New releases
Stardeath & White Dwarfs
From left, Dean Koontz and Clint Eastwood (Associated Press photos)
Oklahoma City psych/prog/experimental pop quartet Stardeath & White Dwarfs has released its debut album, appropriately titled “The Birth,” today on Warner Bros. Records.
I just started listening to the disc, but so far, it’s living up to the band’s considerable promise. (For those of you who don’t know, the band’s frontman, Dennis Coyne, is the nephew of Oklahoma City musical mastermind Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips.)
In the books department, Dean Koontz, one of my favorite authors, releases this week his latest thriller, “Relentless,” about a sociopathic book critic who tries to kill a best-selling author. I’m just getting started on that, too, and plan to post a review of it soon. (And though I am a book critic, I have no homicidal intentions at this point. But, hey, the week is still young.)
Koontz doesn’t do many interviews, but he recently allowed a USA Today reporter into his 24,000-square-foot Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired California dream home to talk about his childhood, his books and his dogs. Check out the story by clicking here.
Also, Clint Eastwood’s acclaimed hit movie “Gran Torino,” which features the actor/director/producer as a bigoted veteran who comes to the aid of a Hmong family who is targeted by gangs, is out on DVD this week.
Here is a list of new CDs, DVDs and books, from Amazon.com, VideoETA.com and BarnesandNoble.com:
CDs
Stardeath & White Dwarfs, “The Birth.”
Black Eyed Peas, “THE E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies).”
Iron Maiden, “Flight 666″ (Two-CD live set).
Sonic Youth, “The Eternal.”
Aventura, “The Last.”
Todd Snider, “The Excitement Plan.”
Morrissey, “Maladjusted” (Original recording remastered with extra tracks).
Nanci Griffith, “The Loving Kind.”
DVDs
The Cleaner: The First Season
Crossing Over
Fired Up
Gran Torino
The International
The Shield: Season 7
Spinning Into Butter
Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music
Books
“Relentless” by Dean Koontz.
“Roadside Crosses (Kathryn Dance Series No. 2)” by Jeffery Deaver.
“Actor and the Housewife” by Shannon Hale.
“Apocalypse 2012″ by Gary Jennings.
“Between the Assassinations” by Aravind Adiga.
“The Bourne Deception” by Eric Van Lustbader.
“Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal” by Julie Metz.
“Prairie Tale: A Memoir” by Melissa Gilbert.
“The Secret Sentry: The Untold History of the National Security Agency” by Matthew Aid.
-BAM
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