Guitar Hero
Alternative band Vampire Weekend is getting their first three-song track pack for both Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero. It features two songs (“Cousins” and “Holiday”) from their latest album, Contra, and one (“The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance”) from their 2008 self-titled debut album. The track pack is available now for 440 Microsoft Points from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace, from the PlayStation Store for $5.49 and the Wii Shop Channel for 550 Wii Points. Each song is also available as a single.

Rock Band
Rock Band is getting some heavyhitters this week, with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers adding a whopping six songs (available as a Track Pack or as singles) to their music game library, all from their latest live album, The Live Anthology:

• “A Woman in Love”
• “Breakdown”
• “Century City”
• “Jammin’ Me”
• “Nightwatchman
• “The Waiting”

Rock Band also gets a little more international with two tracks from Grammy-nominated French alternative band Phoenix and one from our side of the pond with Philadelphia’s Silvertide. These three tracks will be combined for a Track Pack or available as singles (as usual):

• Phoenix – “1901”
• Phoenix – “Lisztomania”
• Silvertide – “Blue Jeans”

These additions make me a little happier to have both at my disposal.