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Rock Band Weekly: The White Stripes, The Damned, Kasabian
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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.
Rock Band Weekly: Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Joan Jett

Completely unrelated to Grohl (maybe there's a six degrees of separation in there?), there will also be one track from Ms. Joan Jett thrown in the mix. Check out the update after the break, along with what portable players can expect from Rock Band Unplugged's DLC.
Rock Band Weekly: Rob Zombie, Wolfmother and ... 'Daisy of Love'

Also, we have to raise a very important issue: How can you have a Halloween music store update with no "Monster Mash?" How is "Monster Mash" not in the Rock Band Store right now? And whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?
Rock Band Weekly: A killer Queen pack
We've known for quite some time that Queen DLC was to grace Rock Band Weekly. Yes, we've dubbed it the "All The Good Ones Except for Bohemian Rhapsody" Track Pack, but that doesn't make the offering any less exciting. Next week's update will have living-room bands cringe as their respective vocalists attempt with all their might to sing like Freddie Mercury. Then again, if the kids of Glee can sing "Somebody to Love" together, then maybe everyone in the band should pitch in.
Check out the full Rock Band Weekly update, along with the update for Rock Band Unplugged, after the break.
Check out the full Rock Band Weekly update, along with the update for Rock Band Unplugged, after the break.
Rock Band Weekly: Brutal Legend pack, Black Tide, Blink-182, Satriani, Kansas, L7
Corporate synergy is well at work when the Brütal Legend pack rolls its way into next week's Rock Band DLC update. The track grouping includes Mötorhead, Tenacious D and Testament. To wash all that metal down, there are also individual songs from Kansas and Blink 182. For those upset by all of this: you can pull a "Jeremy" in front of the class*, which joins Unplugged next week.
*Yeah, don't do that.
Check out the full Rock Band Weekly update, along with the update for Rock Band Unplugged, after the break.
*Yeah, don't do that.
Check out the full Rock Band Weekly update, along with the update for Rock Band Unplugged, after the break.
Rock Band Weekly: Raconteurs, Alanis Morissette, Electric Six, The Flobots

Next week's Rock Band Weekly wants to take you to a gay bar. A gay bar, gay bar! Yes, Electric Six's "Gay Bar," which inspired a rather popular piece of World of Warcraft machinima (found after the break), makes its way onto the update.
Also featured: a three-pack of Raconteurs tracks, along with the most ironic song ever: Alanis Morissette's ... "Ironic." Isn't it ironic that the track doesn't actually feature a single example of irony? Perhaps Morissette meant this to be some sort of "meta" irony (although some may disagree).
Check out the full Rock Band Weekly update, along with the update for Rock Band Unplugged, after the break.
Also featured: a three-pack of Raconteurs tracks, along with the most ironic song ever: Alanis Morissette's ... "Ironic." Isn't it ironic that the track doesn't actually feature a single example of irony? Perhaps Morissette meant this to be some sort of "meta" irony (although some may disagree).
Check out the full Rock Band Weekly update, along with the update for Rock Band Unplugged, after the break.
Rock Band Weekly: Alice in Chains, Breaking Benjamin, Just Kait, Kula Shaker

Alice in Chains and Breaking Benjamin (pictured doing their best Twilight pose) contribute several new tracks to the Rock Band Music Store next week. We ... sorry, we're just getting lost in those eyes and pale skin. It's mesmerizing.
There are also some additions from English psychedelic band, Kula Shaker, and a value-priced track called "U Suck" by Just Kait -- which, knowing how the comments for RBW tend to lean, could very well be how many of you feel about the artist.
Check out the full Rock Band Weekly update, along with the update for Rock Band Unplugged, after the break.
There are also some additions from English psychedelic band, Kula Shaker, and a value-priced track called "U Suck" by Just Kait -- which, knowing how the comments for RBW tend to lean, could very well be how many of you feel about the artist.
Check out the full Rock Band Weekly update, along with the update for Rock Band Unplugged, after the break.
Rock Band Weekly: Pearl Jam's 'Backspacer' album

Anyone see Kanye in the house? Phew. Moving on: This week's -- uninterrupted -- Rock Band Weekly announcement is headlined by Pearl Jam's Backspacer album. The new tracks will appear on Xbox 360, Wii and PS3 on September 20, 22 and 24, respectively. Also, a special edition of the Backspacer album at Target stores, which releases September 20, will have a code to download the album onto Xbox 360 and PS3. (Remember, it's only the "special edition" that'll have the code.)
Check out the track list, along with the update for Rock Band Unplugged, after the break.
Check out the track list, along with the update for Rock Band Unplugged, after the break.
Rock Band Weekly: Tenacious D, Anvil, Dinosaur Jr., The Guess Who
Rock Band Weekly heads up to Canadia next week for a three pack from heavy metal band Anvil. There are also tracks from Brütal Legend "star" Jack Black's band Tenacious D. It'll actually be pretty quiet week, as the Wii doesn't add its usual mega-list of back catalog tracks and is in sync with the Xbox and PS3 versions. Check it all out after the break.
Rock Band Weekly: Freezepop, PAX artists, Jackson 5 and more

Rock Band drumming up more business on mobile phones

The title will also support multiplayer, along with quickplay, "Tour mode," and leaderboards. We're currently unaware if players will be able to download additional tracks -- there's nothing we'd like more than adding another category to our novella-sized Rock Band Weekly posts.
Rock Band Weekly: Talking Heads, The Jam, Oasis, Rage

Rock Band Weekly: Tom Petty, Billy Idol, Jet
Rock Band Weekly: Foo Fighters, Blur, Dropkick Murphys, Blind Melon
So, are we all getting used to Rock Band Weekly across the various platforms being combined in one serving every Friday? No ... um, tough noogies. This is the way it's going to be for the time being. Next week brings a new Foo Fighters pack to the PS3 and Xbox 360, while the Wii gets a whole mess of Red Hot Chili Peppers songs. Meanwhile, Ms. Benatar and Coheed and Cambria make their way to Unplugged. Check it all out after the break..
Rock Band Weekly: Gorillaz, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, The Who
Oh my, too many good tracks in next week's Rock Band Weekly to play off of for the basis of this post. Do we ask about breaking off a piece of our heart because of the Janis Joplin track, or do we go ask Alice when she's 10 feet tall? Ask her what? Exactly! A perfect psychedelic question. Now, feed your head by checking out the full list of tracks for all of the various Rock Band games after the break -- oh yeah, there's also the Gorillaz next week.























