TRIPLE-A.

Get it? Because there are three bands whose names start with “A”? TRIPLE-A?

Forget it.

Anyway, you’ll be able to snap up the following five songs on PS3 on Tuesday, alongside seven of the eight Snoop Dogg tracks announced today.

The Acacia Strain	Dr. Doom	$1.99
Amberian Dawn	Valkyries	$1.99
Anti-Flag	We Are the One	$.99
Me Talk Pretty	Wake Up	$1.99
Meshuggah	Bleed	$1.99

And naturally, you can hear a playlist of these tunes after the break. Only Me Talk Pretty is apparently too good for Grooveshark, so you’ll need to click their name above to visit their MySpace page, or click through to Amazon or iTunes to hear a sample of their tune.  Continue reading →

Band of Skulls	I Know What I Am
Cate Sparks	Whatever Happened to You
Dappled Cities	The Price
Drowning Pool	Bodies
Lacuna Coil	Survive
Lemon Demon	The Ultimate Showdown (RBN Mix)	N/A
Rodrigo y Gabriela	Buster Voodoo
Scale the Summit	The Great Plains
Stroke 9	Little Black Backpack ’09
Third Eye Blind	Semi-Charmed Life ’09

No word yet on exactly when these’ll be available, but it can’t be too long now. You can find a playlist of nine of the 10 tracks embedded after the break; you’ll have to click through to Cate Sparks’ MySpace page to hear her tune. Continue reading →

Most impressive (and shocking) to me personally is the inclusion of Channels’ “Chivaree,” a really excellent song from a really excellent — and fairly obscure — band. You’ve heard me talk about Jawbox and Burning Airlines in the past? This is the current band from the main singer/songwriter for both bands. Their Waiting For The Next End Of The World album is a beautiful, complex, thoughtful, and poetic work of heavily guitar-driven indie/art rawk. But you don’t have to take my word for it; you can hear the tune in the playlist embedded following the track list, after the break.

And if you’re looking for the remainder of the Power Gig track list, it can be found here. Now let’s get to the lineup. Continue reading →

Snoop Dogg	Beautiful
Snoop Dogg	Drop It Like It’s Hot
Snoop Dogg	Ridin’ In My Chevy
Snoop Dogg	Sensual Seduction
Snoop Dogg	Snoop’s Upside Ya Head
Snoop Dogg	Tha Shiznit
Snoop Dogg	That’s Tha Homie
Snoop Dogg	Who Am I (What’s My Name)?

Alas, no “Gin and Juice.” I would have even accepted the Gourds cover. Oh well.

The tracks hit on Tuesday, but there’s a small wrinkle: “That’s Tha’ Homie” won’t hit PS3 for another week, for some reason. As a result, the whole pack won’t hit PS3 until September 21.

Pricing is the usual $2 or equivalent per track, however; and for the whole pack, you’ll pay either 1080 Microsoft Points or $13.49 on PS3. Oh, and don’t expect to hear any of these in Lego Rock Band. Find out why in the playlist, embedded after the break. Continue reading →

There’s also a bunch of rock-themed clothing, and even an entire Moonman outfit. YouTube user HeyRiley has posted video of several of the items; you can find it embedded after the break.

[thanks to murph for the HOT TIP!]

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Rock Band 3 Wireless PRO-Drum and PRO-Cymbals Kit
Xbox 360 / PlayStation 3 / Wii

Fully compatible with Rock Band™ 2, all subsequent games in the Rock Band franchise and other music games, the Wireless PRO-Drum and PRO-Cymbals Kit allows gamers of all abilities to rock-out in style when playing drum portions of any game in the Rock Band franchise.  From playing on easy in standard Rock Band game play, through to hard on the all-new Rock Band Pro mode available in Rock Band 3, the Wireless PRO-Drum and PRO-Cymbals Kit features four responsive drum pads, three realistically styled and newly engineered cymbals (Hi-Hat, Crash and Ride), and a metal-reinforced foot pedal.  Now with an all-new input allowing for dual foot pedal setup, the Wireless PRO-Drum Kit comes complete with one set of wooden drum sticks.

MSRP: $129.99

I suspect that’s going to be on a lot of Christmas lists this year. I got hands-on time with many of these tweaked products at E3, and came away particularly impressed with the redesigned drums and cymbals.

The press release also lists features and pricing for an extra kick pedal; keyboard, mic, and guitar stands; and the Electro-Harmonix Overdrive Pedal, with everything in the lineup expected to be available by the October 26 launch of Rock Band 3.

You can see the full text of the release after the break. Continue reading →

I headed to Random.org this morning to get a truly random number from one to nine, and the result was eight. And the eighth person to correctly respond was…

Ryan Allen, of Dryden, Michigan.

Congrats, Ryan! You’ll be receiving your GM-1 very soon. And thanks to all who entered. I may run more scavenger hunts like this in the future…though I think next time I’ll drop a hint or two so we get a bigger pool of potential winners.

Oh, and if you’re wondering? The birthday cake is here.  Thanks for playing!

P.O.D.	Boom
P.O.D.	Southtown
P.O.D.	Youth of the Nation

The songs are available today for all systems, at the usual pricing. And may I present a playlist for you? It’s after the break. Continue reading →