For two months, Depeche Mode has been teasing ‘Remixes 2: 81-11’ with a series of pre-release streams of mixes from the set, but they’ve avoided releasing the two most buzzed-about tracks — new mixes by former band members Vince Clarke and Alan Wilder. Now they’ve leaked.

Last month, we brought you a free download of a haunting dream-pop cover of The Cure’s ‘Disintegration’ — and now we can offer another contemporary take on a Robert Smith & Co. classic. This time it’s a dark, house-influenced cover of ‘A Forest’ by Denver-based electronic trio Ping Trace.

New Wave-era singer-songwriter Marshall Crenshaw is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of his debut single ‘Something’s Gonna Happen” by offering fans a free download of a previously unreleased live recording of ‘Maryanne,’ which appeared on his classic 1982 self-titled debut.

Peter Murphy continues to tease his forthcoming album ‘Ninth’ with pre-release tracks, today premiering a fifth song — another rocking number, ‘Seesaw Sway’ — off the 11-track record via the Los Angeles Times’ Pop & Hiss blog.

As the build-up continues toward Depeche Mode’s release of ‘Remixes 2: 81-11’ next month, FACT Magazine today premiered the brand new ‘Master and Servant’ (RSS Mix) — a remix that, unless the tracklist has changed, does not actually appear on the new album.

The release of ex-Bauhaus leader Peter Murphy’s new solo album ‘Ninth’ is still nearly three weeks away, but the folks at Nettwerk Music have dropped a fourth preview cut from the record: the rocker ‘Memory Go.’