Category Archives: Review

Ashlee Simpson Gives Just-Push-Play Show In Richmond

Posted on July 2, 2006 by popdirt

Melissa Ruggieri of the Richmond Times Dispatch reviewed ’s concert on Thursday (June 29) before about 4,000 mostly pre-pubescent girls at Innsbrook’s FasMart Pavillion. She writes, “…the obvious goal of Simpson’s handlers is to divert attention from her flat, raspy voice by having her project an engaging, effervescent presence when singing. Last night she sweated, repeatedly hopped on platforms flanking each end of the stage and strutted across a wrought-iron staircase with unflagging energy. But even with her two hopefully well-paid backup singers following her on the verses as well as the choruses, Simpson has no voice to control.”

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Marit Larsen Performs In Lillestrøm

Posted on June 28, 2006 by popdirt

Former M2M star was videotaped at Byfesten in Lillestrøm, Norway performing ‘Don’t Say You Love Me’ on June 15th. Watch the footage below.

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Paris Hilton’s Debut Album Isn’t Bad

Posted on June 27, 2006 by popdirt

Popjustice.com were able to listen to ’s debut album ‘Paris’. The site claims that although the album as a whole is not as good as her first single ‘Stars Are Blind’, “at the same time, not a complete waste of everyone’s time and effort either.” Check out a track-by-track review here.

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New Material, Same Madonna

Posted on June 24, 2006 by popdirt

Mattew Hays of The Globe and Mail reviewed ’s concert on Wednesday night (June 21) at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Hays writes, “ seemed intent on proving something with her Confessions tour: that she’s still beholden to her worshipping fans (Montreal’s two nights sold out in under two hours — a record), that she still knows how to have fun (despite parenthood and the religious conversion) and that she remains culturally germane. To accomplish that, she needed to captivate, to provide exhilaration, to nod to her past while maintaining the aura of an artist whose best is before her. She delivered.”

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‘Loose’ Is A Perfect Fit For Nelly Furtado

Posted on June 24, 2006 by popdirt
Nelly Furtado 'Loose' album cover

Glenn Gamboa of Newsday reviewed ’s new album ‘Loose’, giving it 3 1/2 stars. Gamboa writes, “With ‘Loose’, Furtado seems primed to move into that Gwen Stefani role in pop music — the savvy, female-friendly singer who rolls out one clever hit after another, dominating the charts for years to come. And she looks like she’ll have fun doing it.”

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Luck Has Run Out For Lindsay Lohan

Posted on May 13, 2006 by popdirt

Heather Seebach of the University of Maryland’s Diamondback Online reviewed ’s new movie and wasn’t impressed. “Now, after a laughable music career, endless tabloid controversies and that stupid car movie, L.Lo has finally worn out her welcome,” Seebach writes. “Her latest juvenile effort, ‘Just My Luck’, places the teen idol in familiar situations with predictable outcomes. And worst of all, it’s completely boring.” Read more.

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Hilary Duff’s A Great Cheerleader

Posted on April 30, 2006 by popdirt

Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian was on hand for ’s concert at Hammersmith Apollo in London, England on Thursday (April 27). She writes, “Duff isn’t much of a singer (certainly not enough of one to compete with the rocky racket her band made), and didn’t even attempt to dance, but she’s a great cheerleader. Inexhaustibly bubbly and with the sprite-like quality of a young Kylie, she kept the place fizzing with excitement.” Read more.

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Duff Show ‘Predictably Formulaic And Painstakingly Choreographed’

Posted on April 30, 2006 by popdirt

Sarah Walters of Manchester Online reviewed ’s concert at the M.E.N. Arena on Tuesday (April 25) before a crowd of 3,500 pre-teens, giving the show two out of five stars. Walters called the show “predictably formulaic and painstakingly choreographed, and it’s a little difficult to forget that underneath Duff’s stylized indie-girl image is a star of stage and screen dying to get out.”

The full review at citylife.co.uk has since been removed.

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Pink Lets Everyone See Her True Colors

Posted on April 3, 2006 by popdirt

Glenn Gamboa of Newsday reviewed ’s new album ‘I’m Not Dead’, out Tuesday. Gamboa writes, “ continues to stretch the boundaries of what people can expect from her and from their pop stars. ‘I’m Not Dead’ shows that ‘stupid girls’ don’t have to dominate the pop charts.”

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Pink Misfires With ‘I’m Not Dead’

Posted on April 3, 2006 by popdirt

Jon Pareles of The New York Times reviewed ’s new album ‘I’m Not Dead’, calling the singer’s fourth album a “wildly uneven mixture of pop treats and melodramatic misfires”. Read more.

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