"Heart." killer

While "Heartkiller" by HIM was released a little while ago, it's still close enough to have this fitting title, as we'll be passing the PS3 band "Heart." in the All-Songs Leaderboards this week.

RockBandStats.com is temporarily down for a server upgrade, but we were 10M points behind "Heart." for 11th place after last week's point increase. We'll easily gain that by playing last week's 9 new DLC and our worst songs by rank.

Here is my top 3 DLC from last week:

3. "All of This", by Shaimus: A blast from the distant past, as this Guitar Hero 1 classic finally comes to Rock Band! The highlight of the song is the killer guitar solo, but it's happy tone makes it neat to hear and play on all instruments. The drum chart is simple but always changing.

2. "Hounds of Love", by The Futureheads: This song is quite catchy, as you'll be singing the "Oh oh oh" parts even if you're not on vocals. The bass chart is pretty simple, but the drums and vocals more than make up for it with some challenging and fun beats and phrases. There are also a few tricky hammer-on chords on guitar.

1. "Walk Away", by James Gang: This band just doesn't know how to make a boring drum beat... While not quite as good as the drum chart for "Funk #49", it's free-flowing sections throughout are a treat to play, especially during the "Seems to me" choruses. The bass chart is also a lot of fun.

Honorable mention. "The Hockey Theme", by Neil Peart: Rush drummer extraordinaire Neil Peart brings our "2nd national anthem" to Rock Band in brilliant fashion. Watch out if you're on Expert drums though, as it is quite tricky (should have been higher than tier 5). This is the 2nd song of the week with only 3 instruments ("Fell in Love with a Girl" by The White Stripes is the 1st song with no bass chart...).