History Construction Time Again: The first «real» Depeche Mode record 22 Αυγ. 202322 Αυγ. 2023 No, Construction Time Again is not the first album by Depeche Mode in the true sense. It's just that the first two records, Speak and Spell and A Broken Frame,…
Opinions Depeche Mode live in Milan, 14 July 2023 21 Ιολ. 2023 Originally written for the Almost Predictable, Almost blog, here's my review of Depeche Mode's Milan show: I have been to Italy several times for Depeche Mode: Turin (indoor), Rome (outdoor),…
Opinions Wham!: More Than Pop 11 Ιολ. 202311 Ιολ. 2023 As a child of the 80s, I remember Wham! quite clearly. I remember hearing Careless Whisper, Wake Me Up Before You Go Go and Freedom through different radios. And on…
Opinions Florence & the Machine and Editors live in Athens, 2 July 2023 4 Ιολ. 20234 Ιολ. 2023 I was stunned by Florence Welch's stage presence when Florence and The Machine performed at the Herodium Theatre in September 2019. Fantastic voice harmonized almost perfectly with the dance numbers…
Opinions Siouxsie, Echo & The Bunnymen and Ladytron live in Athens, 23 June 2023 24 Ιον. 2023 Before launching into the classic 'Killing Moon', Ian McCulloch said, "This is the best song ever written". And I won't argue that it's one of the iconic songs of the…
Opinions Depeche Mode live in Dublin, 14 June 2023 19 Ιον. 202319 Ιον. 2023 The route to Malahide was pleasant. Meeting with some fellow devotee friends, taking the train, arriving at the village of Malahide, going to the pubs to meet some more friends…
News For Tina: Simply The Best 25 Μάι. 202325 Μάι. 2023 The so-called MTV Generation, of which I was a member, is the one that grew up being entertained not only by listening to music but also by watching it through…
History The Beauty of Lady Grinning Soul 19 Απρ. 2023 Listening to "Aladdin Sane", you get the sense of two forces going hand in hand. There's the obvious American influence, hard-edgy sound, mainly expressed through Mick Ronson's guitar playing, influenced…
Opinions «Keep telling myself that album is good…»: Memento Mori review 28 Μαρ. 202328 Μαρ. 2023 People who know me think of me as a very opinionated man, sometimes to the extreme of shaping a view just after one listen/view. The same people found it interesting…
History Before & After ‘Blue Monday’ 7 Μαρ. 20238 Μαρ. 2023 The electro-pop wave of the late 70s/early 80s achieved what the previous, clearly more revolutionary and sophisticated generation had not: to make electronic music more accessible to the mainstream. The…
History The Shock of ‘I Feel You’ 15 Φεβ. 202315 Φεβ. 2023 There has been a lot of excitement among Depeche Mode fans lately. Our favourite band is back with a new album after six years and a new world tour, both…
History Moon Safari by Air: An Electro Masterpiece 21 Ιαν. 2023 Like many other Depeche Mode fans, I first heard Air when they did the "Around the Gold" remix for Home, which was essentially a lounge approach to Martin Gore's rhythmic…