Every week there are tons of newly released films, Blu-rays, books, comics, and CDs, but the truth is, very few of them are worth your time. That’s where this feature comes in. Each posting attempts to highlight the best new media releases of the coming week. It’s far from exhaustive, and of course it will be mostly according to my taste, but I’ll try to do my best to include a wide variety, so hopefully you’ll see something that interests you too.
With each successive season, True Blood gets worse and worse. It is really only the last vague shred of curiosity which keeps me tuning in each week. Even the show’s creator has admitted that it has gone off the rails and he doesn’t know where to take it now that it has become too crazy, one of the reasons this season will be his last as showrunner. Regardless, it remains a popular show with potential to return to greatness, so I’ll keep watching.
Metric – Synthetica
Metric is easily one of my favorite bands, so whenever they release a new album, it’s cause to be excited. Synthetica is their 4th studio album and follows up the surprisingly huge success of Fantasies, their first independently released effort. The first single, “Youth Without Youth”, isn’t as strong as the two leadoffs for that previous album, “Help, I’m Alive” and “Gimme Sympathy” but Metric always manages to create fantastic songs while continuously evolving their style, so I expect nothing less from this new album.
Sleep well,
DTE
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