The singular genius of Depeche Mode's music might be the way their songs inspire a gut-wrenching personal response. The best music is, of course, meant to do this, but when Depeche Mode started their ...

After the electric guitar, no new instrument upended 20th-century popular music like the synthesizer. At first, the synth’s sounds were used to create ambient, otherworldly soundtracks or for epic ...

One listen to its ethereal and melancholy '80s-influenced rock and music lovers may find their relationship with Love Hate Affair to be far more one-sided than the band's name implies. Anyone who ...