This week's top stories had everyone talking: Kanye West mouthed off about Thom Yorke, the White Stripes disappointed on Conan's last night at Late Night, Chris Brown and Rihanna continued to cause controversy, and SPIN's Ellen Carpenter had some eyebrow-raising ideas about how to spend the $787 billion economic stimulus -- and blink-182's Mark Hoppus had something to say about it on his

Just 55 days into 2009 and the Depeche Mode's music video for "Wrong," the first single off their new album, Sounds of the Universe, is already one of the year's best. But that doesn't mean the clip, directed by Patrick Daughters (Beck, Yeah Yeah Yeahs), isn't seriously unsettling.

During their set at Germany's Echo Awards this past weekend, Depeche Mode unveiled "Wrong," the first single off their upcoming album Sounds of the Universe (out April 21). With screeching synths, computer-generated beats, and a chanting chorus with dark lyrics about personal mistakes, "Wrong" is classic Mode -- watch and hear for yourself below.

Depeche Mode have unveiled a 22-date North American tour in support of their upcoming album, Sounds of the Universe (due April 21), set to kick off July 24 in Toronto.

After a vague reference regarding its release, the Brit boys in Depeche Mode have confirmed that Sounds Of The Universe, their twelfth studio album and follow-up to 2005's Playing The Angel, will arrive April 21 via Capitol.

You know how it gets right before Christmas break. It's hard to get any work done. Still, there are some artists on our radar that we've been expecting new albums from. So here we check in to find out which bands have been naughty this holiday season -- and which have been nice: