Zay’z – [ Den 'O' Slack ]

So yesterday Harmonix announced the release of Pearl Jam’s Ten album due out this March to coincide with the bands re-release of the album.

And today they released a bunch of “country” songs.

Huh.

Hmm.

Well then.

Well it’s that time again, Rock Band downloads for the week of Oct/21st, no full albums this week but we do get to hear some more Nirvana (finally).

The track pack includes the following:

Breed
Lounge Act
On a Plain
Polly
Something in the Way
Stay Away
Territorial Pissings

It will be $11 [US] for all seven songs.

Official release notes here.

AC/DC : Live

Well it finally happened… AC/DC is coming to town, in “full” album form that is.

And guess what, the tracks are remixed by Mike Fraser for Rock Band. Awesome.

It looks that this release will be even more expensive than the Red Hot Chilli Peppers release of Blood Sugar Sex Magik which is $20 [1,600MSPoints]. The AC/DC “Track Pack” as it’s called will run somewhere around $40 [US]!!!

Which again I’m sure is not squarely on Harmonix but on those that hold the master and or publishing rights to the tracks.

Weak.

The tracks are really solid though:

“Thunderstruck”
“Shoot to Thrill”
“Back in Black”
“Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be”
“Heatseeker”
“Fire Your Guns”
“Jailbreak”
“The Jack”
“Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”
“Moneytalks”
“Hells Bells”
“High Voltage”
“Whole Lotta Rosie”
“You Shook Me All Night Long”
“T.N.T.”
“Let There Be Rock”
“Highway To Hell”
“For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)”

Nice.

The entire press release can be read here.

Well it’s that time of the week again, Tuesday… and you know what that means, more downloadable content for all you Rock Band and Rock Band 2 junkies out there.

This week sees the release of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Blood Sugar Sex Magik LP.

The ablum contains the following tracks:

The Power of Equality
If You Have to Ask
Breaking the Girl
Funky Monks
Suck My Kiss
I Could Have Lied
Mellowship Slinky in B Major
The Righteous & The Wicked
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Under the Bridge
Naked in the Rain
Apache Rose Peacock
The Greeting Song
My Lovely Man
Sir Psycho Sexy
They’re Red Hot

*Give It Away, is already included on the Rock Band 2 game disc.

Hold up just one sec though… this one’s gonna run you a cool 1,600 MS Points… yep that’s $19.99 [US] for those not fully in the Matrix yet.

A pretty good album and what will probably be mucho fun in the coming weekends… however, OUCH!!! Before anyone tears into Harmonix on this one, I can almost garuntee you that the cost issue is one of licensing.

Period.

When was the last time you played a game made/published by Square Enix? If you’re anything like me, it’s been quite a while… so much so you may have never played one forgetting even that Chrono Trigger was produced for SNES by Square Co., and that they merged with Enix around 2003.

Getting out of the way back when machine though, what I am interested in the upcoming Square Enix title Infinite Undiscovery which I believe is slated for an Xbox 360 only release in just a week or so.

Again though what I’d really love to see, is a re-make of Chrono Trigger for both Xbox 360 as well as the PS3.

What? That’s right I said it, it had to be said.

If you want some more low-down go catch the “official” IU website over here.

The first slackcast is oficially online, over yonder. Main Slackcast index:[http://zayz.mypodcast.com]

What’s a SlackCast? The only official audio companion to the wonderful world of slack (this site) of course.

Discussed Links/Stories/Etc:

Maxim Girl of the Day: Ashanti

PS3 native dev makes for better “xbox360″ games.

Another Cynthia MySpace

Kanye West, Jaded

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emporer

I hope you enjoy and hope that it gets much better in the future.

Thanks for the support!!!

- zay

Looks like the upcoming Rock Band DLC will be interesting based on the latest announcement from the forums over here.

Thursday, June 19, 2008 (PLAYSTATION®Store)

Crooked X’s “Rock N Roll Dream will be $0.99 (80 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360).

Rock Band DLC announced for next Tuesday is… ummm… I have no idea, check it all here.

“Next week we have the MTV2 3-Pack and a track from Maximo Park (which isn’t in the three-pack).“

Hmmm…. yeah that’s all I have to say about that.

The word on this weeks Rock Band DLC can be found here.

Ready to get your head spinning? This week are we really covering the spread. First we have a three pack of songs from Jimmy Buffett for $1.99 each (160 Microsoft Points) or $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points) for the pack. Jimmy Buffett rerecorded the three songs for exclusive use in Rock Band, turns out he really digs the game.

Also along for the ride this week is the long-awaited Disturbed three-pack of songs from their new album INDESTRUCTIBLE. Best Buy recently announced they are partnering with MTV Games and Hamonix to offer Disturbed fans the opportunity to download two free tracks from the band’s highly anticipated new album, INDESTRUCTIBLE. By pre-ordering the album at www.BestBuy.com/disturbed, fans will receive instructions to download title track “Indestructible” and “Inside The Fire” for Rock Band from Xbox Live. Both of those songs will also be available to all Rock Band owners on 360 and PS3 along with a third track from the album “Perfect Insanity”. Each Disturbed track will be available for $.99 per track (80 Microsoft Points) for a limited time, or $2.99 (240 Microsoft Points) for the three pack.

Tracks are as Follows-

“Margaritaville” by Jimmy Buffett (master – new original recording)
“Cheeseburger in Paradise” by Jimmy Buffett (master – new original recording)
“Volcano” by Jimmy Buffett (master – new original recording)
“Indestructible” by Disturbed (master)
“Inside the Fire” by Disturbed (master)
“Perfect Insanity” by Disturbed (master)

Sick.

Velocity sensitive. Fuck yeah.