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Four bands are spotlighted in this week's downloadable content for Rock Band, with a new song pack from Coheed and Cambria, along with individual tracks from Siouxsie & The Banshees, Supergrass, and The Violent Femmes. Read More

The first artist named as the Rock Band Network's "T-Mobile Artist-of-the-Month" was released yesterday, and the winner is the Arizona trio Blackmarket, an intense-yet-melodic hardcore rock outfit out of the hedonistic party town of Lake Havasu, AZ. Read More

The Used headlines next week's new releases for Rock Band with a triple pack of songs, and they're joined by two songs from Serj Tankian and one from Smash Mouth. Read More

This week, six bands that never have appeared on Rock Band before each bring a single to the downloadable library. For $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) a piece, you can pick up all these new releases on Tuesday for the Xbox 360 and Wii and on Thursday for Read More

Jimi Hendrix comes to Rock Band next week with a new deal that lands his music exclusively in this game series. Along with a full album pack of Axis: Bold As Love, we'll be getting "Valleys of Neptune," the single from the new Hendrix album that Read More

Next week's new Rock Band downloadable releases will include a four-pack from X, as well as individual tracks from Little Fish, Ace Frehley, Carrie Underwood, and OneRepublic. Read More

I was lucky enough to receive a copy of Ashlyne Huff's promo disc from our friends at Cornerstone Promotion. The self-titled collection contains the first single, "Heart of Gold," from Ashlyne's upcoming album, along with four other tracks Read More

Hard-rocking Finnish band HIM will take time out from preparing for their next U.S. tour to play Xbox LIVE Gold Members in Rock Band 2 on Thursday, March 25th. Band members will be available between 9:00-11:00pm EST (6:00-8:00pm PST) to rock out with Read More

The 2nd annual Get Out of the Garage Music Contest, sponsored by Journeys, Converse, and Guitar Center, will showcase its winners — Twank Star and Southern Backtones — at a concert in Austin, TX on March 18, 2010. Read More

Boston-area rock ensemble The Hands Off Love Affair came together as a form of music therapy in the wake of a painful personal loss. Guitarist Ross Charpentier was nice enough to discuss with me the band's unusual beginnings, recent successes, and Read More

This week's new releases on Rock Band include a track pack from the White Stripes, as well as singles from the Futureheads, the James Gang, Neil Peart, and Shaimus. Read More

I had the opportunity to ask singer/songwriter Ashlyne Huff some questions about her background, her future aspirations, and what it's like to be an up-and-coming female pop star. You might be surprised by some of her answers. Read More