In concert

The Used with Atreyu, the Bled, the Bronx and Head Automatica perform 7:30 p.m. today, Bogart's, 2621 Vine St., Corryville. $17. (513) 281-8400.

New Releases

A Perfect Circle: Emotive (Virgin Records; $18.98).

John Lennon: Acoustic (Capitol; $18.98).

Polar Express: Soundtrack (Warner Bros.; $18.98).

Now 17: Various artists (Capitol; $18.98).

Team America: World Police: Various artists (Atlantic; $18.98).

DVD picks: Shrek 2 was a best-seller long before its official release, says Enquirer film critic Margaret A. McGurk. Also new: The 40th anniversary edition of Dr. Strangelove (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb), the Peter Sellers classic about inadvertent nuclear war. The movie remains topical, as seen in an interview with former secretary of defense Robert McNamara.

Looking Ahead

24 hours out

Grammy-nominated bluesman Alvin Youngblood Hart's Muscle Theory performs 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jack Quinn's Emerald Ballroom, 112 E. Fourth St., Covington. Proceeds benefit Nancy Sickinger Memorial Fund. $15. (513) 779-9462.