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Rock Band Wiikly: NIN, Weezer, Dead Kennedys, more
Rock Band Wiikly's main attractions this week are the geeks who became chic and the manorexic musical visionary-turned-slice-of-beefcake. Weezer, Nine Inch Nails and many other bands are added in this week's update of 16 tracks to the Wii music store. Find the full list after the break. Individual songs (200 Wii points apiece) "One of THOSE Nights" -- The Cab "Hands Down" -- Dashboard Confessional "California Über Alles" -- Dead Kennedys "Holiday in Cambodia" -- Dead Kennedys "Police Truck" -- Dead Kennedys "All Right Now" -- Free "Burn" -- Nine Inch Nails "Capital G" -- Nine Inch Nails "Last" -- Nine Inch Nails "They Say" -- Scars on Broadway "This is it" -- Stained "Electric Crown" -- Testament "Yomp" -- thenewno2 "Dreamin'" -- Weezer "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" -- Weezer "Troublemaker" -- Weezer All tracks are masters and will be downloadable tomorrow, June 23.
Rock Band Wiikly: Bonnaroo, many other artists
This week's Rock Band Wiikly brings tracks from a few artists who recently performed at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee. Keeping up with the latest tradition for Rock Band tracks released on Wii, along with the Bonnaroo songs, there's 18 more tracks that were previously released on other consoles in the mix. If Harmonix keeps up this recent pace of Wii-lease, it might have full sync across consoles by the holidays.
Rock Band Wiikly: Iron Maiden and friends
With no real change to Rock Band Weekly since the Iron Maiden announcement a couple weeks ago, we gave the long-running feature a break last week during the E3 madness. However, the newbie, Rock Band Wiikly, still has to work it this week. Not only did it receive the aforementioned Iron Maiden content, but an additional 13 tracks previously released on the other consoles. Don't forget to download "Charlene" from Stephen and the Colberts for free. Check out the full list after the break.
Rock Band Wiikly: Alice Cooper tracks are out for summer
This week, the Rock Band 2 Wii DLC collection receives a much-needed infusion of back-catalog content, including a set of six vaguely shocking classic rock songs from Alice Cooper. In addition, nineteen more blasts from the past will be available tomorrow for 200 Wii Points each, from Roy Orbison, Queens of the Stone Age, and more. We know it's hard to pay attention to Rock Band news that isn't about The Beatles, but this has the benefit of being available. Soon.
Rock Band Wiikly: Ministry, The Zombies, the Cranberries, 19 more
This week's Rock Band 2 DLC update brings not only the promised tracks from last week's multiplatform Rock Band DLC announcement, but 19 tracks from the back catalog as well. That includes one free track that most of you are going to run to the Wii and download right now: the "Still Alive" song from Portal. Well, you'll run to the Wii tomorrow, when these tracks actually go up. Now you can play the song on a console on which you can't play the game! How ... novel!The list is after the break. Everything not performed by a rogue AI is 200 Wii Points per song.
Rock Band Wiikly: Franz Ferdinand, Grateful Dead and more
This week's Wii Rock Band DLC offering delivers a stack of new tunes for the popular music game that spans multiple generations. Like last week, Haromix delivers 25 new tracks from the old school sounds of The Allman Brothers Band to the headbanging vibes of Disturbed. Regardless of your style, there is surely something for you then the tracks go live tomorrow (May 19). As usual, each track is priced at 200 Wii Points ($2). The full track list can be found after the break.
Rock Band Wiikly: Steely Dan, Disturbed, Costello, Replacements, more
This week's Wii Rock Band DLC offering not only delivers the eclectic mix from last week's Rock Band Weekly announcement, but also adds ample variety of its own. With 25 tracks available, across many different genres of music, there's likely something in the list to satiate the DLC track hunger. This is the dim sum of Rock Band Wiikly announcements. Check out the full list after the break.
Rock Band Wiikly: REO Speedwagon, Styx and more
REO Speedwagon and Styx lead the new additions to the Wii Rock Band store this week, with each band dropping three tracks for the game. The two groups also drop their collaboration track, "Can't Stop Rockin'." Hautewerk, System of a Down and All That Remains drop multiple tracks as well, while individual tracks from The Ramones, Devo and The Clash round out the week. All tracks are master recordings and cost 200 Wii Points ($2) each.
Rock Band Wiikly: Megadeth, Jane's Addiction, Oasis, Sting
We knew all about Jane's Addiction hitting Rock Band 2 on the Wii this week, but we had no idea the content would show up with so many friends! Joining Jane are Brit rockers Oasis, the very famous Sting, and Dave Mustaine with his crew of metal rockers, Megadeth. If you're looking for new Rock Band tracks, then this is your week!
