This week’s Rock Band Unplugged DLC is quite an eccentric mix with a little of everything from Stevie Ray Vaughan to the Dixie Chicks. All offerings are master tracks from the original artists. Harmonix is throwing in the song used as the end credits of Portal, “Still Alive” by Joathan Coulton as sung by GLaDOS, as a free download.

Tracks:

Dixie Chicks                                           “Sin Wagon”
GLaDOS and Jonathan Coulton                  “Still Alive”
The Pixies                                             “Here Comes Your Man”
R.E.M.                                                 “Losing My Religion”
Stevie Ray Vaughan                               “Pride and Joy”

All tracks, except for “Still Alive” which is free, are available for purchase for $1.99 each on the in-game Rock Band Unplugged music store.

As an aside, if you like “Still Alive” I highly recommend checking out Jonathan Coulton’s website. He specializes in comedic songs based on videogames and gaming culture. Some of our family favorite are “Re: Your Brains“, “Creepy Doll” and “Code Monkey“. A dedicated fan and World of Warcraft player, Mike Spiff Booth has made a whole series of very funny and well done WoW machinima to Coulton’s songs.

Tracks from Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown release will be coming to the Rock Band and Rock Band 2 Wii catalog. These three new tracks are a stark contrast with 8 choice original masters from artists participating in the RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse, Marilyn Manson and Slayer are all on the list.

Tracks:

Behemoth                         “Conquer All”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

Tracks from festival artists Killswitch Engine and Bullet For My Valentine are already part of the extensive Rock Band DLC catlog. All these selections will be up for the PS3, Xbox 360 and the Wii the week of July 6th.

This week’s Rock Band 2 Music Store tracks update features Pearl Jam, Mission of Burma, Lacuna Coil and The Offspring. Wii owners can look forward to a wealth of tracks every week until the catalog catches up to the over 700 Rock Band tracks available for the Xbox 360 and PS3. Each original master recording is an even $2 or 200 points available for purchase at the Wii Shop.

(All tracks are original master recordings)

All the above tracks go online Tuesday, June 30th.

This week, Rock Band fans that play on the Wii can look forward to more tracks from Nine Inch Nails, the Dead Kennedys and Weezer. Dashboard Confessional, Free, The Cab and Scars on Broadway each have an original master track in the line up as well Testament and Staind.

The Rock Band DLC catalog swells to over 330 tracks for download with these releases. Although it still has along way to go to catch the robust offerings for Rock Band and Rock Band 2 on the Xbox 360 and PS3, it’s almost half way there.

It’s disappointing that there’s still no price cut available in the form of track packs. The Wii DLC is set up for individual downloads at $2.00 or 200 Wii points each with the exception of Thenewno2 “Yomp” which you can pick up for $1.00.
Here’s the full list of original master recordings coming out Tuesday June 23rd for the Wii:

• The Cab – “One of THOSE Nights”
• Dashboard Confessional – “Hands Down”
• Dead Kennedys – “California Uber Alles”
• Dead Kennedys – “Holiday in Cambodia”
• Dead Kennedys – “Police Truck”
• Free – “All Right Now”
• Nine Inch Nails – “Burn”
• Nine Inch Nails – “Capital G”
• Nine Inch Nails – Last”
• Scars on Broadway – “They Say”
• Staind – “This Is It”
• Testament – “Electric Crown”
• thenewno2 – “Yomp”
• Weezer – “Dreamin”
• Weezer – “The Greatest Man That Ever Lived”
• Weezer – “Troublemaker”

EA is releasing DLC from the 2009 Warped Tour for Rock Band and Rock Band 2. There are five master tracks from featured bands A Day to Remember, Bad Religion, Chiodos, Escape the Fate and Underoath. This year’s Warped Tour includes BMX and pro-skating exhibitions and these thrashing tracks are just thing to accompany extreme sports. You’ll be able to pick up these hard rocking tracks as a pack for $8.49 (680 Microsoft Points) or individually for $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) June 23 on the Xbox 360 and June 24 for the PS3. Here’s sampling of these tracks for your listening pleasure.

