Spin and MySpace have each posted their lists of the Best Records of 2010 (so far). The lists include Gaslight Anthem‘s American Slang, Titus Andronicus‘ The Monitor, Against Me!‘s White Crosses, Vampire Weekend‘s Contra, Spoon‘s Transference, The National‘s High Violet and more.
Check out the MySpace List and the Spin list.
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The upcoming batch of tracks for the Rock Band series of games come from two pioneering and classic bands. First, The Stooges will contribute three songs: “1969,” “I Wanna Be Your Dog” and “No Fun” from the band’s 1969 debut, The Stooges. The second set of songs come from Bad Religion will contribute two of their tracks to the game. First, the band will add the title track from their landmark 1989 album, No Control and the second comes from 2007’s New Maps of Hell, “New Dark Ages.”
Check out the video for “New Dark Ages” here. The new songs will be available next week.
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Our stream today comes from Poconos, PA’s Think Big!. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new EP, Losing Ground, which was recently released by Death to False Hope Records.
You can check it out on their Punknews.org page.
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Sleep Bellum Sonno have posted their side of a new split EP with Warren Franklin for free download. You can grab those two songs at their bandcamp page.
The EP was released on cassette this summer via Keep It Together.
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You can now enjoy all five of the Fallout 3 Game add-on packs! Create a character of your choosing and descend into an awe-inspiring, post-apocalyptic world where every minute is a fight for survival.
Fallout 3 DLC:
– Operation Anchorage
– The Pitt
– Broken Steel
– Point Lookout
– Mothership Zeta
Orlando, FL’s You Blew It! has posted three new songs for download. The tracks will appear on the band’s upcoming EP for Good Friends, The Past In Present, due out on August 3, 2010. Check them out here and come back here next Wednesday, July 21, when we’ll be streaming The Past in Present in its entirety.
The band has also booked some east coast dates in support of the EP.
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Tidalis from Arcen Games is now available on Steam! Don’t miss out on the launch week special 10% discount which is only good through July 23rd.
Tidalis is a block-based puzzle game with casual appeal, hardcore depth, and an addictive new “streams” mechanic. The game is brimming over with riffs and variants on that core mechanic with 20 game modes, dozens of special blocks and items, and 115 levels in the adventure mode alone.
Pearl Jam have released a new video for “Amongst The Waves.” The song comes from the band’s self-released 2009 album, Backspacer. The video was directed by Ryan Thomas and Brendan Canty (of Fugazi) and sales of the video via iTunes will benefit Conservation International’s Marine Programs. The band posted a page explaining their commitment to ocean restoration and conservation,
You can buy the video via iTunes here.
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Two years ago Valve hired the talented team behind the popular top down co-op mod Alien Swarm. Since then they have been busy working on the Left 4 Dead Series, and now Portal 2. However, we never forgot about Alien Swarm and the team has spent a lot of time bringing the game to Source in between their contributions to the other Valve projects.
On Monday, July 19th Alien Swarm is going to be released for free via Steam.
In addition to the game, Valve will also release the complete code base for Alien Swarm. This includes updates to the Source engine SDK and full Steamworks integration. If you’ve ever thought about developing a mod on the Source engine with Steamworks, this release provides more insight and examples for using Steamworks in game production.
Please visit www.alienswarm.com for more information.
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Fugazi fan-site World Of Fugazi spoke to Fugazi co-vocalist Guy Picciotto who confirmed that the band is nearing the end of a lengthy project to digitize their complete live archive. Guy said this:
We are not that far away from being able to set up our own website where ultimately almost every show we ever played will be available for download. The infrastructure for this new website is currently being developed and the band continues to sift through and convert the footage from its enormous live archive. There will be an official announcement on Dischord.com later in the year with more details when things get closer to completion.
The band has previously made available plenty of live material both through the Fugazi Live Series and through services like Etree.
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Mutation Week 13: Hard Eight, What is your favorite Melee Weapon?, What else are you playing?
Hard Eight
Double the specials, quadruple the fun!
Face eight Special Infected at one time, this is double the standard number! And if that wasn’t trouble enough, we also increase the spawning frequency so it is raining Specials.
What is your favorite Melee Weapon?
Last week we asked, what is your favorite Melee Weapon? I see I am not alone being a Katana man. It is interesting to see that Xbox 360 users prefer the Chainsaw that much over PC users. Is it all about the controller and that rumble?
Here are the votes by platform.
Xbox 360
34% Katana (Sword)
17% Chainsaw
12% Machete
10% Fire Axe
7% Baseball Bat
6% Golf Club
3% Frying Pan
3% Electric Guitar
3% Crowbar
3% Cricket Bat
1% Tonfa (police baton)
PC
44% Katana (Sword)
12% Machete
11% Fire Axe
9% Chainsaw
5% Baseball Bat
4% Golf Club
3% Frying Pan
3% Electric Guitar
3% Crowbar
2% Cricket Bat
2% Tonfa (police baton)
What else are you playing?
Besides of course playing L4D2, what are you playing the most?
To vote enter the game, view the in-game blog, and click to vote.
Next week’s mutation: Healthpackalypse!
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Co-op fans! Make sure to check out the new re-vamped version of Alien Swarm coming to Steam Monday for FREE!.
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Just a quick, but excited note: TF2maps.net has opened their doors on their new Art Pass Contest.
It’s a fantastic opportunity for everyone involved: you get a chance to show us how much better at detailing maps than we are, and our (ex) art team gets a chance to find new jobs at companies that still need their kind!
The classic shooter Chaser from JoWood/Dreamcatcher is now available on Steam.
Mars, 2044. The UN establishes MARSCORP (Martian Security and Economics Committee) under the leadership of Samuel Longwood. In the years that follow, the UN gradually loses control of MARSCORP, mainly due to the non-transparent licence policy of its director. Longwood uses his autonomous status to create vassal relations between the corporations and MARSCORP. The unshakable power position of MARSCORP is supported by the companies and thus they acquire additional rights and licenses. Longwood and his consortium become extremely wealthy from this arrangement. However, dissenting voices in MARSCORP begin to challenge Samuel Longwood’s authoritarian policy. They demand his dismissal as director and a complete redistribution of the mining rights.
