Vince Clarke co-founded Depeche Mode in 1979 or thereabouts, wrote early singles like "Just Can't Get Enough" and "Dreaming Of Me" and "New Life," and then left the band before they took on a…   Read Story »

U2 were awarded the Greatest Act Of The Last 25 Years at this week's Q Awards. The mag lovefest continues today with the newsstand release of issue #305, which is mounted with AHK-toong BAY-bi, an…   Read Story »

The viral-video feelgood story and lite-FM radio star Susan Boyle has done something vaguely unexpected on her new album. She's included a cover of "Enjoy The Silence," Depeche Mode's classic 1990…   Read Story »

Achtung Baby, the album on which U2 discovered dance beats and self-awareness and essentially cemented their all-timer credentials, turns 20 in November. The band is already celebrating that big…   Read Story »

Yesterday we posted a live version of an ethereal new tune Bat For Lashes did at Australia's Vivid Festival. The second part of the Opera House set was performed acoustic with a string quartet -- six…   Read Story »

This week we've got new clips from Depeche Mode, James Blake, Beyoncé, Calvin Harris, Princeton, and Alcoholic Faith Mission. The Depeche Mode clip is directed by Patrick Daughters. He's one of my…   Read Story »

In a photo spread titled "Ballad Of A Thin Man" and subtitled "Godfathers Of Glam" and basically boiling down to "Someone Old, Something New," this Sunday's T Mag juxtaposed the exquisitely preserved…   Read Story »

Gucci Guilty For Him, a new men's cologne from the Italian label, hired Bat For Lashes' Natasha Khan to do this cover of "Strangelove" for the "soundtrack for the upcoming release" of the fragrance.…   Read Story »

Why all the nudity in 2009? Well, look at this way: The affordability of video production technology has made it easier for everybody to get in the game; the unceremonious death of music television…   Read Story »

Eric Wareheim directed a music video for Depeche Mode, and needless to say, it is gross. And NSFW. But perfect for alternative-future-underage-carnival-band fetishists who engage in aggressive…   Read Story »