Rock Band Wiikly: Toby Keith, Yngwie Malmsteen, The Shins, Black Tide, Bullet for My Valentine
Toby Keith has an even stranger line dancing partner for Rock Band Wiikly than he did for the regular update a couple weeks back. Joining him for the Wii upload will be a Mr. Malmsteen, first name: Yngwie. Poor guitarists, prepare for blisters or lube those fingers up properly ... but not so much that the controller flies out of your hands and into the TV.Individual songs (200 Wii points apiece): "Beer for My Horses" -- Toby Keith "I Love This Bar" -- Toby Keith "She's a Hottie" -- Toby Keith "Should've Been a Cowboy" -- Toby Keith "Who's Your Daddy?" -- Toby Keith "How Do You Like Me Now" -- Toby Keith "Warriors of Time" -- Black Tide "Waking The Demon" -- Bullet For My Valentine "New Slang" -- The Shins "Caprici Di Diablo" -- Yngwie Malmsteen "Damnation Game" -- Yngwie Malmsteen "Red Devil" -- Yngwie Malmsteen All tracks are masters and will be available for download tomorrow, April 21. Videos are after the break.
Rock Band Weekly: Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy album
"Shackler's Revenge" was only seeking vengeance because it was lonely -- but, no longer. Next week's Rock Band Weekly will be Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy album, the groups first album in ... 15 years. The album has gone on to sell 3 million copies and is now ready to pick a couple more wallets in its Rock Band incarnation.Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy (1600 / $20 -- 200 Wii points apiece) "Chinese Democracy" (160 / $2) "Better" (160 / $2) "Street of Dreams" (160 / $2) "If the World" (160 / $2) "There Was a Time" (160 / $2) "Catcher in the Rye" (160 / $2) "Scraped" (160 / $2) "Riad N' the Bedouins" (160 / $2) "Sorry" (160 / $2) "I.R.S." (160 / $2) "Madagascar" (160 / $2) "This I Love" (160 / $2) "Prostitute" (160 / $2) All tracks are masters and will be available for Xbox 360 and Wii next Tuesday. PS3 owners can download the album on Thursday.
Rock Band Wiikly: Journey, Benatar, Foo Fighters, Spongebob and more
It appears Rock Band Wiikly is getting comfortable with its one week delay of Rock Band Weekly DLC, with this week seeing a rather eclectic collection of additions to the Wii's music store. Individual songs (200 Wii points apiece): "Don't Stop Believing" - Journey "Heartbreaker" - Pat Benatar "Geraldine" - Glasvegas "C'Mon C'Mon" - The Von Bondies "I Can't Keep My Eyes Off of You" - Spongebob Squarepants "The Best Day Ever" - Spongebob Squarepants "Where's Gary?" - Spongebob Squarepants "Rock 'n' Roll Star" - Oasis "DOA" - Foo Fighters "This is a Call" - Foo Fighters "Times Like These" - Foo Fighters The tracks will be available tomorrow, April 7, and videos for all of this week's tracks are after the break.
Rock Band Wiikly: Pearl Jam, Devo, Faith No More, Fall Out Boy
Pearl Jam's album, Ten, is ready to get grungy this week on Rock Band for Wii. A few other tracks tag along to get the Wii music store up to spec with other consoles.Pearl Jam's Ten (200 Wii points apiece) "Once" "Even Flow" "Why Go" "Black" "Jeremy" "Oceans" "Porch" "Garden" "Deep" "Release" "Master/Slave" Individual songs (200 Wii points apiece): "Through Being Cool" - Devo "We Care A Lot" - Faith No More "I Don't Care" - Fall Out Boy The tracks will be available today, March 31, and videos for all of this week's tracks are after the break.
Rock Band Wiikly: The Who, The Who, and more The Who
Hey, guess what's available at the Rock Band store? Oh, you can read headlines. Well then, yeah, tons of The Who available to you this week, along with a handful of non-The Who tracks. There are 12 new tracks total, so let's get to it!Tracks from The Who (200 Wii Points each) "Amazing Journey" - The Who "Behind Blue Eyes" - The Who "Eminence Front" - The Who "Going Mobile" - The Who "Leaving Here" - The Who "Real Good Looking Boy" - The Who "Sea and Sand" - The Who "Who Are You" - The Who Individual tracks (200 Wii Points each) "All I Want" - The Offspring "The Kids Aren't Alright" - The Offspring "Losing My Religion" - REM "The Way That It Shows" - Richard Thompson As usual, you can skip past the break to preview each track. [All tracks are original master recordings]
Rock Band Wiikly back to sync: Funk, New Pornographers, Papa Roach, The Who
The sync is back on between Rock Band Wiikly and Rock Band Weekly. There was a little hiccup last week, but it appears Wii rockers are ready to start receiving the "new" DLC again. The Wii's Rock Band Music Store also receives three tracks from The Who, which were previously released on the PS3 and Xbox 360.Individual songs (200 Wii points apiece): "Pick Up the Pieces" - Average White Band "Shining Star" - Earth Wind & Fire "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine - Pt 1" - James Brown "Thrash Unreal" - Against Me! "All the Things That Go to Make Heaven and Earth" - The New Pornographers "Use It" - The New Pornographers "Last Resort" - Papa Roach "Lifeline" - Papa Roach "My Generation (LIVE)" - The Who "Summertime Blues (LIVE)" - The Who "Young Man Blues" - The Who The tracks became available yesterday, March 17. Videos can be found after the break.
