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I present here the first in a series of articles exploring classical music used in the context of science fiction movies. To start, let's take a look at one of the most famous sci fi movies of all time, which also happens to have a famous classical Read More

A trio of classic bands brings six new tracks to Rock Band this week. There's a four-pack from Lynyrd Skynyrd, as well as a single from Bad Company and another from .38 Special. Read More

Teacore or chap-hop? Mr. B, the Gentleman Rhymer or Professor Elemental? Yup, that’s right, it’s a genuine rap battle in the nerdcore world. I’ll pit them against each other in a battle royale of six different categories and then decide on a winner. Read More

The Bee Gees join the Rock Band lineup with a 6-pack of songs this week, alongside singles from B.B. King and Procol Harum. Read More

New Order, Talking Heads, and the Deftones join a Bon Jovi 12-pack as this week's downloadable songs for Rock Band. Read More

There are already over 2,000 songs available between all the Rock Band games and DLC, but even more are hitting this week. Available today on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii are 12 songs from The Doors and 1 from Rush. Read More

Music from Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy is not a CD I will take along on a car trip or simply sit and listen to, but it is definitely one that I will keep around for background music — it keeps the silence away nicely but doesn't distract me from Read More

Even the “traditional” Halloween music has its geeky elements — vampires, werewolves, purple people eaters, that sort of thing. But can it get even geekier? Of course it can! I’ve compiled a list of a few Halloween-themed songs that have some geeky Read More

Rock Band reaches a milestone with this week's downloadable content. The full album download of Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced? pushes the overall Rock Band song library to more than 2,000 songs across all releases! Read More

There are a lot of dots in this week's downloadable content for Rock Band as an 8-pack from R.E.M. and a 3-pack from T. Rex hit the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii today. Read More

Harmonix is dropping 12 songs from 6 different artists into the catalog as this week's downloadable content. All the songs are available starting today across all platforms., In the leadup to Rock Band 3's launch next month Read More

Devo has released their first album in 20 years, and Chad lets us know if it really does have Something for Everybody. Read More