Depeche Mode

You’ve seen them at parties, lurking in the corner, waiting to engage in battle disguised as conversation. They’re indie rock know-it-alls, and no matter what band or musician you mention, they’ve got an opinion — strong and almost certainly negative — ready to ram down your throat...

A few days after their slow-burning synth goover of a new single surfaced online, Depeche Mode are giving us a chance to see what 'Heaven' looks like. Director Timothy Saccenti -- the man behind a string of memorable clips, from Animal Collective's 'Peacebone' to Yeasayer's 'Longevity' -- helmed the video, which intersperses footage of the Mode playing in a spacious vaulted cathedral with striking

Optimus Alive! 2013 is set to take place on the scenic Alges riverside in Oeiras, Portugal, from July 12-14. Featured acts for the highly anticipated music festival include Kings of Leon, Depeche Mode and Two Door Cinema Club, along with the recent additions of Green Day and Biffy Clyro.

Depeche Mode fans are in 'Heaven!' That's the name of the first single off the veteran synth-pop band's new album, 'Delta Machine,' and the song debuted on today on Pasadena, Calif., radio station KROQ's website. It's since been played on KROQ, 6Music and other stations across the country.

Depeche Mode have announced the details of their next album, the veteran British synth-pop band's 13th overall. 'Delta Machine,' the follow-up to 2009's 'Sounds of the Universe,' arrives March 26, and the video for first single, 'Heaven,' will debut via VEVO on Feb. 1. The album's full tracklist is available below.

'Heaven' isn't too far away for Depeche Mode fans. The xx aren't done with North America just yet.

Depeche Mode were both a product and innovators of the early '80s New Wave scene that spawned their branch of synth-pop. Over the years, and over the course of a dozen albums, they've shaped and reshaped the horizons of their music, which started as an electronic alternative to indie's burgeoning guitar rock, then tried on some darkly hued club beats and now falls somewhere in between. They've had

A new Volkswagen Golf commercial provides the opportunity to hear Depeche Mode's 'People Are People' in easy listening, country, and dance versions. The German VW ad even features DM singer Dave Gahan behind the wheel of its 2013 model.

Depeche Mode have a new record label home, and it's none other than Columbia Records. The band, which had spent 30 years of its long and illustrious career signed to Sire and Reprise under the Warner Music umbrella and to Mute and Capitol under the EMI banner, will release a new album with the new label -- which is part of the Sony system -- in March 2013.

Depeche Mode have spoken out against Simon Cowell, the media mogul who judged several seasons of 'American Idol' here in the States and created the similar British competitive singing show 'The X Factor,' for the damage they insist such programs have wrought on the music industry. In fact, Mode guitarist-keyboardist Martin Gore even went so far as to say that he would like to see Cowell shot for h