the observer music monthly

Mode To Nowhere [The Observer Music Monthly, 16th October 2005. Words: Graeme Thomson. Picture: Uncredited.] * * * Graeme Thomson looks in vain for a spot of light relief Having waded knee-deep through personal trauma and survived, Depeche Mode are not about to let us forget it, by...

Dave Gahan Hourglass (Mute) £12.99 * * * * [The Observer Music Monthly, October 2007, Words: Garry Mulholland.] Brief review of Hourglass that, despite regurgitating the obligatory bit about Dave and drugs, is highly complimentary of almost every aspect of the album. Going straight works...