Foo Fighters, Flaming Lips, Pearl Jam, Tenacious D, and Incubus are among the artists set to play tribute to one of the greatest rock’n’roll bands of all time, The Who.

Set for July 17th on VH1, the tribute will include performances from all the bands as well as an exclusive set from The Who. Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam commented on the band:

From the first note, it was like, “Wow, this is f*cking incredible.” In terms of that punk rock energy, they still had it, and the Clash had lost it. I made my way through the crowd and watched the show in the midst of 10,000 people. They won me back.

Wayne Coyne also spoke about the band:

In 1986, when we were waiting for “Here It Is” to come out, we’d be on this endless tour doing a medley of “Tommy” playing to these punk rock kids. They’d have no idea what we’re playing and tell us to record them. Here we are and we’re asked by VH1 to do a medley of “Tommy.” It’s like, “Yeah, we kinda did that back in 1986!” Hopefully it will be a lot better now.

You can find some more comments from performers via Billboard.
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With the imminent release of the upcoming Adeline split featuring Broadway Calls and Teenage Bottlerocket, we’ve got a copy of the split as well as each of the band’s latest albums to give away. So, along with the brand new split, you’ll get copies of Broadway Calls and Warning Device.

The split itself includes songs from both of the bands, with each contributing an original and a cover with Broadway Calls tackling Billy Bragg‘s “She’s Got a New Spell” and Teenage Bottlerocket covering Dead Milkmen‘s “Dean’s Dream.”

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Ultimate Guitar has put together a feature covering what they describe as “Punk Rock’s 10 Mightiest Guitar Gods.” The list mostly focuses on the so-called golden age of punk, with many of the early CBGB and 70’s/80’s-era British acts well represented. The list includes the Velvet Underground, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, Patti Smith, The Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Television and more.

You can check out the feature here.
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A Static Lullaby have posted a new track from their upcoming album. The record is titled Rattlesnake and is due out September 09, 2008. It is the follow-up to A Static Lullaby which was released in 2006.

You can find the song on their purevolume page.
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Zozobra has posted some music from their forthcoming album, Bird of Prey. The record is due out August 5th and follows Harmonic Tremors.

You can find “In Jetstreams” right here.
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The Matches have announced the departure of bassist Justin San Souci. The band has not provided much in the way of explanation, saying only:

It disarranges us to relay that our long-time bassist and friend, Justin San Souci, will be parting from the role of bassist in the Matches to pursue other lives and loves. He, however, will not be parting from the role of friend. Change is not an easy thing, but it does not stop until life does. Our hearts go out to Justin for being brave and true to his heart’s pursuit.

The group released A Band in Hope this year.
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The Gay Blades have announced that they’ve signed a record deal with Triple Crown Records. According to the band’s Myspace page, Triple Crown will allow the band to run their own imprint 4Never Records, on which the band released their 2007 album Ghosts Annex.

The band is currently wrapping up a U.S. tour.
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Winnipeg’s Propagandhi will hit the studio this fall to record the follow up to 2005’s Potemkin City Limits. Todd Kowalski posted:

The Propagandhi train is rolling like a ball of fire!! We are playing some shows at the end of July and the beginning of August in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Belgium, Germany and good old Toronto! These will be the only dates because we are in the middle of making songs for a new record. We currently have about 14 songs on the go and they are all really exciting!! We will record in October! We are hard at work and having a great time!!!

As previously announced the band will play a show in Toronto later this month in support of the Sea Shepherd Society, an organization “committed to the eradication of pirate whaling, poaching, shark finning, unlawful habitat destruction, and violations of established laws in the World’s oceans.” The band will play alongside Brutal Knights and Hostage Life at the gig. Following that show Propagandhi will head to Europe for a tour in August.
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Scared of Chaka have announced a few more reunion shows in September leading up to their performance at the Forward Music Fest co-headlining with Dillinger Four. The band will now play shows in Portland (with the Murder City Devils), Minneapolis and Chicago leading up to that performance.

Scared Of Chaka were formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico formed in 1993 by guitarist/vocalist David Yanul Hernandez, bassist Dameon Waggoner, and drummer Ron Skrasek. The band played a Dickies inspired mix of garage and pop-punk, releasing a number of full lengths, 7″ EPs, and split records through their career for labels like 702, Empty, Dirtnap and Hopeless spin off Sub City. With the release of 2001’s Crossing with Switchblades the band called it quits. David Hernandez later joined popular Sub Pop indie rock act the Shins.
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Anchorless Records has announced the final details on their forthcoming compilation All Aboard: A Tribute To Johnny Cash. The updated track listing features artists like the Bouncing Souls, Chuck Ragan, the Gaslight Anthem, Russ Rankin of Good Riddance, and Ben Nichols of Lucero.

The record is set for release on CD and four colours of vinyl (100 black, 100 pink, 300 half pink/black for Vinyl Collective, 500 pink/black spatter), each to include access to digital versions of the songs. The release date is September 9th and all proceeds will go to benefit the Syrentha Savio Endowment, a non-profit organization which provides financial assistance to underprivileged women who cannot afford the expense of fighting breast cancer.
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Saskatoon’s Ultimate Power Duo has a number of new songs online. You can find new tracks from the garagy pop-punk act peppered across their online haunts, with two on their website (1, 2) and two streaming on MySpace. The songs were produced by David j Taylor, who was recently awarded Producer Of The Year by the Western Canadian Music Awards, and will appear on their upcoming full length due in September. The band is expected to again release the music via their National Hearing Lab label.
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Allentown, NJ’s hardcore Far From Out has posted a new three song demo recording online. You can check out “Destructo,” “What Ya Know” and “Off The Real” on MySpace.

Saint Charles, Missouri Flailing Uterus, has released their debut EP for free to download through Blessed Milk Records. You can also stream the 5 song, 9 minute work via Last.fm.

Cleveland, Ohio hardcore act SSCP have a number of shows on the way with bands like Nightmare Mode and Six6Sick. The band will tour throughout the US midwest and east coast from July through October of this year. Check their MySpace page for details.
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