Rock Band Wiikly outta sync: Alt. Country and more randomness
It seems that the sync achieved between Rock Band Wiikly and Rock Band Weekly last week may not be a standard occurrence as was once expected. This week's list of regurgitated tracks for the Wii's Rock Band Music Store features some relatively new DLC from a couple weeks ago, with others from the inaugural edition of Rock Band Weekly.Individual songs (200 Wii points apiece): "Blackened" - Metallica "Ride the Lightning" - Metallica "My Iron Lung" - Radiohead "Joker & the Thief" - Wolfmother "Calling Dr. Love" - KISS "Moonage Daydream" - David Bowie "Train in Vain" - The Clash "Kool Thing" - Sonic Youth "Why Do You Love Me" - Garbage "3 Dimes Down" - Drive By Truckers "Can't Let Go" - Lucinda Williams "People Got a Lotta Nerve" - Neko Case "Time Bomb" - Old 97s "Satellite Radio" - Steve Earle The tracks will be available tomorrow, March 10. We've contacted Harmonix to find out how it plans to do the syncing from here on out, as it was originally supposed to have the same new tracks across all platforms starting last week.
Rock Band Wiikly achieves sync: Stevie Ray Vaughan, No Doubt, Jimmy Eat World
It appears that Rock Band Wiikly and Rock Band Weekly have achieved sync, as Stevie Ray Vaughan's Texas Flood album and No Doubt will be available this week on all current-gen consoles. The Wii's Rock Band Music Store still has a lot of catching up to do, so it also receives a reconstituted serving of Jimmy Eat World.Stevie Ray Vaughan's Texas Flood (200 Wii points apiece): "Love Struck Baby" "Pride and Joy" "Texas Flood" "Tell Me" "Rude Mood" "Testify" "Mary Had a Little Lamb" "Dirty Pool" "I'm Cryin" "Lenny" Individual songs (200 Wii points apiece): "New" - No Doubt "Futures" - Jimmy Eat World "Lucky Denver Mint" - Jimmy Eat World "Sweetness" - Jimmy Eat World The tracks will be available tomorrow, March 3, and videos for all of this week's tracks are after the break.
Rock Band Wiikly: The Cars album (tracks sold separately)
This week's Rock Band Wii music store update contains The Cars' 1978 self-titled debut record. Each track is sold separately, so it'll cost $3 more than if rockers had purchased the album on Xbox 360 or PS3.The Cars (200 Wii points apiece) "Good Times Roll" "My Best Friend's Girl" "Just What I Needed" "I'm in Touch with Your World" "Don't Cha Stop" "You're All I've Got Tonight" "Bye Bye Love" "Moving in Stereo" "All Mixed Up" The tracks will be available tomorrow, February 24, and videos for all this week's songs are after the break. This is the last week in February and we've yet to see indication that the Wii's sync with "new" Rock Band Weekly tracks will still occur this month. Currently, the Harmonix press release notes it'll happen "soon." We're following up with the developer to see if there's a new sync window.
Rock Band Wiikly: Nirvana (most of Nevermind)
Selections from Nirvana's breakthrough album, Nevermind, are offered up as this week's content for the Wii's Rock Band music store. As we pointed out last October, when these tracks released on XBM and PSN, notable songs from Nevermind that are unavailable to download are "Come as You Are" and "Smells like Teen Spirit." Both "In Bloom" and "Drain You" are available on Rock Band and its sequel, respectively. Nirvana (200 Wii points apiece) "Breed" "Lounge Act" "On a Plain" "Polly" "Something in the Way" "Stay Away" "Territorial Pissings" Videos for the tracks can be found after the break. No word yet if the Wii's sync with "new" Rock Band Weekly tracks will still occur this month, but the press release from Harmonix notes it'll happen "soon."
Rock Band Wiikly: Rush's Moving Pictures album
Rush's Moving Pictures album is this week's regurgitated Rock Band content for the Wii. Well, that's not exactly accurate, as Wii rockers will have to pay $2 for each track, rather than pay $11 for the whole package, like Xbox 360 and PS3 owners. Rush - Moving Pictures (200 Wii points apiece) "Tom Sawyer" "Red Barchetta" "YYZ" "Limelight" "The Camera Eye" "Witch Hunt" "Vital Signs" Videos for the tracks can be found after the break. We're still waiting to hear when "new" Rock Band Weekly tracks will become available for Wii, but last we heard, it should still be sometime this month.
