Muse DLC. Period.

[Tallis]

:sigh: yet again.

[thatdrummerguy]

I'm not expecting Muse to pop in 2011 honestly. I think the next Muse studio album would be the best bet for an additional Rock Band release, and I wouldn't expect anything like that before 2012 certainly.

Good point. Just as long as they don't release just songs from that album. On a slightly unrelated point, I hope their new album will be good. Don't get me wrong, but Matt hs said he'd like to do more songs like Undisclosed Desires. And I bitterly hate that song.

http://www.musewiki.org/Undisclosed_Desires_(song)

[RHCPfan96]

I like that song, but I hope the album is more like Origin of Symmetry than anything else. No real drums in that song and Matt's not playing guitar either. In a perfect world the new album would be full of songs that combine the best aspects of each album; Showbiz's eerieness, Origin of Symmetry's heavyiness, Absolution's instrumental work, Black Holes and Revelations' lyrics, and The Resistance's commercial appeal.

[tone217]

The new album is supposedly being tailored for more intimate venues, so they're apparently moving away from the big stadium rock sound.

Bearing in mind that Wembley sold out in about twelve seconds, I haven't got a clue how they can reasonably expect a tour like that in the UK and Europe.

[RockBandRocker]

Speculation on the new album is just that at this point. Speculation.

Muse has shown in the past that they say one thing and then the final product shows they did another.

[tone217]

Speculation on the new album is just that at this point. Speculation.

Muse has shown in the past that they say one thing and then the final product shows they did another.

This is true, but they are also probably the one band I can think of who have gotten more experimental and less mainstream with every album they've released. Most of the stuff from The Resistance doesn't work well at all when performed live (Uprising is a good opener and Exogenesis is unconventionally stunning, but they are the exceptions), which is a bizarre direction for a band with their reputation to take.

[PyramidHead128]

This is true, but they are also probably the one band I can think of who have gotten more experimental and less MAINSTREAM with every album they've released.

What? While I'll agree that they're more experimental, but only to themselves. With songs like: Uprising (Goldfrapp influenced), Undisclosed Desires (contemporary R&B influenced), Guiding Light (sappy love song), and I Belong To You (besides the Mon Coeur S'Ouvre A Ta Voix part its very pop). I think they're making music that is more mainstream then ever before.

[RockBandRocker]

What? While I'll agree that they're more experimental, but only to themselves. With songs like: Uprising (Goldfrapp influenced), Undisclosed Desires (contemporary R&B influenced), Guiding Light (sappy love song), and I Belong To You (besides the Mon Coeur S'Ouvre A Ta Voix part its very pop). I think they're making music that is more mainstream then ever before.

This!

Why do you think The Resistance won a Grammy? It's as mainstream as hell.

Origin Of Symmetry or Absolution wouldn't have won a Grammy if they were nominated (which they weren't).

[GNFfhqwhgads]

Origin Of Symmetry or Absolution wouldn't have won a Grammy if they were nominated (which they weren't).

Just like there was no way in hell that indie Arcade Fire band would ever win with a sound like that!

[RockBandRocker]

Just like there was no way in hell that indie Arcade Fire band would ever win with a sound like that!

I think the moment you win a Grammy, the term "indie" no longer applies. You've hit the mainstream. Arcade Fire was gaining popularity and entering the mainstream consciousness before they were nominated (they weren't underdogs going in).