Anton Corbijn Depeche Mode Over their nearly four decades together as a band, British synth-rock icons Depeche Mode have released 13 albums, topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, toured the world countless times, and garnered enough acclaim and influence to be nominated for the Rock…

We are the bigots, we have not evolved/we have no respect, we have lost control. That’s the opening line to Going Backwards, the brooding first track off Depeche Mode’s 14th studio album Spirit. Even for a band known for moodiness, it’s an especially dour note. It’s clear the electronic titans are…

Depeche Mode is back with its timeliest work yet. Take protest song Where's the Revolution, the lead single off the synth-rock trio's new album Spirit (out Friday). "You've been lied to, you've been fed truths. Who's making your decisions?" frontman Dave Gahan hisses over blistering synths, urging…

After Vince Clark left Depeche Mode for Yazoo in 1981, the band transitioned from purveyors of sleek electropop to another gloomy-but-not-quite-goth synth band. Yeah, they still knew how to write good singles, but the most of their LPs were dominated by intellectually hollow philosophy rather than…

Synth-pop pioneers Depeche Mode are back this month with a new album, their first in since 2013: Spirit is out March 17 on Columbia Records. For many fans, the timing of its release is just further proof that the band will only release an album every four years. That much has been true roughly…

Végre van valami, amiben nem kullogunk tízéves lemaradással a világ után! Mivel egy kispesti lakótelepen nőttem fel, már egészen kis koromban megfigyelhettem, ahogy Bonanza Banzai és Depeche Mode tetkós nácik gyülekeznek a házunk előtti játszótéren, és indulnak együttes erővel a Pecsába Depeche…