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| Games and TechnologyRecent NewsInsult to Injury: Kurt Cobain and Johnny Cash sing YMCA in "Band Hero" If Dave, Krist and Courtney weren't angry enough, it looks like the new ability to import Band Hero songs into Guitar Hero 5 is going to push them over the edge. In this latest clip, a player has the late Kurt Cobain join the late Johnny Cash to sing the disco hit, "YMCA." Later, Kurt is used to play the Spice Girls' "Wannabe."…Radiohead proposes bandwidth throttling for downloaders In an interesting interview with ITN News, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead suggests that bandwidth throttling (the practice of limiting the quantity of data a sever transmits and/or accepts within a specified period of time)…Nirvana, Foo Fighters in Rock Band this week This week Rock Band 2 will be adding some music from Foo Fighters, Nirvana and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Nirvana's additions include "About a Girl," "Blew" and "School" which all come from Bleach which is not coincidentally headed for a reissue on November 3, 2009. The same day, the game will add the Foo's "Best of You," "The Pretender," "Wheels" and "Word Forward." That conicides with the…MySpace launches musician dashboard Though Facebook is recieving most of the attention these days, MySpace remains dominant when it comes to musicians offering music and correspondence with fans. To that end, the site has introduced a Music Artist Dashboard which promises to provide global artists and labels with detailed analytics about their content within the MySpace community including charts, graphs, and snapshots. Data includes fan geography, song plays, profile views, friend count, and profile…Rise Against, AFI, Foo Fighters, Blink-182, Pixies on "Rock Band: iPhone" The onslaught of rhythm games continues, with EA announcing that Rock Band will be coming to the iPhone later this month. The game will feature 30 Seconds To Mars, AFI, All-American Rejects, Beastie Boys, Blink-182, Blondie, Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters,…Replacements, NOFX, Green Day, Bronx, Stooges in "Tony Hawk: Ride" The soundtrack has been announced for the upcoming reboot of the Tony Hawk gaming franchise. Dubbed Ride, the game takes a similar approach to the Guitar Hero and Rock Band series and uses an approximation of a real skateboard for a controller. For the soundtrack, the publisher EA, lined up a typically punk-heavy soundtrack featuring music from…Trailer for "Taqwacore: The birth of punk islam" The trailer has been posted for Taqwacore: The birth of punk islam. The film is a documentary about the progression of the Muslim Punk scene: from its imaginary inception in a novel written by a white-convert named Michael Muhammad Knight to a full-blown, real-life scene of Muslim punk bands and their…110 albums sold 250,000 copies or more, rest only sold to band's Gramma The Chicago Tribune is reporting on the Future of Music summit which gives some hard numbers as to the state of music right now. Interestingly, the organizers have crunched the numbers to help give some indication of where album sales are right now. More than 115,000 albums were released, but only 110 sold more than 250,000 copies, a mere 1,500 topped 10,000 sales, and fewer than 6,000 cracked the 1,000 barrier. As an exercise in extremes though,…Bosstones, Yellowcard, Dashboard Confessional, No Doubt in Band Hero The All-American Rejects, Dashboard Confessional, Devo, Fall Out Boy, Lily Allen, No Doubt, OK Go, The Bravery, Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Yellowcard are among the bands set to appear in Band Hero, the forthcoming more…Research firm says music industry needs "radical overhaul" Forrester Research is saying that a "radical overhaul" is needed for the music industry to thrive. According to the report, as covered by Ars Technica, users should be allowed to "completely customize and share their music in an extremely open, platform-agnostic manner." The report notes: First and foremost, consumers have the "right" to a unique music… |
