Here’s a wee look at the new YA DVDs and CDs in this week. First, some DVDs – not many new ones (a couple are very retro).

• » Under The Mountain – This is an old NZ television show that first screened in 1981. It is based on the Maurice Gee classic and the screenplay was written by Ken Catran, interestingly. Billy T. James is in the third episode!
• » Eerie Indiana : The Complete Series – Another old television series (1991), this also has a cult following. It was an X-Files for teens, and all the episodes are in this five-disc set.
• » Hair High – This is an animated feature. The cover describes it as a ‘gothic high school comedy with a ‘Carrie’ like story‘.
• » The Best of Bubba’s Freak Circus – Something to do with motorcycles. ‘Never before seen – double backflip on a minibike!‘, says the cover. Fancy.

And loads of CDs!

• » Elemeno P – Elemeno P. The latest album from the very successful NZ rock band. 
• » VYP  (Voice of the Young People) – Lil Mama.  With a single titled ‘Lip Gloss’ you might flip past this album, but it does get a fairly respectable 71% on Metacritic.
• » Lessons to be Learnt – Gabiella Cilmi. This is Cilmi’s first studio album. She is Australian, and her voice has been compared to Amy Winehouse.
• » E=MC2 – Mariah Carey. She is able to sing in the ‘whistle register‘.
• » Live in Phoenix – Fall Out Boy. A recording of Fall Out Boy in concert.
• » White Sunday 2 : The Book of Mark – Mareko. This is Auckland rapper Mareko’s third studio album. White Sunday is a holiday in Samoa, falling on the second Sunday in October.
• » Steppa’s Delight – Various. This is a compilation of dubstep tracks. Dubstep – a genre of electronic music from the UK – is an offshoot from drum and bass.
• » Kelis : The Hits – Kelis. Her milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.
• » Dev2.0 – Dev2.0. This is a Disney-backed quintet of child actors covering Devo songs. It comes with a bonus DVD with clips, interviews, and so on.
• » Here I Stand – Usher. His new album. Usher was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee – two words that sound great spoken out load. Try it. Chattanooga Tennessee.