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The multiple-charity-benefiting Independents Day is fast approaching, and now, the U.S. and UK compilations associated with the international event have finalized tracklists.

As previously reported, between the two compilations are tracks from Frank Black, Devendra Banhart, Jarvis Cocker with the Gossip's Beth Ditto, the Futureheads, Maxïmo Park, José González, Prodigy, Editors, British Sea Power, Living Legends, and...Slipknot. The single-disc U.S. comp has a little bit of everything, while the two-disc UK offering devotes one half to covers, and the other to up-and-coming artists selected by mostly UK acts and labels. Those acts include José González, the Futureheads, Maxïmo Park, British Sea Power, the Cribs, the Charlatans, and Editors' Tom Smith. Both compilations hit the web on U.S. Independence Day, July 4. They will be available for a limited time.

In other Independents Day news, a couple items have been added to the U.S. charity eBay auction. Now folks can bid on both a "Guitar Hero"-playing session with Dragonforce and a day in Portland hanging out with Gang of Four's former bassist Dave Allen. The U.S. auction opens July 4, while the UK auction is on now and concludes July 6.

Independents Day '08 [U.S. compilation]:

01 Ani DiFranco: "Alla This"
02 Atmosphere: "You (Live Acoustic Version)"
03 Black Milk: "Take Control [ft. Fat Ray]"
04 Busy Signal: "Unknown Number"
05 The Charlatans UK: "Murder" [New Order cover]
06 Christian Scott: "Rewind That (DJ Logic Remix)"
07 Dave Barnes: "On a Night Like This"
08 Devendra Banhart: "Don't Look Back in Anger" [Oasis cover]
09 Dr. Dog: "The Ark"
10 Elizabeth Cook: "El Camino"
11 Feeder: "Public Image" [Public Image Ltd. cover]
12 Frank Black: "The Seus (Charles Norman Remix)"
13 Hamell on Trial: "Halfway"
14 Hanson: "Your Illusion (live)"
15 James Hunter: "Don't Do Me No Favours"
16 Jeff Hanson: "Your Only Son"
17 Jim Lauderdale: "You Loved Me Too"
18 Khia: "Geeked Up"
19 Living Legends: "That Looks Good (Jones Remix)"
20 Pacifika: "Me Cai (The Da Cruz Ragga Mix Radio Edit)"
21 Slipknot: "Purity"
22 The Donnas: "Wasted"
23 The Mighty Underdogs: "War Walk [ft. Gift of Gab and Chali 2na]"
24 Tift Merritt: "Tell Me Something True"
25 Tokyo Police Club: "In a Cave (Great Lenin's Ghost vs. Octopus Rex Remix)"

Independents Day: ID08 [UK compiilation]:

Disc 1:

01 The Prodigy: "Ghost Town" [Specials cover]
02 Infadels: "Steady as She Goes" [Raconteurs cover]
03 The Futureheads: "With Every Heartbeat" [Robyn/Kleerup cover]
04 Jack Peñate: "Dub Be Good to Me" [Beats International cover]
05 Tom Smith (of Editors): "Bonny" [Prefab Sprout cover]
06 British Sea Power: "Tug Boat" [Galaxie 500 cover]
07 The Charlatans: "Murder" [New Order cover]
08 Feeder: "Public Image" [Public Image Ltd. cover]
09 The Cribs: "Bastards of Young" [Replacements cover]
10 Jarvis Cocker and Beth Ditto: "Temptation" [Heaven 17 cover]
11 Maxïmo Park: "Was There Anything I Can Do?" [Go-Betweens cover]
12 José González: "Love Will Tear Us Apart" [Joy Division cover]
13 Devendra Banhart: "Don't Look Back in Anger" [Oasis cover]
14 Rodrigo y Gabriela: "Orion" [Metallica cover]

Disc 2:

01 A.Human: "Black Moon" [recommended by Infadels]
02 Thomas Tantrum: "Swan Lake" [recommended by the Futureheads]
03 Shrag: "Long Term Monster" [recommended by the Cribs]
04 Sixteen Layers: "Torch" [recommended by Embryonic Music]
05 Bang Bangs: "In Arms" [recommended by Feeder]
06 Oceansize: "Savant" [recommended by Rodrigo y Gabriela]
07 Cougar: "Merit" [recommended by Maxïmo Park]
08 Electricity in Our Homes: "We Thought It Was But It Wasn't" [recommended by the Charlatans]
09 Mobius Band: "Friends Like These" [recommended by Tom Smith]
10 The Tenderfoot: "People Are the Problem" [recommended by British Sea Power]
11 Goose: "Black Groove" [recommended by Skint]
12 Little Dragon: "Twice" [recommended by José González]
13 Basia Bulat: "In the Night" [recommended by Rough Trade]
14 Jose James & Flying Lotus: "Visions of Violet" [recommended by Giles Peterson]
15 Laura Groves: "I Am Leaving" [recommended by XL]