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  • Jul
    22

    Slacker Radio: Now with ABC News

    Author: Shawn; Filed under: Gadget, Gizmo; Tagged as:

    Slacker announced months ago, that with an update coming in 2010 there would be new features and stations added to the streaming radio service. One of those, was the unique addition of ABC News audio feeds.

    Months have gone by, and all the new mentioned features have come true; like new clients for BlackBerry, iPhone, and Android with wireless syncing. The ABC News feature has gone unanswered…

    …until today.

    I opened up my favorite streaming music application in Firefox, to see an advertisement on screen for “ABC NEWS ON SLACKER RADIO!” I clicked the link, and am currently listening away to ABC News feeds. This is definitely a nice addition to the 100+ canned music stations, plus the unlimited number of custom stations, like our own custom Rock Band station.

    Later on, I will experiment with trying the new station on my BlackBerry Slacker app. Plus, I will try to make a custom station with both music and news feeds.  Should be interesting.

    I’ve seen satellite radio articles bashing the new offering by Slacker. Though, I’m going to give this a solid test drive and report back before making any judgment.

    You can check out Slacker Radio in your web browser or smartphone by visiting www.slacker.com.

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  • Jul
    22

    Rock Band Slacker RadioThis update of the greatest Rock Band tribute station, gets us up to date with all regular DLC through May 25, 2010. With this latest installment, we get a blistering load of metal, including Pantera’s Great Southern Trendkill album, Judas Priest’s British Steel Live Album, Deftones, P.O.D., plus more Grateful Dead, The Smithereens, and a few others.

    Please tell all your music and Rock Band friends about the blog and our Rock Band Station.

    Direct link to Rock Band Station on Slacker.com

    Breaking the Law” (Live) Judas Priest 2010s Metal British Steel 30th Anniversary 2010-05-11 !May 11, 2010
    “Rapid Fire” (Live) Judas Priest 2010s Metal British Steel 30th Anniversary 2010-05-11 !May 11, 2010
    “Metal Gods” (Live) Judas Priest 2010s Metal British Steel 30th Anniversary 2010-05-11 !May 11, 2010
    “Grinder” (Live) Judas Priest 2010s Metal British Steel 30th Anniversary 2010-05-11 !May 11, 2010
    “United” (Live) Judas Priest 2010s Metal British Steel 30th Anniversary 2010-05-11 !May 11, 2010
    Living After Midnight” (Live) Judas Priest 2010s Metal British Steel 30th Anniversary 2010-05-11 !May 11, 2010
    “You Don’t Have to Be Old to Be Wise” (Live) Judas Priest 2010s Metal British Steel 30th Anniversary 2010-05-11 !May 11, 2010
    “The Rage” (Live) Judas Priest 2010s Metal British Steel 30th Anniversary 2010-05-11 !May 11, 2010
    “Steeler” (Live) Judas Priest 2010s Metal British Steel 30th Anniversary 2010-05-11 !May 11, 2010
    “Beat It on Down the Line” Grateful Dead 1960s Classic Rock Grateful Dead 03 2010-05-18 !May 18, 2010
    “Cumberland Blues” Grateful Dead 1970s Classic Rock Grateful Dead 03 2010-05-18 !May 18, 2010
    Scarlet Begonias Grateful Dead 1970s Classic Rock Grateful Dead 03 2010-05-18 !May 18, 2010
    “Throwing Stones” Grateful Dead 1980s Classic Rock Grateful Dead 03 2010-05-18 !May 18, 2010
    Touch of Grey Grateful Dead 1980s Classic Rock Grateful Dead 03 2010-05-18 !May 18, 2010
    “U.S. Blues” Grateful Dead 1970s Classic Rock Grateful Dead 03 2010-05-18 !May 18, 2010
    “A Girl Like You” The Smithereens 1980s Rock Single 2010-05-18 !May 18, 2010
    “Only a Memory” The Smithereens 1980s Rock Single 2010-05-18 !May 18, 2010
    “The Great Southern Trendkill” Pantera 1990s Metal The Great Southern Trendkill 01 !The Great Southern Trendkill 2010-05-25 !May 25, 2010
    War Nerve Pantera 1990s Metal The Great Southern Trendkill 02 !The Great Southern Trendkill 2010-05-25 !May 25, 2010
    Drag the Waters Pantera 1990s Metal The Great Southern Trendkill 03 !The Great Southern Trendkill 2010-05-25 !May 25, 2010
    “10′s” Pantera 1990s Metal The Great Southern Trendkill 04 !The Great Southern Trendkill 2010-05-25 !May 25, 2010
    “13 Steps to Nowhere” Pantera 1990s Metal The Great Southern Trendkill 05 !The Great Southern Trendkill 2010-05-25 !May 25, 2010
    “Suicide Note Pt. II” Pantera 1990s Metal The Great Southern Trendkill 07 !The Great Southern Trendkill 2010-05-25 !May 25, 2010
    “Living Through Me (Hell’s Wrath)” Pantera 1990s Metal The Great Southern Trendkill 08 !The Great Southern Trendkill 2010-05-25 !May 25, 2010
    Floods Pantera 1990s Metal The Great Southern Trendkill 09 !The Great Southern Trendkill 2010-05-25 !May 25, 2010
    “The Underground in America” Pantera 1990s Metal The Great Southern Trendkill 10 !The Great Southern Trendkill 2010-05-25 !May 25, 2010
    “(Reprise) Sandblasted Skin” Pantera 1990s Metal The Great Southern Trendkill 11 !The Great Southern Trendkill 2010-05-25 !May 25, 2010
    Alive P.O.D. 2000s Nu-Metal … !Single 2010-06-01 !June 1, 2010
    “Trouble Comes Running” Spoon 2010s Indie Rock Spoon 01 2010-06-01 !June 1, 2010
    Don’t You Evah Spoon 2000s Indie Rock Spoon 01 2010-06-01 !June 1, 2010
    “I Turn My Camera On” Spoon 2000s Indie Rock Spoon 01 2010-06-01 !June 1, 2010
    Got Nuffin Spoon 2010s Indie Rock Spoon 01 2010-06-01 !June 1, 2010
    “Cherry Waves” Deftones 2000s Rock Deftones 01 2010-06-08 !June 8, 2010
    Hole in the Earth Deftones 2000s Rock Deftones 01 2010-06-08 !June 8, 2010
    Minerva Deftones 2000s Rock Deftones 01 2010-06-08 !June 8, 2010
    The Great Escape Boys Like Girls 2000s Emo … !Single 2010-06-08 !June 8, 2010
    “Rock Ready” Crown of Thorns 2000s Rock … !Single 2010-06-08 !June 8, 2010
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  • Jun
    24

