Best Of The Who Tracks Head To Rock Band

The long awaited The Who tracks are finally making their way to Rock Band! All twelve songs will be available beginning July 15 on XBLM and PSN and can be purchased for 1600 MS points ($20) all together or individually for 160 MS points ($2). The twelve song list was curated by Who members Roger Daltrey and Townsend and every song is a master track. You can check out the complete list of songs below!

The Best of The Who Rock Band Edition

• "Amazing Journey"
• "Baba O'Riley"
• "Behind Blue Eyes"
• "Eminence Front"
• "Going Mobile"
• "Leaving Here"
• "My Generation" (LIVE)
• "Real Good Looking Boy"
• "Sea & Sand"
• "Summertime Blues" (LIVE)
• "Who Are You"
• "Young Man Blues" (LIVE)

ROCK BAND TAKES FANS AND GAMERS ON AN AMAZING JOURNEY [The Who Official Website]
[Thanks, Randy!]

Rock Band DLC - Crüefest Pack

This week for our Rock Band DLC we get a pack of songs from Crüefest, plus a bonus. All of them are marketing tie-ins of some kind. Rock Band is also teaming up with Crüefest for the length of the tour. Fans and players can compete for the chance to play the game onstage as opening acts of the headliners, win backstage passes to the Rock Band VIP area, etc... The bonus song is from fictitious hair metal band Vesuvius, featured in the upcoming Fox comedy The Rocker.

Crüefest
• Down At The Whisky - Mötley Crüe
• Time Is Running Out - Papa Roach
• Who's Going Home With You Tonight - Trapt
Bonus
• Promised Land - Vesuvius

All three Crüefest songs are available Tuesday on Xbox Live and Thursday on Playstation Store. The songs will be 99¢ (80 points) each or $2.99 (240 points) for the pack. The bonus song is free!

Guitar Hero: World Tour - Not Just A Pretty Face

You know, to be honest, when I heard about Guitar Hero: World Tour, I thought the same thing most people thought. "Rock Band clone". As it turns out, however, I couldn't have be more wrong. IGN got their hands on the game, and it has surprising depth. For example, some major improvements have been added to the guitar.

The biggest addition to the new guitar is the touch pad located on the neck. While playing a song, this touch sensitive strip allows you to alter notes during sustains by sliding up and down the strip (giving more freedom and options than what you had before with just a whammy bar). It can also be used for tapping to play notes, particularly awesome if you want to mimic a slap bass.

And of course, the new drum kit.

The first thing you'll notice when you see the kit in action is that it's quieter than the Rock Band drums, which is great news for neighbors everywhere. Each drum head is eight inches in diameter, slightly larger than Rock Band's kit, so you'll be less likely to miss when things get heated.The big news with the pads, though, is that they're now sensitive to the speed you hit them. Slam it and you get a louder note. Tap it and, well, you get the picture.

On top of that, the game will now have a music creator in it, for crying out loud. Allowing you to make and share tracks (minus vocals) with your friends, and presumably the world at large.

Check out the full preview in the link, and know what lust for a game truly is.

Guitar Hero: World Tour First Look [IGN]

Final Fantasy Remix

Now, if you see the black and white image with this post and immediately see your father, then you might need to see a shrink; however, if you see a Bomb and realize that you have a limited amount of time to unload all your Ice magic or face dire consequences, then this post is definitely for you. This (somewhat hypnotizing) image is the cover to the new Final Fantasy music compilation that is coming out in Japan on August 6th called Final Fantasy Remix. Apparently this time the songs are all piano remixes of Famicom, Super Famicom and PlayStation Final Fantasy game music, which frankly has me giddy since I love people tickling the ivories and will always have a soft spot for all of the character themes from Final Fantasy VI. So all you hardcore video game music fans will have to fight this bomb through unloading your monies (ice based money may work best) and importing it come August 6th, cause I'm sure it's going to sell like fiery hotcakes.

Final Fantasy Remix - album [GoNintendo]

Rock Band DLC - New Offspring Track, Avenged Sevenfold

We get another new track this week for our Rock Band DLC, and I do mean new. 'Hammerhead', from the Offspring's upcoming album Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace as well as several Avenged Sevenfold tracks. Also available this week is a track from Crooked X, a heavy metal band with an average age of 13, at a discounted price. Here's the full list.

• "Hammerhead" (The Offspring)
• "Afterlife" (Avenged Sevenfold)
• "Critical Acclaim" (Avenged Sevenfold)
• "Rock 'n' Roll Dream" (Crooked X)

The Offspring and Avenged Sevenfold tracks will be available for $1.99 each (160 Microsoft Points), and the Crooked X track will be 99 cents (80 Microsoft Points). These tracks will be downloadable Tuesday, June 17, 2008 for Xbox LIVE and Thursday, June 19, 2008 for the Playstation Store.

