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Lollapalooza 2009 Was For The Kids

By Mike McCann (CHARTattack) August 14, 2009 3:54 pm

Festivals like last weekend's Lollapalooza are supposed to be irresistible to music fiends. You know, like Yogi Bear can't say no to a picnic basket. I attended the first seven Lollas back when it was a) a traveling carnival and b) more culturally relevant, so I've struggled the last few years between wanting to go to the new "destination...

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Depeche Mode Still Have It

By Caitlin Hotchkiss (CHARTattack) July 27, 2009 1:27 pm

Yes, they're still touring. Yes, it's the same original three guys. No, they probably don't need the money. But knowing that Depeche Mode are still playing because they love the music — and their fans — makes seeing them live that much more amazing an experience. With all three members nearing their fifties (but still all looking improbably good...

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Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan (Photo by Carrie Musgrave)

Depeche Mode — Sounds Of The Universe

By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) May 5, 2009 2:41 pm

Depeche Mode's past-their-prime output has been surprisingly potent, particularly given the internal personal problems that once plagued the band. Two well-received studio albums and a handful of best-of and remix collections have gone a long way to establishing the group's legacy. Sounds Of The Universe mixes the groove-driven sounds of 2001's...

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Depeche Mode Resurrect Their Past

By Jodi Goulart (CHARTattack) May 19, 2006 3:00 pm

The overall mood at Depeche Mode's second arena show in the past six months in Toronto was dark, gloomy and sexually taut, and the audience fucking loved it. In my December review, I mentioned that there was no love lost for the pioneering gloomy synth-rockers on the part of the crowd, and after last night's show I'm convinced that they all...

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Depeche Mode — Playing The Angel

By Jodi Goulart (CHARTattack) October 18, 2005 1:27 pm

A wailing siren opening on " A Pain That I'm Used To" heralds the return of British new wave kings Depeche Mode, on their eleventh studio album, Playing The Angel. It's a hard-edged album bristling with fuzzy guitars, rusty beats and Dave Gahan's dark lyrics that make current revivalists sound like spoon-fed sissies. Despite Playing...

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Dave Gahan — Paper Monsters/Martin Gore — Counterfeit 2

By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) June 3, 2003 11:39 am

Depeche Mode's split-ups, near-suicides and attempts to turn into a band playing "real" instruments have led us to where we are now — Dave Gahan and Martin Gore solo records. Gahan's best moment is the cautionary "Bottle Living," which would be fine if it wasn't for the eye-rolling melodrama. The plodding mid-tempo-ness of...

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I Read The News Today... For June 14, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff June 14, 2011 3:48 pm

Tom Hanks' production company is going to make a movie out of Green Day's American Idiot musical, which basically ensures it's going to be the least punk rock thing ever, even with Billie Joe Armstrong starring in it. Thurston Moore is going to be teaching writing classes at the Jack Kerouac School Of Disembodied Poetics, which is not a fake place...

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I Read The News Today... For May 9, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 9, 2011 4:10 pm

The Trews are opening for Kid Rock this summer. It might not seem like east coast hard rock would go with southern rap rock, but this actually makes perfect sense in our brains. D-Sisive and Muneshine are working on a gangsta rap album as The Birthday Boys. Consider this advanced warning. Check out the godawful cover art for Limp Bizkit's new...

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I Read The News Today... For June 18, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff June 18, 2010 1:13 pm

AC/DC soundalikes Airbourne will tour Canada in July. —MySpace Matt & Kim have announced a North American tour for this summer. No, they won't run around naked, but you can watch them doing that here. —MySpace The National's Aaron and Bryce Dessner are turning their multimedia show into an album. —Pitchfork Everybody take off your shirt...

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Alan Wilder Rejoins Depeche Mode For One Song In London

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 18, 2010 12:07 pm

Former Depeche Mode keyboardist Alan Wilder appeared on stage with the British synth pop band for the first time in 16 years. Wilder, who left Depeche Mode in 1995, joined singer Dave Gahan, multi-instrumentalist Martin Gore and bassist/synthesizer player Andrew Fletcher on Wednesday (Feb. 17) during their gig at London, England's Royal Albert...

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Depeche Mode's Martin Gore Subpoenaed Over Bizarre World Of Warcraft Lawsuit

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 25, 2009 5:23 pm

Here's probably the weirdest news you'll read this week. Depeche Mode's Martin Gore has been subpoenaed in a video gamer's lawsuit against Activision Blizzard and their World Of Warcraft game. A San Francisco gamer is suing the company for $1 million U.S. in punitive damages. He takes issue with World Of Warcraft's $14.99 U.S. monthly...

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Depeche Mode — "Fragile Tension"

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By CHARTattack Staff November 20, 2009 11:32 am

Depeche Mode float through space as beams of light in the video for Sounds Of The Universe's "Fragile Tension," which also features supernovas, strange, glitter-covered women and people falling towards a dying star. You can see Depeche Mode's video for "Hole To Feed" here, and the clip for "Peace" is here. Sounds Of...

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Depeche Mode — "Hole To Feed"

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By CHARTattack Staff September 29, 2009 3:40 pm

People get all up in each other's faces in Depeche Mode's clip for "Hole To Feed." Literally. There's a whole lot of face lickin' going on. It's pretty amusing, but you might not want to watch it if anyone squeamish is around. And yes, Dave Gahan is involved in the face lickage, so that means if you're obsessed with him you can pretend...

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