    Rock Band Slacker RadioIt’s rapid fire update time for our custom Slacker Radio Rock Band station. This is the second update this week, getting us into the DLC  for May.

    INCLUDES ALL SONGS THRU 5/4/10.
    NEW:
    Serj Tankian x2
    Smash Mouth – “All-Star”
    The Used x3
    Coheed and Cambria x3
    Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Peek-a-Boo”
    Supergrass – “Sun Hits the Sky”
    Violent Femmes – “American Music”
    Flyleaf – “Again”
    Silverchair – “Tomorrow”
    Busted – “Thunderbirds Are Go!”
    No Doubt – Tragic Kingdom: The Deep Cuts
    Orianthi – “According to You”

    Direct link to Rock Band Station on Slacker.com

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  • Jun
    22

    Rock Band Slacker RadioIt’s been three months since I updated our custom Slacker Radio Rock Band station. Does anyone other than me care? Not sure. Well anyway, I’ve added about 30 songs today catching us up to the second week of April.

    INCLUDES ALL SONGS THRU 4/13/10.
    NEW:
    3 Doors Down – “It’s Not My Time”
    Mute Math – “Control”
    The Subways x2
    X x4
    Ace Frehley – “Outer Space”
    Carrie Underwood – “All-American Girl”
    OneRepublic – “Stop & Stare”
    The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold as Love (album)
    Anberlin – “Feel Good Drag”
    Hawk Nelson – “Live Life Loud”
    Skillet – “Monster”
    Superchick – “Stand in the Rain”
    Switchfoot – “Meant to Live”
    Thousand Foot Krutch – “Fire It Up”

    Direct link to Rock Band Station on Slacker.com

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  • Mar
    11


    Wow! RBN, Lady GaGa, Green Day, and a lot more.  It’s been an insane week for Rock Band music. I’ve updated the Slacker Rock Band station, and 51 new songs have been added to the station within the past 7 days. Enjoy! Please let me know in comments if you are enjoying this station.

    Direct link to Rock Band Station on Slacker.com
    Here’s the entire list for the week:

    1. Dear and the Headlights – Talk About
    2. Despised Icon – Day of Mourning
    3. Fake Shark-Real Zombie! – Angel Lust
    4. Fake Shark-Real Zombie! – Horses in Heaven
    5. Fake Shark-Real Zombie! – Running for the Razors
    6. Fake Shark-Real Zombie! – Sestri Levante
    7. Five Finger Death Punch – Burn it Down
    8. Flogging Molly – Drunken Lullabies (Live)
    9. Flogging Molly – Requiem for a Dying Song.
    10. In This Moment – Mechanical Love
    11. Jonathan Coulton – Creepy Doll
    12. Jonathan Coulton – Ikea
    13. Jonathan Coulton – The Future Soon
    14. KMFDM – A Drug Against War
    15. KMFDM – Juke Joint Jezebel
    16. Lacuna Coil – Survive
    17. Longwave – No Direction
    18. Marillion – Whatever Is Wrong With You
    19. of Montreal – Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse
    20. Senses Fail – Lady in a Blue Dress
    21. Skeletonwitch – Crushed Beyond Dust
    22. Skindred – Stand for Something
    23. Steve Vai – For the Love of God
    24. Steve Vai – Get the Hell Out of Here
    25. Steve Vai – The Attitude Song
    26. Stroke 9 – Kick Some Ass
    27. Stroke 9 – Little Black Backpack
    28. Suicide Silence – Disengage
    29. The Hold Steady – Sequestered in Memphis
    30. The Shins – Australia
    31. The Slip – Children of December
    32. The Slip – Even Rats
    33. Bang Camaro – Push Push (Lady Lightning)
    34. Cetan Clawson and the Soul Side – White Heat
    35. Jonathan Coulton – Code Monkey
    36. Winds of Plague – Approach the Podium
    37. The Shins – So Says I
    38. Flight of the Conchords – Demon Woman
    39. Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
    40. Lady Gaga – Just Dance
    41. Lady Gaga – Monster
    42. Lady Gaga – Poker Face
    43. Attack Attack! – Stick Stickly
    44. Between the Buried and Me – Mordecai
    45. Flight of the Conchords – The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)
    46. Eulogies – Day to Day
    47. Green Day – “Brain Stew”/”Jaded”
    48. Green Day – Hitchin’ a Ride
    49. Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends
    50. Green Day – Boulevard of Broken Dreams
    51. Green Day – American Idiot