New Rock Band Album - The Pixies

Just announced today, the next full album download for Rock Band will be The Pixies 'Doolittle'. The album will be available for for $1.99 per track (160 Microsoft Points) or $18.99 (1520 Microsoft Points). Please note that "Wave of Mutilation," which was on the original CD, will NOT be part of this download, so you won't be buying it twice. Here's the full list of tracks:

• "Crackity Jones"
• "Dead"
• "Debaser"
• "Gouge Away"
• "Here Comes Your Man"
• "Hey"
• "I Bleed"
• "La la Love You"
• "Monkey Gone To Heaven"
• "Mr Grieves"
• "No 13 Baby"
• "Silver"
• "Tame"
• "There Goes My Gun"

You can download this album starting on June 24th on Xbox Live Marketplace, and June 26th in the Playstation Store.

Are Music Games Affecting The Radio?

So I want to know if our readers have been noticing the same thing I am. Ever since Rock Band (and Guitar Hero III) came out last year, I've been hearing the songs featured in these games on the radio more. A LOT more. I've heard Knights of Cydonia at least four times in the last week alone, and I only really listen to the radio while driving to and from work, so this is a small window of time. Dani California is another one I'm suddenly hearing a lot more as well.

Tell us what's going on in your neck of the woods. Are Rock Band/Guitar Hero songs getting requested a lot lately? Or are we just seeing a shift back towards rock in general?

Rock Band DLC - MTV2 Pack + Maximo Park

This week for Rock Band we get a select of 3 songs from MTV2 (also known as what MTV used to be, and certain to become what MTV is now) and a single track from Maximo Park. These are all lesser known bands (at least to me), but the tracks are value-priced this week. Here's the lineup

The 3-Pack
• The Material - Moving to Seattle
• The Myriad - A Clean Shot
• Them Terribles - Bullets & Guns

The Single
• Maxïmo Park - Girls Who Play Guitars

You can get these for $.99 (80 points) per track and the 3-pack is $2.99 (240 points).

DLC Week of June 10th - MTV2 Pack + Maximo Park [RockBand.com]

Video Games Live Announces Fifty City Tour

Video Games Live, which Tiny and I had the honor of seeing last year, has really taken off. Fresh out of a run of sold out shows including one on Broadway in NYC, Video Games Live has announced a fifty city tour that covers much of the US, parts of Europe and beyond! If you haven't gotten a chance to see this amazing show, definitely make the effort to check it out if it happens to be coming near where you live. (If you're lucky enough to live around Ontario, Canada there's even a free show!) Music in games is something that often gets overlooked and seeing it done in a concert hall setting by a live orchestra is something not to be missed.

Video Games Live Concert Tour Dates [Video Games Live]

Rock Band DLC - Jimmy Buffet, Disturbed

Disturbed indeed. This week for Rock Band we get the unlikely pairing of Disturbed and Jimmy Buffet. I have absolutely no idea why, but that's what you're getting this week. Here's the track list.

• "Margaritaville" - Jimmy Buffett
• "Cheeseburger In Paradise" - Jimmy Buffett
• "Volcano" - Jimmy Buffett
• "Indestructible" - Disturbed
• "Inside The Fire" - Disturbed
• "Perfect Insanity" - Disturbed

Each of the Buffet tracks is $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) or $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points) for the set. The Disturbed tracks are cheaper for a limited time, $.99 (80 Microsoft Points) or $2.99 (240 Microsoft Points) for the set. This is due to several of the Disturbed tracks being free with a preorder earlier this year.

As usual, these tracks will be available Tuesday for Xbox and Thursday for PS3. I'm sure you'll all be rushing home to download them.

Alone In The Dark: The Musical!

How slow would that be? Luckily, Atari's upcoming redux of Alone In the Dark hasn't inspired a musical theatre mishap (yet, or that I know of), but its score, by composer Olivier Deriviere, will be released this weekend by Milan Records.

Deriviere, who also scored the mightily impressive Obscure, brings in the Grammy Award winning talent of a choir called The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices. I could say all kinds of funny things here, but I won't, simply because I think Bulgarian men are hot. Whatcha gonna do?

Brave the spooOOooky jump for more details and the track list.

Rock Band: Second Album Announced - The Cars

Stop the presses! I've just been handled (err... e-mailed) an urgent bulletin. The second full-album download for Rock Band will be The Cars self-titled debut album!

Harmonix and MTV Games announced today their second complete album addition to the Rock Band downloadable content catalog: The Cars' 1978 self-titled debut, which will be available Tuesday, May 27. Hailed by Rolling Stone as one of the 500 greatest albums of all time, The Cars was released 30 years ago this month by Elektra Records.

Each track will be available for $1.99 per track (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) or $14.99 (1200 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for the album. The release will be Tuesday the 27th for Xbox 360 and Thursday the 29th for Playstation 3.

Hit the jump for the full track listing.