Recording The Universe… so far so good! Volume 1

When Depeche Mode announced that they would once again be working with LiveHereNow to release live CDs from (virtually) every concert on this tour, I was more than a little pleased. I was salivating... violently. This was, suffice to say, the news I had been hoping for. Well, now the discs are beginning to arrive, and as they do, I'll be subjecting them to some scrutiny, and report my findings in the form of short reviews. Hit the jump for the first batch of reviews, which are NOT spoiler free. I originally posted longer and more detailed reviews of each of these on our forum - sign up for a free...

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Depeche Mode press coverage kicks into gear! *updated*

With the single out, and the album release rapidly approaching, Depeche Mode are in the press a lot at the moment. A whole lotta lot! Instead of posting everything as news, we will instead be sending out interview and review links via Twitter. So if you want everything, go sign up there and follow us... you find us at twitter.com/homemode. That does not mean the site's news section will be neglected of course. That will be updated with all the juicy news just as always, plus the occasional recap of the less groundbreaking stuff. While on the subject of Twitter, we are planning a few other...

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