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  • Mar
    9


    Last week, we updated our Slacker Radio Rock Band radio station with the recent DLC plus upcoming DLC.  We even started moving into the realm of Rock Band Network (RBN).  Today, we have taken it a bit further.  Realize that many RBN artists are unsigned, and not well known on the internet radio world, but surprisingly,I am able to find quite a few RBN tracks.

    I have only sifted through the announced list of RBN tracks from last Wednesday, and only up to the letter “J” “T”.    The good news, 16 31 songs so far from RBN are available on Slacker…and I have added them to the station for your listening pleasure.  The updated RBN list is at the bottom.

    Remember, Slacker can be enjoyed from your favorite web browser, as long as you have Flash installed (and I’m 101% sure you do).  Plus, Slacker for iPhone, BlackBerry, Palm WebOS, and Android all exist.  If you haven’t tried Slacker on your phone, just go to www.slacker.com to download the free app.

    Direct link to Rock Band Station on Slacker.com

    Rock Band Network, now on Slacker:
    3 Inches of Blood – Battles and Brotherhood
    Bif Naked – Sick
    Color Theory – If Not Now When
    Dear and the Headlights – Talk About
    Despised Icon – Day of Mourning
    Fake Shark-Real Zombie! – Angel Lust
    Fake Shark-Real Zombie! – Horses in Heaven
    Fake Shark-Real Zombie! – Running for the Razors
    Fake Shark-Real Zombie! – Sestri Levante
    Five Finger Death Punch – Burn it Down
    Flogging Molly – Drunken Lullabies (Live)
    Flogging Molly – Requiem for a Dying Song
    In This Moment – Mechanical Love
    Jonathan Coulton – Creepy Doll
    Jonathan Coulton – Ikea
    Jonathan Coulton – The Future Soon

    UPDATE: Just added a bunch more.

    KMFDM – A Drug Against War
    KMFDM – Juke Joint Jezebel
    Lacuna Coil – Survive
    Longwave – No Direction
    Marillion – Whatever Is Wrong With You
    of Montreal – Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse
    Senses Fail – Lady in a Blue Dress
    Skeletonwitch – Crushed Beyond Dust
    Skindred – Stand for Something
    Steve Vai – For the Love of God
    Steve Vai – Get the Hell Out of Here
    Steve Vai – The Attitude Song
    Stroke 9 – Kick Some Ass
    Stroke 9 – Little Black Backpack
    Suicide Silence – Disengage

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  • Mar
    5


    Our Slacker Radio Rock Band radio station has been updated with this weeks installment of Rock Band DLC. This week you get 21 new tracks including packs from White Stripes, Mother Hips, HIM, and Disturbed. I now working to locate the additional 116 Rock Band Network songs released withing the past 48 hours.  Yes, 116 RBN songs released in less than 48 hours.  Those will be coming to the channel soon.
    UPDATED: Just added a few RBN songs to the station.

    3 Inches of Blood – Battles and Brotherhood
    Bif Naked – Sick
    Color Theory – If Not Now When

    Direct link to Rock Band Station on Slacker.com

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  • Feb
    16


    Our Slacker Radio Rock Band radio station has been updated with this weeks installment of Rock Band DLC. This week you get Megadeth’s classic album Rust In Peace, in its entirety; plus 5 tracks from King of Soul, Otis Redding; plus 4 singles to make a very eclectic mix. (see Simon’s post for the details…whenever he gets to writing it). ;-)

    Direct link to Rock Band Station on Slacker.com

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  • Feb
    1


    Let’s start February off on the left foot, with a Slacker Radio Rock Band radio station update.  This week you get more live Tom Petty, the rest of the Metal Track Pack (minus Bulls On Parade…sorry it’s not on Slacker), the rest of the Country Track Pack, plus a couple from Blue Öyster Cult. (see Simon’s post for the details).

    Direct link to Rock Band Station on Slacker.com

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  • Jan
    13


    Our Slacker Radio Rock Band radio station has been updated with this weeks installment of Rock Band DLC. This week you get 5 tracks from Alice In Chains (see Simon’s post for the details).

    Direct link to Rock Band Station on Slacker.com

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