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Before he and Rihanna found love in a hopeless place, few people in the States knew who Calvin Harris was — even though the Scottish producer had released two albums of game-changing electro-pop across the pond. The Timbaland of electro, Harris has a distinctively auteuristic quality to his production. Every…
See Also: • One Direction at the Pepsi Center 7/24/13 • One Direction proves skeptics wrong on SNL • Boy-band resurgence: One Direction trys to fill the void Justin Timberlake left Some say you haven’t tasted success until you are sued. If that’s true, then it’s official: One Direction is…
Jessica Sanchez can thank J. Lo for saving her last night on American Idol after a surprising revelation that Sanchez, one of the stronger vocalists this season, had received the lowest number of votes from Wednesday’s show. Sanchez, whose take on Jazmine Sullivan’s “Stuttering” was far from worthy of sending…
In the ultimate twist of “Give Me Some Luvin'” irony, Nicki Minaj has dethroned Madonna from the top of the Billboard 200 chart this week, as Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded easily takes the top spot with 253,000 copies sold, while Madge’s MDNA dropped to number eight, selling only 48,000 in…
Eight years have passed since the three members of Eve 6 — Max Collins, Jon Siebels and Tony Fagenson — released a new album together. During the break, they never stopped working on music; they just stopped working on music together as Eve 6. Nearing twenty years of working in…
We must learn to take Nicki Minaj with a grain of salt. Haters have argued that she can’t rap; her “Barbz” have argued that she redefined the genre. For barely a week now, Minaj managed to prove the latter: When Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded dropped last week, Minaj no longer…
No surprises last night on American Idol. The bottom three, Elise Testone, Hollie Cavanaugh and DeAndre Brackensick, deserved to be on the chopping block following their poor performances on Wednesday. Cavanaugh, the sure-fire one to go home, made it through to the next round — a second chance. Brackensick, however,…
Last night’s performances by the American Idol top eight were all over the place. The theme, ’80s songs, proved difficult for some, while other contestants chose just the right song for their voices and their personalities. The group performances were the most off-putting. “I’m So Excited” by Hollie Cavanaugh and…
Madonna nabs the top spot on the Billboard 200 with her new album, MDNA. The set, her twelfth studio album, is also her eighth number-one; Madonna is now second only to Barbra Streisand with the number of top albums, and even then Babz only leads by one. MDNA shifted 359,000…
It’s telling that one of hip-hop’s most braggart raps from one of its most unpredictable MCs possesses 2012’s most ridiculous breakdown: “Dick in your face/Put my dick in your face.” A lyric like that, unique as it is, says a lot — mostly, there ain’t no one that does it…
A few weeks ago, Justin Bieber tweet-endorsed a new single by fellow Canadian Carly Rae Jepsen. No one outside of Canada had heard of her — and then, all of a sudden, she’s charting on the Billboard Hot 100. Behold the power of Biebs: “Call Me Maybe,” Jepsen’s single, currently…
TING TINGS @ OGDEN THEATRE | 3.31.12 If a band’s success were measured exclusively by the strength of their live show, the Ting Tings would be one of the biggest pop bands in this country — and their set at the Ogden Theatre made this point very clear. If you…
Lady Gaga celebrated her 26th birthday earlier this week, and the Interwebz were aflutter with little monsters’ birthday wishes to her — Twitter, YouTube, even Billboard’s website were sending their well wishes. One person who didn’t tell her happy birthday, however, was Madonna. On the day of all days which…
After he spent all season with a bad attitude, Heejun Han was finally sent home during last night’s elimination round on American Idol. It’s not that Han was a poor singer — in fact, he performed well throughout his time on the show — it’s that he just didn’t seem…
Lots of noise on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the past two weeks, and it hasn’t been from Adele…for once. Last week, newcomers One Direction made history as the first British import with a number-one album debut — neither the Spice Girls nor the Beatles had albums ever debut…
Kudos to Stevie Nicks, this week’s guest mentor on American Idol. Last night, she helped turn a two-person race into anyone’s game, as all song choices were spot-on — songs by contestants’ personal idols — and for the first time since this season began, every single contestant brought out their…
The verses to Justin Bieber’s “Boyfriend” play through speakers undeniably, quintessentially and unexpectedly like Tyga’s “Rack City.” What the hell? When did the sugary pop we were to expect from this boy-band-of-one fizz out? It must have been when his voice started changing just before he released his Christmas album…
As if releasing “Part Of Me,” the I’m-better-off-without-Russell-Brand single couldn’t be autobiographical enough already, its accompanying video, which Katy Perry dropped late last week, really drives the message home. In the clip, Perry, who has become quite the character actress as of late — she just played a mustached prison…
The Ting Tings (due at the Ogden Theatre this Saturday, March 31) were one of the first bands to emerge from the Apple iPod commercials in 2008. Thanks to the overnight exposure of “Shut Up and Let Me Go,” the band went from being a blogged-about British import to becoming…
Update 4/12/12: Hot on the heels of its appearance on Saturday Night Live this past weekend, One Direction has announced a date at the Pepsi on Tuesday, July, 24. Tickets on sale next Saturday. With a slew of odd choices for musical guests lately, it’s not much of a surprise…
At least the cheerleader theme in “Give Me All Your Luvin'” was new visual territory for Madonna, if not a bit influenced by her contemporaries. The same can’t be said for the video to “Girl Gone Wild,” Madonna’s second single from M.D.N.A., her twelfth album. Watching the clip is like…
