Guardian Music — From witty rap and songs filled with extreme emotion to mesmeric electro-pop, we profile five young acts set to make their mark on the music world HURTSWho Hurts, aka 23-year-old Theo Hutchcraft on vocals and 26-year-old Adam Anderson on keyboar... more info

The Red Radio — This is pretty cool actually. The track Milakia, which was originally written during Depeche Mode's Ultra era, has surfaced on the new Bomb The Bass album. Martin Gore contributed the track, which he wrote. He also plays synthesizers on this... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — After officially splitting from Depeche Mode in 1995, longtime member Alan Wilder finally went ahead with his side project Recoil. Wilder started Recoil in 1985, but efforts were halfhearted due to his responsibilities with DM... In 1997 Wilder was f... more info

Guardian Music — Eighties references? Check! Big whoosh noise before chorus? Check! Gremlins-inspired name? Er, what?We've yet to receive clarification from Rod Thomas as to whether it was Gremlins, the 80s cult horror movie, that inspired his moniker. In the film, t... more info

The Red Radio — Back on this day in 1990, Depeche Mode brought their World Violation tour to Dodger's Stadium here in Los Angeles. Pretty pissed we never caught the band on this tour as it was in support of their insanely giant album... more info

DJmag — Robbie Rivera, born in 1973 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, had his first encounter with music when he was only 10 years old. Buying records from acts like New Order, Depeche Mode and U2, it wasn't long before he started spinning records. "I was 13 and had... more info

Guardian Music — Depech Mode played through a duvet? That'll be Coolrunnings"You want to kiss my egg?" Who doesn't love the 1993 comedy about a Jamaican bobsleigh team who overcome prejudice to compete in the Winter Olympics? It's a seminal movie, like Raging Bull. W... more info

The Red Radio — Depeche Mode's Martin Gore turns 49 today. A little throwback to his 80's glory days above. more info

MTV.com News — Nicolas Cage in an action-packed fantasy epic that's not just for kids. Nicolas Cage in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" Photo: Disney Kid flicks have ruled this summer, with movies like "Toy Story 3," "The Karate Kid" and "Despicable Me" rackin... more info

Pop Bytes — † FROM DJ PAUL V. I think I wanna move to Sweden. Not only is the crime rate next to nil, the fair people of Sweden sure know their way around making the best pop music in history! I have been a fan-boy-geek over Robyn for a long time now... more info