Results tagged “depeche mode”

[Moozik: Depeche Mode - Peace]

• I'm taking the fact that my ears ring when I get out of my car as a sign that I could possibly be listening to music way too loudly again. Still, who doesn't love to rock out while driving? Safer than texting right? I really hope that they come up with some kind of cure for deafness in the next 10 years or so.

• Why do some people insist on continuing their phone conversations in the public toilets? As classy as that may be, please don't. I really don't want to hear you ask your wife to water the plants and argue about how much beer you drank the night before while I'm, er, well you know.

• "I'm leaving anger in the past with all the shadows that it cast." Peace by Depeche Mode is, by far, the best track on Sounds of the Universe. So far anyway. Of my most listened to tracks of the past 3 months, Sounds of the Universe now has 3 in the top ten.

• Ok, so this is related. Go watch Marty's remake of Depeche Mode's Wrong video. Genius I tell you.

• Now that the move is all done with, this means no more commuting on the freeway. Woohoo. Here in the US when your commute does not involve a freeway they say you're taking the "surface streets". Don't ask me why, I just live here.

[Moozik: Depeche Mode - In Chains]

Consider this a Depeche Mode public service announcement.

Rejoice kids. For today the new album is officially released in the US. Lucky buggers in Europe have already had a day's head start. And I'm not at all envious that my friend already received the box set on Saturday. No.

So go listen forthwith. I'll certainly be doing so as well as soon as my iTunes Pass download is complete.

Happy DM day!!

[Moozik: The Horrorist - Born This Way]

I have to admit, I've been thoroughly underwhelmed by my little Depeche Mode iTunes Pass purchase so far. Two songs were instantly downloaded at time of purchase with the promise of the album when released and "more". More thus far has consisted of a remix of an album track and remix of one of the bonus tracks from the boxset.

Hopefully my $18.99 is going to prove to be money well spent and I'm just being a little impatient. What I am hoping for is that they pick the boxset bonus track Ghost as one of the downloads. For the little teaser they posted does sound rather good.

Earlier this week I finally finished my slog through the first of the South By Southwest torrents. Of the 519 tracks I ended up keeping 22. The find of the torrent turned out to be a band called Low Line Caller. The song Built On Gasoline is really quite good. An 80s new wavey kind of feel, atmospheric synths with some bass work to make Simon Gallup & Peter Hook proud.

[Moozik: Depeche Mode - Wrong]

I don't usually post this much about a particular band in general and if you don't like Depeche Mode then you've been finding these postings of mine all rather boring. And with that, here comes, you guessed it, another Depeche Mode post.

I did pony up my cash for the iTunes Pass after all and got my first two downloads right away. The single, Wrong, did take a good few listens to get into but I'm pleased to say it has grown on me over the past couple of days.

In true shock, horror, film-at-11 style news, the video for the song is actually quite good. It reminds me of the days where the music industry actually put some effort into making entertaining videos.

So, give it a gander, what do you think?

[Moozik: White Lies - Farewell To The Fairground]

Apple are using my favorite band in a little experiment. They just announced their pass feature and as far as I can tell, it's like DVR'ing an entire season of a TV programme, but for music instead. You pay up front and then you receive new songs, remixes and videos via iTunes on a regular basis as they become available.

I don't really think I'll find the new feature useful for other bands, but I'm totally stoked that they chose Depeche Mode as their Guinea Pig. Of course, I'm this close to handing over my $18.99 for my Depeche Mode Pass.

They're my favorite band after all. Have I mentioned that?

[Moozik: Icon Of Coil - Activate]

Rejoice kids, for today Depeche Mode have announced their North American tour dates at last.

Friday, July 24th (Toronto)
Saturday, July 25th (Montreal)
Tuesday, July 28th (Washington, DC)
Friday, July 31st (Boston)
Saturday, August 1st (Atlantic City)
Monday, August 3rd (New York)
Monday, August 10th (Seattle)
Wednesday, August 12th (San Francisco)
Friday, August 14th (San Diego)
Sunday, August 16th (Los Angeles)
Monday, August 17th (Los Angeles)
Thursday, August 20th (Santa Barbara)
Saturday, August 22nd (Las Vegas)
Sunday, August 23rd (Phoenix)
Tuesday, August 25th (Salt Lake City)
Thursday, August 27th (Denver)
Saturday, August 29th (Dallas)
Sunday, August 30th (Houston)
Tuesday, Sept 1st (Atlanta)
Friday, Sept 4th (Tampa)
Saturday, Sept 5th (Ft. Lauderdale)

Oh yes, we're so going to be there, whichever venue there turns out to be ;-)

[Moozik: Fujiya & Miyagi - Knickerbocker]

Mark your calendars kids; Depeche Mode release their new album on April 21st. That means that this year will be the year they reclaim their my fave band ever title back from The Cure.

January 15, 2009- Groundbreaking, chart-topping electro legends Depeche Mode are proud to announce the release of their long-anticipated new studio album, Sounds Of The Universe on April 21, 2009 (Mute Records).

Eclectic and energized, the band's new release is their most dazzling and diverse album in decades. Recorded in Santa Barbara and New York, Depeche Mode returned to using a lot of vintage gear, from analogue synthesizers to drum machines, in order to conjure up the retro-futuristic arrangements featured on the album. Lyrically the release contains many of the group's enduring obsessions plus more overt black humor than any of their previous collections.

I'm patiently waiting for them to announce tour dates and hoping they don't decide to take the Nine Inch Nails approach and skip Phoenix.

Thanks Cindy.

[Moozik: Edge Of Dawn - The Flight (Lux)]

Over the course of a career, a band will perhaps produce one album that really stands out among all their others. An album that signifies their defining moment; their masterpiece. U2 managed this with The Joshua Tree, The Cure with Disintegration. Depeche Mode's seventh studio album Violator is, without a doubt, their masterpiece.

The band were approaching the pinnacle of their career both creatively and in popularity. They had finally cracked America with their sixth album, Music For The Masses, and had finished up a hugely successful world tour culminating with a final concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl on June 18th 1988 in front of 60,000 fans.

Released in early 1990, Violator instantly became my favorite album ever. It is, quite simply, stunning. The attention to detail to every single sound, noise, beep, melody, and rhythm by Alan Wilder is amazing. Anyone who has heard Martin Gore's original demo for Enjoy The Silence should really appreciate how much studio time Wilder and producer Flood must have put in to come up with the electronic masterpiece that Enjoy The Silence would ultimately become.

There aren't many albums that I can honestly say I love every single song, this album is one of them though. Enjoy The Silence is perhaps, the best song DM ever made. The other three singles, Personal Jesus, Policy Of Truth, and World In My Eyes are classics.

What makes the album stand out for me though is that you can take away the singles and still be left with some of the best songs DM have made. Halo, Blue Dress, and Clean really shine. Clean, with Alan Wilder on live drums would ultimately grow on me and I find myself playing this song more and more over time. The irony of Dave Gahan's impending drug use isn't lost on me as I listen to him sing 'now that I'm clean, you know what I mean, I've broken my fall, put an end to it all, I've changed my routine'.

If you only ever listen to one Depeche Mode album ever, you owe it to yourself to pick this one. You won't be disappointed. 10/10.

Track Listing:

World In My Eyes
Sweetest Perfection
Personal Jesus
Halo
Waiting For The Night
Enjoy The Silence
Policy Of Truth
Blue Dress
Clean

[Moozik: Depeche Mode - Nothing]

This is one of those how did I not know this video existed videos.

Depeche Mode, Enjoy The Silence, on top of the World Trade Center.

Thank you Dan ;-)