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Rock Band Weekly: The White Stripes, The Damned, Kasabian
. Forget that Jack White finds it "depressing" that kids are learning about music through rhythm games -- there's gold in them thar virtual hills! Next week's Rock Band DLC adds a pack of songs from The White Stripes, with tracks off of three different albums. We've also added this little guy to Rock Band Weekly: . He indicates tracks that are considered "family-friendly" enough for Lego Rock Band. Such marked songs will be available in LRB's music store, as well as appearing in the regular Rock Band music store. [Thanks to our friend Dustin Burg for the Lego head!] Check out the update after the break, along with what Rock Band Unplugged players can expect for DLC next week. Select a platform below to view complete DLC listing:
Football Hero mod takes Arduino to the Kasabian-approved big leagues (video)
Some folks say less is more, but we'll bet they never saw Guitar Hero being played by kicking footballs against a giant wall. This epic undertaking will give your plastic axe a major inadequacy complex with its huge wall-mounted piezo vibration sensors and absurdly large fretboard projection. An Arduino acts as the conduit between the contact sensors and a PC running the freeware Frets on Fire. The outcome from such a relatively simple setup is pretty astounding, and you can check it out in the videos past the break, including some behind the scenes footage.
Rock Band Wiikly: Green Day, Mayhem tracks, many others
This week's Rock Band Wiikly was already partially announced with last week's Rock Band Weekly. Green Day and the Mayhem track pack (not in pack form) will be available tomorrow on the Wii's Rock Band Music Store, along with The Presidents of the USA and a bunch of other artists from the back catalog. Check out the full list after the break.
Rock Band Weekly: Rush's Moving Pictures, individual tracks
Next week's Rock Band DLC will be a second attempt at making Rush's Moving Pictures album available. Harmonix will also be releasing several individual tracks that may tickle your wallet's fancy.Rush - Moving Pictures (880 / $11) "Tom Sawyer" (Original) (160 / $2) "Red Barchetta" (160 / $2) "YYZ" (160 / $2) "Limelight" (Original) (160 / $2) "The Camera Eye" (160 / $2) "Witch Hunt" (160 / $2) "Vital Signs" (160 / $2) Individual tracks "Sorrow" - Bad Religion (160 / $2) "She Sells Sanctuary" - The Cult (160 / $2) "Bandages" - Hot Hot Heat (160 / $2) "Shoot the Runner" - Kasabian (160 / $2) "You're No Rock N Roll Fun" - Sleater-Kinney (160 / $2) "Love Spreads" - Stone Roses (160 / $2) Videos for the tracks can be found after the break. The songs will be available for download next Tuesday and Thursday for Xbox 360 and PS3, respectively.
Five new Guitar Hero III track packs in June, Motrhead up first
Fret no more, for there is new reason to hold onto thy fret! Activision has announced that five new downloadable track packs for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock will be made available in the month of June. The first pack, a trio of songs from British band Motörhead, is already available on the Xbox Live Marketplace, and should follow on the PlayStation Network later today.The only other release announced thus far is the Isle of Wight pack. The Isle of Wight is not, you'll note, a band, but a music festival held in 2007. Three of its "most memorable performances" have been converted into colorful note charts, with Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs and The Sex Pistols providing the music. So, in summary:Motörhead Track Pack (5 June / 500 MS Points / $6.25) "(We Are) The Road Crew" "Stay Clean" "Motörhead" Isle of Wight Track Pack (12 June / Price unconfirmed, but likely to be same as above) "Shoot the Runner" by Kasabian "I Predict a Riot" by Kaiser Chiefs "Problems" by The Sex Pistols
