Gary Numan has released an in-home performance of Everyday I Die. This is worth watching for many reasons. For starters, he was very reluctant to do this. He has stated that people have enough to worry about and that it would be presumptuous to think that listening to him would be helpful
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Velvet Rebel recaps This Week In Music as covered by Strangeways Radio and Slicing Up Eyeballs. He recaps new music from The Pretenders, The Psychedelic Furs and Morrissey. Plus, special COVID-19 messages and performances from Michael Stipe, Ben Gibbard and Bono.
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On this day in history (March 22, 2013), Depeche Mode released their 13th studio album Delta Machine featuring the singles Heaven, Soothe My Soul and Should Be Higher. In our opinion, this album was vastly underrated. In additional to the singles, Welcome To My World and Soft Touch/Raw Nerve were standout tracks for us.
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On this day in history (March 19, 1990), Depeche Mode released their 7th studio album Violator featuring the singles Personal Jesus, Enjoy The Silence, Policy Of Truth and World In My Eyes. While Depeche Mode was already becoming a household name prior to this, Violator catapulted the band into international stardom
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In celebration of the anniversary of Black Celebration, this weeks playlist features our favorite songs from the rich catalog of Depeche Mode. This playlist contains over 150 songs of listening from the iconic band who is still very active today. Additionally, you can vote for your favorite Depeche Mode album!
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The Psychedelic Furs have released the second single off their forthcoming album, Made Of Rain. The single is called You”ll Be Mine and if you pre-order the album, you will receive an instant download of this track plus the first single Don’t Believe
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On this day in history (March 13, 1989), Depeche Mode released the live album and documentary – 101. The album and film chronicle the final leg of the band’s Music For The Masses Tour and specifically, the final show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The title 101 was decided on by Alan Wilder and it signifies that the Pasadena show was the 101st date on the tour.
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On this day in history (March 13, 1984), The Cars released their 5th studio album Heartbeat City featuring the singles You Might Think, Magic, Drive, Hello Again and Why Can’t I Have You. Each of the singles charted in the top 40
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On this day in history (March 7, 1983), New Order released the single Blue Monday which would later become the number one selling 12″ record of all time. The single featured some of Peter Saville’s most original work, consisting of a die-cut sleeve resembloing a 5.25″ floppy disk.
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On this day in history (March 7, 1983), Tears For Fears released their debut album The Hurting featuring the singles Mad World, Change and Pale Shelter. However, there is so much more to this album than just the singles. Songs like Suffer The Children, Memories Fade and Ideas As Opiates are all single quality songs and combined, they make The Hurting perhaps my favorite album of all time.
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On this day in history (March 2, 1987), Siouxsie And The Banshees released their 8th studio album Through The Looking Glass featuring the singles This Wheel’s On Fire and The Passenger. This album is a collection of all cover songs, inspired by David Bowie’s Pin Ups covers album.
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In celebration of the anniversary of the Pretty In Pink soundtrack, Strangeways Radio is conducting a poll to see what your favorite 80’s soundtrack is. Obviously, we expect Pretty In Pink to score very highly but we want to see what other great soundtracks you come up with.
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