It’s been a long, cold post-holiday sales daze, with artists like Chris Tomlin and Gary Allan topping the charts during the month of January (brrr!). But Justin Bieber is here to change that, as the teen heartthrob debuts at No. 1 with his “Believe Acoustic” set, which injected a little life back into the charts … Continue Reading →
Last week, the first episode of the Eminem-produced web series “Detroit Rubber” debuted online and made quite a splash, racking up more than 220,000 views in a week. Last week’s episode concerned the hunt for a rare pair of Eminem-branded Air Jordan IVs. In this week’s installment, the store deals with some remodeling issues, a … Continue Reading →
Here is the trailer for HBO’s Phil Spector movie, titled — wait for it — “Phil Spector.” In it, the madman music producer is played by Al Pacino, who judging by this trailer is giving Phil Spector the full Al Pacino treatment. Al Pacino knows that Phil Spector was not Al Pacino, right? Because Pacino … Continue Reading →
My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James lit up “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” on Monday with a performance of “A New Life,” the first single from his solo album “Regions of Light and Sound of God,” out today. The performance begins with James alone, surrounded by darkness. By the end of the clip he’s joined … Continue Reading →
Country veteran Gary Allan hits No. 1 on this week’s Billboard albums chart with his album “Set You Free,” which sold 106,000 copies its first week in stores. The set, Allan’s ninth studio effort, marks his first No. 1 album. Sales were spurred by the success of the album’s lead single, “Every Storm (Runs Out … Continue Reading →
Brit rockers the Darkness brought their catsuits and scraggly hair to the Majestic Theatre Friday night, and put on a fun, free-spirited, hard-rocking 90-minute show for a hard-partying Detroit crowd. The band hit the stage and thrust into “Every Inch of You,” the opening song from the band’s 2012 album “Hot Cakes.” It’s a perfect … Continue Reading →
Ed Sheeran’s a star. No two ways about it, the 21-year-old Brit sensation — who played to a rapturous, sold-out Fillmore Detroit Thursday night — has elite levels of charisma and starpower, and he showed them off in a tremendous 100-minute concert Thursday that he managed to carry entirely on his own, with only the … Continue Reading →
Plenty of respected actors and even a few Oscar winners show up in “Movie 43,” a bottom-of-the-barrel scraping exercise in scatological humor, fart jokes, bathroom gags and “outrageous” behavior. A cast this talented — Kate Winslet, Naomi Watts, Emma Stone, Hugh Jackman, Greg Kinnear, Dennis Quaid, Elizabeth Banks, Halle Berry and Richard Gere are among … Continue Reading →
Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky debuts at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard 200 albums chart with “Long.Live.A$AP,” which sold 139,000 copies its first week in stores, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Rocky’s much-hyped debut held off the week’s other major new release, the 23rd “Kidz Bop” compilation, which sold 78,000 copies (but did not feature any … Continue Reading →
A new season of “American Idol” kicks off tonight. We’re excited. But before we go forward, let’s take a look back at the 11 seasons the show has given this so far, and because this is the internet, let’s go ahead and rank them. You ready? Here goes: 11. Season 9 (2010) The worst winner … Continue Reading →