Rock Band Slacker Radio: January DLC

This is the second update this week. This time 17 more Rock Band 3 DLC songs are added.

Get ready for some Johnny Cash, Linkin Park, and Stone Sour added to the Rock Band station. With this update, all available (Rock Band proper) DLC through January 25, 2011 is on the station.  Enjoy!

INCLUDES ALL SONGS THRU 1/25/2011.

NEW:

Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash 01 pack

Linkin Park - Linkin Park 01 pack

Stone Sour - Stone Sour 01 pack

Direct link to Rock Band Station on Slacker.com

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Rock Band Slacker Radio: All DLC through 2010

I will keep this simple. After four months, I got off my butt and added a bunch of Rock Band 3 DLC songs to the Slacker Radio Rock Band station.  More than 40 songs were added in this update. With this update, all available (Rock Band proper) DLC through January 1, 2011 is on the station.  Enjoy!

INCLUDES ALL SONGS THRU 12/28/2010.

NEW:

John Lennon - Imagine album
38 Special – “Hold On Loosely“
Bad Company – “Can’t Get Enough“
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Lynyrd Skynyrd 01 pack
Queen - Queen Extravaganza Pack 01
Billy Joel - Billy Joel: The Hits: Rock Band Edition pack
John & Yoko, The Plastic Ono Band – “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”
Anaïs Croze – “Peut-Être une Angine”
BB Brunes – “Dis-Moi”
BAP – “Verdamp Lang Her”
Wir sind Helden – “Nur ein Wort”
Linea 77 – “Fantasma”
Litfiba – “Proibito”
Skizoo – “Dame Aire”
Caesars – “Jerk It Out“
Paul McCartney - Celebrating Band on the Run pack
Inhabited – “Open My Eyes”
Siouxsie and The Banshees – “Cities in Dust“

Direct link to Rock Band Station on Slacker.com
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Slacker Radio gets On-Demand

My favorite online streaming music service is Slacker Radio. If you are unaware of Slacker, think of Pandora or Last.FM.  I believe the Slacker offering has the best user interface, a great selection of music, nice free (and relatively cheap paid) offerings, and was the first to offer on-device mobile applications with caching of music for offline use. I have my custom Rock Band Radio station over there too.

Today, at CES, the folks at Slacker announced the next generation of their web-based and mobile applications.  Most of it has been expected for a while, but good to see that they are pushing the marketing on it. Let’s get into the announcement.

This news comes to us from Hypebot and ZatzNotFunny who had a chance to interview folks at Slacker.

Premium Radio

This has been quietly announced on Slacker.com for many months.  This is a paid offering allowing users to select any song in the Slacker library on-demand for immediate listening.  I have heard that this paid offering will cost users a scary $9.99 per month, which is an extremely expensive cost in my opinion.  This new offering will compete immediately with Zune Pass, Rhapsody, Napster, and similar services.  It could also compete with iTunes and Amazon’s download services.

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Rock Band Radio: Bee Gees, B.B. King, Procol Harum

This coming Tuesday, Rock Band fans will be treated to another week of mixed songs. Get ready for a 6-pack from the Bee Gees, and a couple singles from B.B. King and Procol Harum.

Song title	Artist	Single / Pack name	Release date	Pro Guitar/Bass Support
“Jive Talkin’“	Bee Gees	Bee Gees 01	Nov. 16, 2010	No
“Night Fever“	Bee Gees	Bee Gees 01	Nov. 16, 2010	No
“Stayin’ Alive“	Bee Gees	Bee Gees 01	Nov. 16, 2010	Yes
“Nights on Broadway“	Bee Gees	Bee Gees 01	Nov. 16, 2010	No
“Tragedy“	Bee Gees	Bee Gees 01	Nov. 16, 2010	No
“You Should Be Dancing“	Bee Gees	Bee Gees 01	Nov. 16, 2010	No
“The Thrill is Gone“	B.B. King	Single	Nov. 16, 2010	Yes
“A Whiter Shade of Pale“	Procol Harum	Single	Nov. 16, 2010	No

These songs, plus all other recent releases have been added to our Rock Band Slacker Radio station. The Slacker station now has a couple thousand songs for you to enjoy in your browser, iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Palm, etc, etc.

INCLUDES ALL SONGS THRU 11/16/10.
NEW:

Stone Temple Pilots – 6 pack

Jimmy Eat World – 3 pack

The Doors – Greatest Hits: Special Edition

Rush – “Subdivisions“

Bon Jovi: Greatest Hits: Rock Band Edition

New Order – “Blue Monday“

Talking Heads – “Burning Down the House“

Deftones – “My Own Summer (Shove It)“

Direct link to Rock Band Station on Slacker.com
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Rock Band Slacker Radio: 2,000 Songs & Growing

In commemoration with Rock Band getting its 2,000th song (counting on-disc and downloadable), I figured it’s time to update the Slacker station. You may have noticed, I have been “slacking” myself on the blog updates lately…sorry bout that, my 9-to-5 has been keeping me busy.

