Wherever you stand in the post-Brexit, post-Trump (possibly literally by the time you read this), post-facts era, one thing’s certain: the world hasn’t felt this messed up in decades. But while streets fill with protesters, the airwaves are strangely empty of dissenting voices. Sure, artists are…

At 56, Depeche Mode bandleader Martin Gore no longer feels the need to pull any lyrical punches. So he gets right to the prickly, political point on the band’s latest Spirit set, starting with its clickety-clacking rhetorical question of a lead single “Where’s the Revolution,” with a grim societal…

Akár a régi, akár az új Depeche Mode-ot várta a hallgató, csalódnia kellett, ennek ellenére a Spiritkellően kísérleti, kellően elektronikus és kellően önreflexív. A váratlanul frontális szövegek és a tudatos múltidézés bejött a legendás brit együttesnek, igazán erős anyaggal álltak elő. Depeche…

Van egy olyan mondás, hogy a zene a hangjegyek közti tér, vagy űr, ahogy jobban tetszik. Valószínűleg Martin Gore is erre hivatkozhat jó pár éve, mivel a Depeche Mode utóbbi lemezeit bármivel lehetett vádolni, csak túlfogalmazottsággal nem. Ezen a formulán nem nagyon változtat a Spirit sem,…

The Depeche Mode singer on crappy gigs, addiction and escaping death... twice Words by David Zammitt Photos by Anton Corbijn Dave Gahan is stationed in the basement of the swanky Bulgari Hotel in Knightsbridge. As I wait outside his room in music journalist purgatory, waiting for an interview…

10/04/2017 By Steven G. Titley Depeche Mode? ‘No thanks. I mean its New Romantic, isn’t it?’ All synthesizer and drum machine. As Saxon were telling me back in 1981, it was ‘denim and leather’ that ‘brought us all together’ not blouses and leather. My musically-myopic metal obsession passed…

(Columbia) UK release date: 17 March 2017 If music is indeed the soundtrack to our times, then Depeche Mode‘s first album for five years is a suitably bleak one. It’s a post-Brexit, Trumpian world now, and Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher obviously aren’t too happy about it. Over the…

A szerelem önmagában nem elég – Elveszett spirituális biztonságunkon kesereg új albumán a Depeche Mode Dátum: 2017. március. 23. csütörtök, 07:59 Forrás: ZeneFórum Szerző: Janurik János ​Tudatosan választottam cikkem szlogenjéül a Depeche Mode 1983-as Construction Time Again című albumát…

If you've ever wondered what the elegy for the 21st century sounds like, Spirit comes pretty close. Following 2013's Delta Machine, Depeche Mode (Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher) return with their 14th studio album, and most politically charged material to date. Spirit, the band's second…

It's rare for any musician from the '80s to smoothly transfer its appeal past that era without seeming like they're trying too hard to update themselves. The alternative is embracing their '80s-ness to such a degree it's almost pastiche. Depeche Mode has avoided both these pitfalls with a musical…