(Jun 14th 2011 12:00AM) It\'s the swan song for New Music Releases. Since there\'s nothing but crap and re-releases coming out this week, it\'s a great opportunity to draw the curtain on this column with a Best of 2011...So Far. Here\'s my picks, in no particular order: The sophomore album for Brit dance punk trio Friendly Fires builds ...
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(Jun 14th 2011 12:00AM) Thanks for stopping by the last New Video Game Releases post on Aol Shopping. Aging video game icon Duke Nukem finally emerges from convalescence to re-establish his complete irrelevance in the FPS genre. American McGee presents a sequel to his well-received macabre re-imaging of Alice in Wonderland. Designer ...
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(Jun 14th 2011 12:00AM) It\'s the last New Book Releases...ever. And what a way to go out, with one of the most anticipated books of the year: Adam Mansbach\'s faux-children\'s book Go the Fuck to Sleep, a brief respite for all exasperated parents. Tom Clancy is back with another new hero, this time an ex-SEAL working for the CIA who ...
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(Jun 14th 2011 12:00AM) Welcome to the penultimate New DVD Releases...Battle: Los Angeles is a collection of war movies with the Nazis, Japanese or Cong all re-cast as meaty aliens...Hall Pass is all the raunchy fun of a sexual harassment video gone awry...Red Riding Hood indicates that vampirism is real, at least in the sense of pop ...
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(Jun 7th 2011 4:00AM) Welcome to New Music Releases for June 7. First up, the Original Broadway Cast Recording from the hit musical The Book of Mormon, by the creators of South Park and Avenue Q. Then, the blessed union of Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks is finally consummated with the newly-minted Tedeschi Trucks, who release their ...
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(Jun 7th 2011 2:15AM) Welcome to New Video Game Releases for June 7! Sony Computer Entertainment presents the sequel to the hit game inFAMOUS, in which players resume their quest as ex-courier Cole McGrath to learn and develop his electrical powers and stop the terrifying Beast. THQ\'s Red Faction: Armageddon is the fourth installment ...
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(Jun 7th 2011 12:15AM) Check out New DVD Releases for June 7! Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld are marvelous together in the acclaimed Coen Brothers redo of the classic novel True Grit. Ben Affleck plays a man trying to reclaim his dignity after getting fired in a movie chronicling the upending of American ...
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(Jun 7th 2011 12:00AM) Welcome to New Book Releases for June 7. Acclaimed novelist Ann Patchett returns with a compelling novel set in the teeming jungles of the Amazon, where a pharmaceutical researcher must confront doubts about herself while hunting down her former mentor. Social media maven Simon Mainwaring presents a book ...
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(May 31st 2011 5:00AM) Jam-packed week for New Music Releases! Death Cab For Cutie returns after a three year break with a return to their sweeping romantic instincts paired with maturing sensibilities. My Morning Jacket prove on their sixth studio album that while they can do almost any sound well, there\'s some sounds they do better ...
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