Double DLC Week, it's Business Time!

Due to the PSN updates changing to Tuesdays, we'll have a special double DLC session this week (8 songs from last Thursday + 16 from Tuesday).

We are currently 65M points behind 10th place "Ride Sally Ride" in the "All Songs" Leaderboards. We are also approaching the coveted 1M points per song mark (10K behind). We'll need a 30M point increase to move our average up by 5K.

After finishing the new DLC we can improve some of our old scores. For example, we can play the last 3 songs where we don't have 4 stars.

Here is my top 3 DLC from last week (all from the RBN!):

3. "Business Time", by Flight of the Conchords: What a wonderful comedy duo! If you have a chance, check out this song and other songs from their amazing HBO special concert. Their HBO show is also a treat, with memorable performances by the "clueless boss" and the "super fan". This song is quite fun to play in Rock Band, although some of the lyrics in the game's version aren't as funny (ex: what happened to the hilarious "team building exercice" bit..., the curry joke is funny but the other versions are better). The guitar chart is pretty challenging with the fast changing chords.

2. "Burn it Down", by Five Finger Death Punch: This energetic metal song has some awesome riffs and a fun drum chart throughout, especially during the solo and at the end. There are a few very difficult fills. The bass chart is quite fun with all the hammer-ons, but it gets tougher at the end. As for the guitar, the hammer-ons are also fun, but watch out for a tough solo and some crazy fast up and down riffs that are streak killers. Phoenix, Sylvie and I will have a chance to see this group at Heavy MTL this summer (metal festival in Montreal with 25 bands over 2 days). Hopefully the RBN songs from other Heavy MTL bands will be released soon (Testament, Winds of Plague, 3 Inches of Blood, In This Moment)! :)

1. "Push Push (Lady Lightning)", by Bang Camaro: This Guitar Hero 2 classic is finally available for Rock Band! I liked the "Big Rock Ending"-like section on drums at the end. Was it kept "normal" so that it matches the original guitar chart? I found the bass chart quite fun in the chorus and in the breakdown. Like the original, what makes this song particularly great to play is a guitar chart with amazing variety.

Honorable mention. "Stick Stickly", by Attack Attack!: Wow, this metalcore song deserves a mention due to its amazing diversity of styles and tempos. I really liked the numerous heavy sections, although the "techno-pop" section at the end left me a bit baffled as it was totally unexpected. After playing the song on other instruments, I came to accept even that transition, making this song quite a fun blend of musical styles. As for the charts, the guitar and bass ones were pretty challenging during the heavy parts (ex: alternating 3,4,5 strum sections). As for the drum chart, it had a few fun patterns.