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NHL 2K7 soundtrack goes indie

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Aug 2, 2006 9:49 am PT

Sub Pop Records acts including Sleater-Kinney, Hot Hot Heat, Mudhoney provide music to hipcheck by.

With the NHL off-season already about half over, it's time for hockey fans to gear up for the preseason, and with it the annual releases of league-licensed games from 2K Sports and Electronic Arts. EA tipped its hand on the bands contributing to the NHL 07 soundtrack last month, and 2K Sports shot back today with its own list of big-name bands for NHL 2K7.

Rock is the order of the day for both games, but where EA showed punkish tendencies with its lineup, 2K Games has enlisted acts from the indie pioneers at Sub Pop Records to provide the tunes for NHL 2K7. The featured acts in 2K7 include the soon-to-be-defunct Sleater-Kinney, Band of Horses, Hot Hot Heat, Mudhoney, and The Postal Service. In total, Sub Pop artists will provide 12 of the soundtrack's 18 songs.

NHL 2K7 is set for a September release on the Xbox 360, Xbox, and PlayStation 2, with a PlayStation 3 release to follow before the end of the year. The game's full soundtrack is listed below.

Artist--Song--Label
Arlo--"Runaround"--Sub Pop
Band of Horses--"Wicked Gil"--Sub Pop
The Constantines--"Working Full-Time"--Sub Pop
Dozer--"Drawing Dead"--Small Stone
Green Carnation--"Pile of Doubt"--The End
Grinder--"Be Me"--Grinder LLC
Hot Hot Heat--"Talk to Me, Dance With Me"--Sub Pop
Jupiter Hills--"The Fool"--None
Kinski--"Hot Stenographer"--Sub Pop
Love as Laughter--"Temptation Island"--Sub Pop
Mudhoney--"Empty Shells"--Sub Pop
Nebula--"Giant"--Sub Pop
The Postal Service--"Brand New Colony"--Sub Pop
Recliner--"Can't Deny"--Poison Pen
Seaweed--"Losing Skin"--Sub Pop
Sleater-Kinney--"Rollercoaster"--Sub Pop
The Thermals--"I Hold the Sound"--Sub Pop
Throttlerod--"Big Name"--Small Stone

25 Comments

  • Nicksta101

    Posted Jul 24, 2007 4:07 am PT

    The soundtrack on the game is crap, i put my own music on, pretty nasty stuff they got. The "Love As Daughter" song is awful!

  • darknferno12

    Posted Aug 3, 2006 6:06 pm PT

    usually 2K has some good songs (from unknown or not well known band) but with custom tracks who needs them

  • Ponsardin

    Posted Aug 3, 2006 6:03 am PT

    Ahem, guys, didn't you forget the purpose of custom soundtracks? Anyway, didn't thought Tim hates System of a Down.

  • nintendorocks

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 9:09 pm PT

    The only band I heard of there is Hot Hot Heat......Meh, I'm sure their good.

  • japam

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 4:31 pm PT

    SWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

    Good bands in a video game! How many years did that take?

  • pyth0n13

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 2:21 pm PT

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  • topraman517

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 2:02 pm PT

    how is soad a sell-out band? you do realize soad hates mtv? believe me, "indie" bands aren't very indie anymore. THEY'RE the ones who are selling out, not System of a Down. Mind you, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying any of THESE indie bands suck, I'm just saying that MOST of them do.

  • NEVERDEAD

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 1:05 pm PT

    I love the fact That Band of Horses and Mudhoney will be part of the soundtrack

  • manwithnoplan91

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 1:04 pm PT

    MUDHONEY RULE!!! I like their new album......but it's not like their older stuff

  • shadowprince41

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 12:55 pm PT

    ZOMGAH POSTAL SERVICE?!?!?!

    The indie part of my brain just exploded.

  • Large_Soda

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 12:30 pm PT

    Wow too bad none of this music will be heard because this game will not be worth playing. Only bad band I see on there is Hot Hot Heat. What a terrible band.

  • Bruin4ev3r1520

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 12:06 pm PT

    yay, i guess

  • TimSpot GameSpot staff member

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 12:03 pm PT

    crap >>>>>>>>> system of a down

  • solidusScott

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 12:01 pm PT

    nice.

  • amorphis

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 12:00 pm PT

    wooohoo nice to see some stoner rock on there.

  • dramin

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 11:31 am PT

    awesome soundtrack,though it one band is misssing : THE SHINS!

  • boyblob

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 11:07 am PT

    why is there a Nirvana song missing? The album Bleach was on Sub Pop.

  • Rammstein_dx

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 10:38 am PT

    Sub-Pop is not "pop crap" it's a Seattle indie label. System of a Down are a bunch of sell outs. Go play an EA game and watch some more MTV.

  • mariomaniac92

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 10:23 am PT

    Ugh! What's this pop crap? I remember one of these games having System of a Down!

  • birdinflight

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 10:18 am PT

    I know that it's "nifty" to include a band that actually has a NHL hockey player in it, but doesn't it matter that they are also one of the worst bands in the history of music?

    Seriously, Grinder sucks. So does Darren McCarty for introducing the world to the suckitude of Grinder.

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