The Psychedelic Furs perform at Uptown Theater in Kansas City, Mo. on Oct. 23, 2024. Courtesy. San Francisco concert photos below: Meri Brin. SAN FRANCISCO — The 1980s were resurgent Saturday night as two of the decade’s most influential bands co-headlined a show at the Masonic. The Psychedelic Furs…

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…

Beach Slang frontman James Alex is bouncing between extremes. For now, his punk band—he describes it as “what if Richard Butler from the Psychedelic Furs fronted The Replacements”—is back on the road. Then when that’s over, he moves on to Quiet Slang, his acoustic side project, which has a…