San Francisco’s KUSF College Radio Station That Helped Break Depeche Mode Goes Off Air

ShareThe University of San Francisco’s pioneering college radio station — KUSF, one of the first outlets to play punk rock and whose DJs are credited with helping break bands like Depeche Mode in the U.S. — was pulled off the air abruptly this week after the school sold the frequency to a classical-music station. According [...]

Director Of Depeche Mode’s Forthcoming Concert Film Revealed

Share Depeche Mode’s recent tour was committed to the digital equivalent of celluloid back in November of last year, when the band visited Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi for two shows. The filming was directed by Russell Thomas, who has helmed shoots for a wide range of big names in music – from U2, Coldplay, Muse [...]

Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn

ShareBefore Anton Corbijn became synonymous with U2 and Depeche Mode, shooting their videos and photographing their album cover art with his trademark grainy, black & white aesthetic, or exaggerated use of colour and space, he was often fired and rejected by labels for being too dark. He doesn’t hype the artist, putting Vaseline on the [...]