411 Mania — Drake serves up romance with a side order of smut, Kristinia DeBarge swipes a familiar hook to launch her pop career, Depeche Mode creates the perfect juxtaposition of hope and despair, Godsmack provides adequate rock station filler, Bon Jovi partici... more info

The Red Radio — You might remember that Depeche Mode teamed up with Live Here Now for their last tour, Touring The Angel, to offer fans live downloads and CDs of each show? We've got a copy of the band's performance at Coachella during... more info

Pasta Primavera — There’s a slew of sweet music out right now, but do you know what I’m really in love with?  Souvenir, a french singing Spanish electro pop band.  Maybe it’s my love for all things Depeche Mode and The Knife, so when a band incorporates a ... more info

Guardian Music — They sound as flat, synthy and funkless as any 80s pop band … and that's just fine. Alexis Petridis on La RouxOf the three synth-toting female singer-songwriters who have so far dominated the Big In 2009 lists, 20-year-old Elly Jackson is by fa... more info

Stereogum — It's unclear if Depeche Mode made the shift because they realized they were "Wrong" to mix and match songs on a single or because they wanted to replace psychedelic college rock with something more befitting "Peace." What we do know is that instea... more info

Totally Fuzzy — CTV said...TV THEMES: WELCOME BACK, KOTTERJohn Sebastian – Welcome Back (Kotter) (full version)John Sebastian – Welcome Back, Kotter (title version)http://halfhearteddude.wordpress.comRedtelephone66 said...The Glass Family "Electric Ban... more info

Live Daily — The Berlin Wall hindered Paul van Dyk's ability to fully listen to Western European and American music as a child. But now he has been charged with writing the official song celebrating the anniversary of the wall's demise. "We [he and partner Jo... more info

JamBase — Lollapalooza Has Announced Set Times Stage Conflicts Included The Chicago festival has announced the set times of their festival (STS9 gets a 4-5 p.m. slot...wtf?) prompting attendees to ponder which bands they'll be able to catch and who they'll... more info

Guardian Music — Despite the best efforts of Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen, Ticketmaster still rakes in millions in 'service fees' for concert tickets – but where does all the money go?On 3 June, concert promoter Live Nation dropped the service fee on more t... more info

The Culture Of Me — (photo by Candylust) Here's another really rad track from the marriage (not literal marriage, obvs.) of Natalia of Avian X and remixer Kolt13, in which we all get a cover track and remix, all in this concise, banging song. Depeche Mode's 1985 sin... more info