I just went back and added all new DLC from August, September, and October so far. The Slacker station now has a couple thousand songs for you to enjoy in your browser, iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Palm, etc, etc.

INCLUDES ALL SONGS THRU 10/12/10.
NEW:
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced album
R.E.M. pack
The Doobie Brothers
My Chemical Romance
Anthrax pack
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend album
The Black Keys pack
and a lot more!

Direct link to Rock Band Station on Slacker.com
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Rock Band Slacker Radio: Snoop Dogg

Here comes an eight song addition to our Rock Band Slacker Station. This time around, we get some Snoop Dogg, based on our earlier announcement post.

“Beautiful”
“Drop It Like It’s Hot”
“Ridin’ In My Chevy”
“Sensual Seduction”
“Snoop’s Upside Ya Head”
“Tha Shiznit”
“That’s Tha Homie” *
“Who Am I (What’s My Name)?”

Direct link to Rock Band Station on Slacker.com
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Rock Band Slacker Radio: Now with 76 Rock Band 3 Songs

Thanks to the community following all the Rock Band 3 announcements and leaks, I have updated the Rock Band Slacker Radio Station with all of the known Rock Band 3 songs. 76 new songs have been added to the station, based on 2 posts at RockBandAide; this one and this one.

Here’s the list that has been added (to the already 1,200 songs on the station):

Confirmed (RockBand.com)

• Dio – Rainbow in the Dark
• Huey Lewis and the News – The Power of Love
• Ida Maria – Oh My God
• Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing
• Jimi Hendrix – Crosstown Traffic
• Joan Jett – I Love Rock and Roll
• Juanes – Me Enamora
• Metric – Combat Baby
• Night Ranger – Sister Christian
• Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
• Phoenix – Lasso
• Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
• Rilo Kiley – Portions of Foxes
• Smash Mouth – Walkin’ on the Sun
• Spacehog – In the Meantime
• Stone Temple Pilots – Plush
• The Cure – Just Like Heaven
• The Doors – Break On Through
• The Vines – Get Free
• The White Stripes – The Hardest Button to Button
• Them Crooked Vultures – Dead End Friends
• Whitesnake – Here I Go Again

Confirmed (E3)

• Yes – Roundabout

Confirmed (Comic-Con)

• B-52′s – Rock Lobster
• Def Leppard – Foolin’
• Filter – Hey Man, Nice Shot
• Foreigner – Cold as Ice
• Marilyn Manson – The Beautiful People
• Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Confirmed (GameInformer, MrPope’s Twitter)

• David Bowie – Space Oddity

Confirmed (EuroGamer)

• Bob Marley & The Wailers – Get Up, Stand Up
• INXS – Need You Tonight
• Poni Hoax – Antibodies
• Rammstein – Du Hast
• Roxette – The Look
• Tokio Hotel – Humanoid
• HIM – Killing Loneliness
• Maná – Oye Mi Amor
• Slipknot – Before I Forget
• War – Low Rider

Confirmed (X-Play)

• Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – I Need To Know

Recent Leak (GottGameShows)

• The Bronx – False Alarm
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird
• Beach Boys – Good Vibrations (Live)
• Tegan and Sara – The Con
• Riverboat Gamblers – Don’t Bury Me… I’m Still Not Dead
• The Police – Don’t Stand So Close to Me
• Steve Miller Band – Fly Like an Eagle
• Blondie – Heart of Glass
• The Who – I Can See For Miles
• James Brown – I Got You (I Feel Good)
• Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated
• John Lennon – Imagine
• Big Country – In a Big Country
• Primus – Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
• Echo and the Bunnymen – Killing Moon
• Dover – King George
• Raveonettes – Last Dance
• The Sounds – Living in America
• Phish – Llama
• Faith No More – Midlife Crisis
• Paramore – Misery Business
• Queens of the Stone Age – No One Knows
• At the Drive-In – One Armed Scissor
• The Muffs – Outer Space
• Golden Earring – Radar Love
• Amy Winehouse – Rehab
• Elton John – Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)
• Deep Purple – Smoke on the Water
• The Smiths – Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before
• Hypernova – Viva La Resistance
• Pretty Girls Make Graves – Something Bigger, Something Brighter
• Swingin’ Utters – This Bastard’s Life
• Dire Straits – Walk of Life
• Devo – Whip It
• Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London
• Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1

Direct link to Rock Band Station on Slacker.com
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Slacker Radio: Now with ABC News

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.

Rock Band Slacker Radio: Holy Metal!

This 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
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Rock Band Slacker Radio: Serj, Coheed, No Doubt & more…

It’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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