The AG Rock Band 3 DLC Jamboree - 9th February, 2011

Feature from Nat - Tuesday, 08 February 2011 @ 1:21pm

This weekly article will serve as a guide for what DLC is appearing on the various digital Rock Band stores this week in history. With a veritable bevy of usually quite decent content appearing every week, hopefully this article can serve as somewhat of a guide for what to look out for and what to avoid like the clappers.

Rock Band 3 DLC:

This week, we are treated to yet another Bob Marley track pack, featuring eight hits from across his extensive discography. With hits such as "Kaya" and "No More Trouble", this is well and truly worth spending your hard-earned points upon.

Bob Marley Pack 01 - 1080 MSP

• Bend Down Low
• Burnin’ and Lootin’
• Coming in from the Cold
• Kaya
• Lively Up Yourself
• No More Trouble
• Small Axe
• Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) (Pro)

As always, all releases are available for 160 MSP each.

Rock Band Network:

A powerful week for the Rock Band Network saw the arrival of no fewer than 59 tracks to the digital store, rip and ready for purchase. The songs are as follows:

Abraham Nixon - Secondary Gain (80MSP)
Admiral of Black - Bitten by the Rattlesnake (160MSP)
Akira the Don - Steven Wells (He Was the Greatest) (160MSP)
Alternative Deficit Disorder - Pylo the Pylon (80MSP)
Arena - Volver A Nacer (160MSP)
Big Light - Triceratops (80MSP)
Bluefusion - Fighting Spirit (80MSP)
Bright Midnight - For the Strange (80MSP)
BulletProof Messenger - Arm Yourself (80MSP)
Caulderon - All or Nothing (160MSP)
Chaotrope - Betrayed (80MSP)
Chaotrope - Pandemonium (80MSP)
Cloudscape - Mind Diary (160MSP)
Common Anomaly - Hate to Say (80MSP)
Cosmic Ballroom - Painprovider (160MSP)
CyLeW - Crinoline (160MSP)
Devin Townsend - ZTO (80MSP)
Dirge Within - Forever the Martyr (160MSP)
Dying Fetus - Your Treachery Will Die With You (160MSP)
Felsen - Radios Tweaking (160MSP)
Felsen - Two Utensils in One (160MSP)
Hellfire Society - Seed of Discord (160MSP)
High Voltage - Supernova (160MSP)
Jacob Chaney - Cluster #2 (80MSP)
Jerium - Tea and Taxes (80MSP)
Jonathan Coulton - Big Bad World One (160MSP)
Kataklysm - At the Edge of the World (160MSP)
Kiev - Rational Animal/Layered Line (80MSP)
Kutless - Strong Tower (80MSP)
Kylie D. Hart - Firehouse Bar (80MSP)
Lettuce - Last Suppit (160MSP)
Lnk. Ken Kardashian - The December Experience (80MSP)
Lucid Grey - Barricades (80MSP)
Majestic - Voodoo Treasure (160MSP)
Maplerun - For You (160MSP)
MC Frontalot - Bizarro Genius Baby (160MSP)
MC Frontalot - Hassle: The Dorkening (160MSP)
The Moth Complex - You Don't Know (160MSP)
Motionless in White - Abigail (160MSP)
Mystakin - A Fresh Start (80MSP)
New West - Bend (80MSP)
Oceano - District of Misery (160MSP)
Ricky Graham - Refraction (80MSP)
Robby Suavé - Around the World (80MSP)
Rockapella - Bang (160MSP)
Rotary Downs - Bullet on a String (80MSP)
Rotary Downs - Promised Land (80MSP)
Sam Morrison Band - I Gotta Ride 2010 (80MSP)
Sideburn - Live to Rock (160MSP)
Soulive - Too Much (160MSP)
Stuedabakerbrown - Couch Sitting Rattlesnake (80MSP)
These Three Poisons - Light Up the Eyes (80MSP)
This or the Apocalypse - Lamindae (160MSP)
Where the Ocean Meets the Sky - We Are but Instrumentals (160MSP)
A Wilhelm Scream - Skid Rock (80MSP)
With Life in Mind - King of Frauds (160MSP)
Zekki Tremblay - Plátanos Con Sangre (80MSP)

In somewhat important news, Harmonix announced this week the newest iteration of the Rock Band Network, RBN 2.0. Artists are now able to add in Vocal Harmonies and Keyboard parts to tracks, as well as Pro Keys and Pro Drums support. Pro guitar is not supported as of this writing, likely look for it to appear in RBN 3.0 soon. The tracks arriving to the store within the next month or so should begin to take advantage of these features, hopefully, so if we're lucky we should start to receive more piano-based tracks on the RBN!

that wraps up the AG Rock Band 3 DLC Jamboree for another week, does anything grab your interest? I'll be purchasing the Jonathan Coulton track ASAP, as well as Kaya from the Bob Marley pack at release. Sound off in the forums on what you'll be buying, whether any of these tracks are your kind of music or about what your favourite kind of Quiche is. I personally like a simple egg/ bacon combo - nothing too fancy here.