Depeche Mode performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Dec. 3, 2023. Nate McKinley/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO —Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Depeche Mode brought their Memento Mori tour back to the Bay Area on Sunday, performing songs from throughout the band’s glossy songbook at Chase Center. The…

RIFF’s best albums of 2023 include Olivia Rodrigo, Paramore, Lana Del Rey, Mitski, boygenius, Slowdive, Hozier, Yves Tumor, Foo Fighters, Corinne Bailey Rae, Kylie Minogue, The Clientele, Avenged Sevenfold, PJ Harvey, Depeche Mode, Caroline Polachek, Blur, Feist, Sonic Youth and Billy Woods with Kenny Segal. Our album reviews are…

Vince Clarke, “Songs of Silence.” In 1981, Vince Clarke left Depeche Mode just a year after the legendary synth band’s formation. The English keyboardist then went on to become the primary songwriter for Erasure with Andy Bell and scored a string of hits in the ’80s and ’90s. Songs…

Depeche Mode performs at SAP Center in San Jose on March 25, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. SAN JOSE — Iconic electronic music group Depeche Mode chose San Jose on Saturday for the second stop in its tour supporting a just-released new album. The recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame…

Depeche Mode, “Memento Mori.” Spurred on both by pandemic lockdowns and the death of founding member Andrew Fletcher, the new album by now-duo Depeche Mode is a dark and claustrophobic work that reflects not only the times but the ways in which singer Dave Gahan and guitarist Martin Gore…

Strangelove: The Depeche Mode Experience, courtesy. Brent Meyer plays keyboard, guitar and sings in Strangelove: the Depeche Mode Experience. Strangelove recently appeared on the E! Network’s “Clash of the Cover Bands,” where they defeated the competition and now have a chance to be selected to perform on “Tonight Show…

Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode is a master interpreter. Having sung lyrics handed to him by bandmate Martin Gore for most of his career, it makes sense that he’d seize the opportunity to pick out the songs he’s going to sing himself. He did exactly that for Imposter, his third…

Depeche Mode performs at the Oracle Arena on Oct. 10, 2017. The band is one of the inductees into the 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Staff photo. The latest class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was announced, which means America’s racists have resumed ranting…

Sleater-Kinney is an institution. Like Kathleen Hanna’s Bikini Kill before them, Sleater-Kinney became known for both their authenticity as well as their serious musical chops. Both bands carved out a place for themselves in the largely male world of rock and roll. The Center Won’t Hold Sleater-Kinney Mom +…

Depeche Mode performs at the Oracle Arena on Oct. 10, 2017. Jon Bauer/STAFF. OAKLAND — Dave Gahan paraded his moves all over the stage of Oracle Arena on Tuesday night as if it was his personal dance floor, perhaps because it was. Depeche Mode played the second of two Bay Area…