Hey New Yorkers! Are you good at Rock Band? Your proficiency with plastic instruments could help you meet your favorite Take Action Tour acts.

On Saturday, May 28, the Take Action Tour will make its final stop at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square (tickets). The tenth edition of this annual tour, created by Hopeless Records and Sub City to raise awareness about teen issues such as sex, suicide, etc., features popular acts Bayside, Silverstein, Texas In July, Polar Bear Club, and The Swellers.

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It’s a watershed week for brand new Rock Band Network content from us here at RockGamer Studios. Nine tracks are hitting the Xbox 360 Rock Band Music Store, including the #2 rock single in the United States right now, in a wide variety of styles — from contemporary hard rock to metalcore, from hard-edged industrial to keys-driven power metal.

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Discerning fans of the best in metalcore are undoubtedly familiar with the work of Lancaster, PA’s Texas in July. This group of youngsters broke through the scene in a big way over the past couple of years, from their initial beginnings as a local act, through to the release of their debut EP Salt of the Earth and full-length album I Am for CI Records.

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“Hook, Line & Sinner” by PA-based hardcore group Texas in July is guaranteed to be a hot seller, but (spare me while I make this joke) the drum track for “Hook Line & Sinner” is on fire.

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Hello out there, Internet! Chris here. All of us at RockGamer Studios are extremely excited to bring you the following news. We have partnered with long-running and fiercely independent Pennsylvania-based label CI Records, and will be bringing their artists to the Rock Band Network!

CI Records was formed 1989 in Lancaster, PA by Jeremy Weiss, and started mainly as an outlet to release vinyl from his band at the time. Over the past twenty years, they have amassed an impressive catalogue of releases from artists as diverse as August Burns Red, The Juliana Theory, Onelinedrawing, The Pink Spiders, and Sense Field. We are very proud to be helping them represent the label on the Rock Band Network! The first downloadable offerings from CI Records and RockGamer Studios will include two tracks each from three of their current artists from their hometown; Circus Circus, Sadaharu, and Texas In July.

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