This past week saw the release of what I expected to be the most awesome Rock Band tracks of all time. Did they live up to expectation? Hit the jump.
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After a bit of a hiatus, I’m bringing back some Rock Band ‘Band Practice‘, not just because I love this section, but because of the fact that my favorite band, Nine Inch Nails, is the featured content this week! Do they rock as much as I hoped they would? If you’re not a fan of the band, will you still like it? Is March of the Pigs censored? Find out after the jump!

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According to a thread on ScoreHero, the latest Rock Band DLC pack, (Arguably) Punk Pack 2, contains a list of every song in the game, along with quite a few songs we haven’t heard about.

I’m just going to say that if these are really showing up soon, Rock Band is going to continue to f*cking rock us and have the best downloadable content of any game I’ve seen.

Hit the jump for the full list. (Thanks Joystiq for saving me the time it would take to pair up all of the songs with their respective artists.)

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Two hours ago, a press release showed up in my inbox detailing a Valentine’s Day Rock Band tournament organized by 1up, MTV Games and Virgin Megastores, and for the life of me I cannot decide why in the world they would possibly hold the “main event” of the tournament, at the Virgin Megastore inside of Downtown Disney in Orlando, at 12 PM in the afternoon on Wednesday, the day BEFORE Valentine’s Day.

Really, if they couldn’t get in there on the day of V-Day, couldn’t it at least be held off until Friday night or Saturday afternoon (or even at the same time as the other locations)? It just seems ridiculous to expect that a decent amount of people will show up right in the middle of the day, while the kids are in school and everyone else is at work, to come to Disney World to compete in a Rock Band tournament, even when a $500 gift card and “other cool prizes” are at stake.

The tournament will also take place in NYC and Hollywood at a reasonable time, 6:30 PM.

Hit the jump for the press release which contains all the details about the tourney and addresses for all 3 locations.

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It’s time for the sophomore installment of Band Practice, the only place to get definitive reviews on Rock Band’s newest downloadable content. This week was a mixed bag, and didn’t really have any standout tracks. If you missed Tuesday’s update, the three new tracks were lesser-known singles from Smahing Pumpkins, Coheed and Cambria, and Rush. For some reason, though, I can’t sing any of them particularly well.

So are any of these songs worth you hard-earned money? Hit the jump to find out.
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By now, I’m sure you know that Rock Band is an amazing game. What makes this game exceptional, however, is developer Harmonix’s commitment to downloadable content. Each week, they release about three songs for download, and they have been doing it every week since the game’s release in late November.

Because of such consistency, I’m beginning a new feature called Band Practice (an apt name, considering it’s when most bands test out new songs… I think) where all of the downloadable content each week will be tested by yours truly on all four instruments and then given a rating of ‘yay’ or ‘nay’.

This week saw the release of a trio of Oasis songs. A British band whose members do not include Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, or Pete Townshend. All I really knew about Oasis before a couple of days ago was that a kid from camp would always listen to them whenever he was having lady troubles, and so my friends I would quote “Wonderwall” to see his reaction. It was fun.

So without further ado, welcome to Band Practice.
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