president Cary Sherman. M.I.A. has teamed up with an Australian all-girls juvenile detention center to record a new song. Through the Heaps Decent program, which helps indigenous and underprivileged youths break into the music industry, M.I.A. spent two days recording the track utilizing the center’s doors and other noises to establish the beat. The finished product will soon be previewed on the Heaps Decent MySpace page before the full track goes on iTunes, with all profits going back into the program. Prosecutors in Westchester County, New York, have dropped year-old weapon and drug charges against Jadakiss over a lack of DNA matches on a handgun found in a car Jadakiss was driving when he was pulled over and cops found the car reeked of marijuana in October 2006. Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Neilsen is planning on opening a hotel/restaurant in the band’s home base of Rockford, Illinois. “Rick’s,” as the building will be called, will also include a museum that will house Neilsen’s large guitar collection, which includes axes previously owned by Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley and Jack White.

Published: 2007-10-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

Depeche Mode- The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1

null (Album)A good cross-section of the DM catalog.

Published: 2006-12-04 Provider: IGN Keywords: The Best of Depeche Mode, Vol. 1 reviews, review

Depeche Mode- The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1

null (Album)A good cross-section of the DM catalog.

Published: 2006-12-04 Provider: IGN Keywords: The Best of Depeche Mode, Vol. 1 reviews, review