TRIBUTE MODE: Depeche Mode and Bowie tributes Strangelove and Electric Duke (respectively) bring some of the best sounds of Britain to the Ritz.

On paper, cover bands are a win-win situation: the band gets to play their favorite artist’s material, and the audience gets to relive their favorite musical memories. But not just anyone can do it. Audiences can sniff out a poser from a mile away, and only the greatest can truly live up to the hype of the fanbase. This is the envious position that both Strangelove (the Depeche Mode Experience) and Electric Duke (David Bowie tribute) live in—from the look, to the sound, the dances and stagecraft, they’ve completely won over the hardcore audience by paying attention to every detail.

Strangelove
Fri, 8pm, $25
The Ritz, San Jose