The Organ Beats Release AC/DC Cover / Show at Matchless on July 9th

DOWNLOAD: The Organ Beats: "Shake A Leg" (AC/DC Cover) - Note: Requires Free Registration

The Organ Beats is the latest project from x-Damone guitarist/front-woman Noelle LeBlanc. The three piece band was formed in 2008 and consists of Noelle LeBlanc, her brother Danny and long-time friend Mikey C. The band's debut 9-track album Sleep When We Are Dead was recorded in the summer 2009 in their friends' small studio outside of Houston,TX over the course of 3 weeks.

Recently The Organ Beats released a cover of "Shake A Leg" by AC/DC in honor of the 30 year anniversary of Back in Black.



Upcoming shows:
June 26th with Herra Terra @ Ralphs, Worcester, MA
July 9th with Herra Terra @ Matchless, Brooklyn, NY
July 16th with The Lights Out @ Middle East Upstairs, Boston, MA
July 23rd @ Tammany Hall, Worcester, MA
July 24th @ T.J.'s Pub, Manchester, NH
August 20th @ T.T. The Bear's Place, Boston, MA

Links:
The Organ Beats

AC/DC Live: RockBand Track Pack Review (XBOX 360)

AC/DC Live RockBand Track Pack is a fun run-through of the band's 1991 concert at the Castle Donington Festival (note: this is the same concert that was released on DVD in 2007). The band was touring on the Razor's Edge CD at the time and their 18-song set is a nice mix of (then) current and Bon Scott-era material. As this show was professionally filmed, the sound quality of the set is excellent.

Here is the tracklist for the set:
01) "Thunderstruck"
02) "Shoot to Thrill"
03) "Back in Black"
04) "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be"
05) "Heatseeker"
06) "Fire Your Guns"
07) "Jailbreak"
08) "The Jack"
09) "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
10) "Moneytalks"
11) "Hells Bells"
12) "High Voltage"
13) "Whole Lotta Rosie"
14) "You Shook Me All Night Long"
15) "T.N.T."
16) "Let There Be Rock"
17) "Highway To Hell"
18) "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"

Like the new AC/DC CD, Black Ice, this Track Pack disc is sold only as a stand-alone through Wal-Mart. The game can be played outside of RockBand but I would suspect that most people will import the songs into RockBand (for which there is a download code inside the package). As a stand-alone game, the functionality is somewhat similar to RockBand I and there is limited functionality available outside of being able to play the concert straight-through using the pre-generated band characters. While the tunes themselves can be a workout, you are going to need to import the songs into RockBand for World Tour, online play and to customize and equip the characters.

If you are an AC/DC fan, this game becomes a "must have". My only complaint is that I would have liked to have seen the band's likenesses used for the characters.