For those of you who like it on the lighter side, a trio of Maroon 5 tracks will also be available. “Little of Your Time,” “Makes Me Wonder” and “Wake Up Call” come as a pack for $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points) or at the usual individual price.

For the full list of masters and music videos for A Day to Remember “The Downfall of Us All” and Maroon 5 “Wake up Call” follow the jump
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Not every hardcore Rock Band junkie is a metal and alt rock junkie it seems, so Harmonix is releasing more country oriented tracks for fans of the steel guitar and southern drawl. The new Rock Band Country Pack adds to the existing songs from the genre, 21 new songs in fact. The retail disk is compatible with both Rock Band titles and the new tracks will be exclusive to the disk for a short time before making their way onto the Rock Band stores on the Wii, 360 and PS3.

Here is the complete Track list:

Rock Band for the Wii is closing in on Xbox and PS3 versions as the big Iron Maiden update releases as part of 25 new tracks for the music game. EA is churning out DLC for Rock Band Wii to bring the meager catalog from 290 to the 700 strong tracks available for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

In addition to the twelve new Iron Maiden masters launched in concert with Flight 666, 13 previously released tracks from various artists and bands are premiering on the Wii this week. You’ll find favorites from Disturbed, Blur and the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs with free tracks for Stephen & the Colberts

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The Beatles: Rock Band debuted at E3 with a star studded lineup. Surviving band members Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were joined by Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison for the premier. Here’s a look at the E3 2009 The Beatles Rock Band trailer.

EA also revealed a The Beatles: Rock Band Xbox 360 exclusive track, “All You Need is Love”. Proceeds from the DLC go to the Doctors Without Borders charity. “All You Need is Love” will be ready for download on Xbox Live June 9th.

For more details on The Beatles: Rock Band career mode and the new peripheral set styled after the instruments used by the band, see the press release excerpts after the jump. You can also watch the video of the E3 The Beatles: Rock Band Demo and see the new peripherals in action in case you missed the live streaming video coverage of E3 earlier today.
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Run for your life, Iron Maiden is coming to Rock Band June 9th for the Xbox 360 and Wii and June 11th for the PS3. Harmonix is releasing 12 master tracks as an accompaniment to Iron Maiden’s new Flight 666, a Blu-ray and DVD of the band’s Somewhere Back in Time World Tour. accompanied by a. Many of my favorites made it to the list including The Trooper, Wasted Years, and Can I Play With Madness. There four live tracks from the Flight 666 double CD soundtrack album including Aces High and Hallowed Be Thy Name.

The Iron Maiden tracks will be available on the Xbox 360 and PS3 as singles or in the Iron Maiden Pack. Wii owners only have the option to download them individually.

I’ve been bitching about Run to the Hills not transferring to Rock Band 2 since we got the game. My kids love it too. You should hear my five year old belt it out. Finally I’m getting much more than I bargained for. For the full list of tracks, follow the jump.
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Rock Band officially goes on the road as Rock Band Unplugged for the PSP hits stores in North America and Europe today. Unplugged packs the best features of the full game into the palm of your hand including Character Creation, Warm Up, Band Survival and World Tour with the PSP wifi function. The game lets your fingers do your strumming for the guitar or bass. You can also finger bang the rhythm to your favorite tracks. I’m not sure how the finger as your peripheral works with vocals, but you can still play that role if you want.

Gamers in North America who haven’t had sufficient incentive to pick up a PSP yet can get a Limited Edition Rock Band PSP Entertainment Pack. It comes with Rock Band Unplugged, A ‘piano black’ PSP and a 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo. The US version includes permission for a free download of the School of Rock. I found the movie hilarious and loved the Gene Simmons reality series it inspired but your mileage may vary.
Details on pricing for specific regions follow the break.
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