BeefJack writes: "Just like last time, Rock Band devs, and Pepsi, want you to become the next big star in rock music. And just like last time, you can grab all the glamorous details here:"
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BeefJack writes: "With the announcement of user uploaded songs this weekly news update may soon become history but for now we find ourselves at the tail end of another week and on the tip of a new one full of brand new tracks."
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Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that indie rockers Kings of Leon and punk rockers Rancid will make their Rock Band debuts with three packs of songs that will be added to the Rock Band Music Store of Downloadable Content (DLC) next week, as will a three pack from Rise Against and a single from Lush, for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3.
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MTV Games and Harmonix are opening up the Rock Band music store to everyone later this year. The Rock Band Network allows any artist to upload and price their own tracks for users to download from the game's music store.

According to a report from Billboard, that service will launch sometime this year for the Xbox 360 versions of Rock Band, with plans to bring those "popular tracks" to the PlayStation 3 and Wii versions "eventually." Artists can submit their songs to a group of "Harmonix-trained freelance game developers" who will prep the tracks for use in game.
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GamerDeals writes:

"Grab the Rock Band 2 Special Edition (full kit) on PS3, Nintendo Wii or Xbox 360 for $129.98 (Reg. $159.99). It is the Amazon.com Video Games Deal of the Day for Tuesday, July 14, 2009."
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The Rock Band franchise receives a "surround sound" update. Harmonix prepared a little list with all the latest musical updates for the popular series.
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Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that three packs from new power group The Dead Weather, metal legends Judas Priest and indie rockers Big Dipper will be added to the Rock Band Music Store of Downloadable Content (DLC) next week for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3).

Additionally, back-catalogue tracks from The Pixies, Foreigner, The Killers, Spinal Tap and more will be available in the Wii Rock Band Music Store, and tracks from Radiohead and Killswitch Engage will be available for Rock Band Unplugged.
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BeefJack writes: "Rock Band devs, and Pepsi, want you to become the next big star in rock music.

While you're deciding which song to unleash your wicked headbanging skills to, you can win a $20 Rock Band giftcard, right here."
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It's Friday and that means it's time for another Rock Band DLC Update. Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that three packs from new power group The Dead Weather, metal legends Judas Priest and indie rockers Big Dipper will be added to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content next week for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. Details are as follows.
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Cambridge, Mass. - Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that three packs from new power group The Dead Weather, metal legends Judas Priest and indie rockers Big Dipper will be added to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content next week for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system.

Additionally, back-catalog tracks from The Pixies, Foreigner, The Killers, Spinal Tap and more will be available in the Wii Rock Band Music Store, and tracks from Radiohead and Killswitch Engage will be available for Rock Band Unplugged.
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Rob Thomas admits he's not much of a gamer. And given his commitments to his burgeoning solo career and his duties as frontman of Matchbox 20, that's not surprising.

That said, he does own an Xbox 360 and a PlayStation 3. And, as the father of an 11 year old boy, he's been known to pick up a controller from time to time. The game of choice in the Thomas house? "Rock Band"

"There's something great about watching [my son] playing a Pixies song with me on 'Rock Band'," he says. "[The game] puts a kid in a world they're familiar with, but unbeknownst to them, they're being exposed to this great assortment of music."
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PlayStation LifeStyle writes:
"This week's shining star is the long anticipated Battlefield: 1943, other than that, it looks as though we are getting a normal dose of DLC. Expect some PSP titles to round out the update."
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Ben Kuchera of ArsTechnica writes:

"The great thing about Guitar Hero and Rock Band packages is that they come in OMG-XBOX-HUGE packages. Why is that a great thing? Because boxes that big cost retailers money to store, which means that, with new rhythm games coming by the end of the year, it costs more to keep them around than it does to sell them at a huge discount. That means it's time to blast out existing inventory at OMG-GAMEBOY-MICRO prices. Let's take a look at what you can grab.

You have the name of the game, the system, the old price, and the price that the bundle is on sale for. If you don't have the game, or if you just need to pick up a few instruments to have as extras, this is a great time to do so."
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Rock Band's emphasis on downloadable songs was partially inspired by the popularity of iTunes, according to Harmonix creative director Josh Randall.
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It sometimes seems as if a new music rhythm game is released every five minutes, but Harmonix honcho Josh Randall believes things may change in the future. Randall thinks that games like Rock Band may eventually abandon consoles altogether, instead taking the form of instruments with built-in music.
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Good news for Green Day fans, HMXSean has announced on the Rock Band Forums that the next DLC announcement has a 3-pack from their latest album as well as a pack from the Mayhem Festival. Full details are as follows...
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IncGamers reports that next week's Rock Band Music Store update will contain three track by Green Day, in addition to eight songs from artists performing at the RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival.
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Any hope Rock Band owners had about playing some of Michael Jackson's greatest hits will have to put on hold for the time being.

Newly appointed Executive Vice President and General Manager of MTV Games Scott Guthrie told IGN in an interview this morning the company hasn't thought about releasing a DLC track pack in light of the artist's recent death.

"There's nothing in the works right now on that," said Guthrie.

Key words being "right now," of course.
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The Warped Tour is an annual international music and extreme sports festival that began in 1994 and features a diverse line-up of bands, as well as pro-skating and BMX exhibitions. This week, five tracks from Warped Tour artists A Day to Remember, Bad Religion, Chiodos, Escape the Fate and Underoath were made available in the Rock Band Music Store, and next week, three more tracks from Warped Tour artists - Dear and the Headlights, The Devil Wears Prada and Thrice - will be available for download.
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PlayStation LifeStyle writes: "This week's update is looking rather barren as far as confirmed content is concerned. Let's hope that we get some surprises."
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