Music

Three hits from the early '90s make their way onto the Rock Band download store this week with a Black Crowes triple pack. You can snag the full set for $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points), or you can get each individual song for the usual $1.99 (160 Microsoft Read More

It was only a matter of time. You knew it would happen. And now, this week, it has. "Call Me Maybe" has extended its sugary pop tentacles through the Harmonix doorway, latched onto either side, and propelled itself straight ahead into Rock Band! Read More

I previously mentioned Free Dominguez when I interviewed her via email for her release with her band Kidneythieves. Now she’s working to make a solo album called Volcano+The Sea, and she’s using Kickstarter to fund it. As of the time of this writin Read More

Six different artists and six different decades are represented in this week's Rock Band downloadable content. The Band, The Allman Brothers Band, Modern English, Nine Inch Nails, Crossfade, and Dragonforce provide the newest tracks for the venerable Read More

Been saving up some good videos for a little while now, so it’s time once again to publish a list of recent nerdy videos. This one features an artist that I don’t get to mention often enough, Ben Folds Five. If you haven’t yet checked out their new Read More

A heaping helping of Rock Band tracks will arrive for download today, including two songs by Kenny Loggins and more than forty by Green Day. Read More

I included a brief review of this album with my most recent Halloween list, mainly to make sure that I mentioned it before Halloween, but I just listened to the album again, and it deserves a much fuller review. I didn’t really do it justice in my Read More

Last year, Marian Call’s double album Something Fierce was one of my favorites of the year. This year, in an effort to get more mainstream attention (NPR, Paste Magazine, etc.), she is rereleasing the album on November 13. For my part, given that I Read More

Dave Mathews Band makes their Rock Band debut this week with a three-pack of songs that includes one new track and two classics from the '90s. Read More

This year’s list features more Cthulhu than in the past. I was inspired by the fact that my students are actually reading an H.P. Lovecraft story, “The Outsider,” right now. Yes, I’m totally trying to drive my students crazy. Read More

'90s band Sublime bring their first three pack to Rock Band as this week's new downloadable content. Read More

Rock Band travels back to the '70s this week to present a triple pack of songs from Chicago. Read More