Las Vegas rockers the Killers sauntered onto the stage at Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center Thursday night and immediately launched into “Mr. Brightside,” the band’s biggest hit. They didn’t even bother dimming the houselights, they kept them up the whole song. Essentially, they opened with their closer moment. Now that’s swagger. It’s good to see the … Continue Reading →
Cruel Summer, indeed: Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music compilation lands at No. 2 on this week’s Billboard Top 200 albums chart as Pink storms her way to her first No. 1 album with her latest, “The Truth About Love.” Pink’s set, her sixth, sold a whopping 280,000 copies its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, marking … Continue Reading →
Las Vegas rockers The Killers are back with their new album “Battle Born,” which is due out Sept. 18. The group was beginning to feel burnt out by 2008′s “Day & Age,” but the time off seems to have worked to their advantage: “Battle Born’s” first single “Runaways” is a grandiose rocker that picks up … Continue Reading →