Tis the season…well, almost. As usual, we can expect to be inundated with entertainment industry professionals looking to pretty up their tax forms with some end-of-the-year charity work, but at least it’s all for a good cause, right? Hard Rock is getting a jump on the impending holiday season with their Serve2 compilation, available for download on iTunes. The net proceeds of which will go to Artists Against Hunger and Poverty, an artist-directed special program of World Hunger Year.

Not only is it for a good cause, but the compilation is pretty solid (and at 25 tracks, pretty damn hefty), featuring previously unreleased and live cuts from old school heavyweights like Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan, but also newer and more vital acts like The Hold Steady. Even New Found Glory and Andrew W.K. managed to sneak on there. You can sample a live rendition of “Baby It’s a Fact” by Hellogoodbye (available on Serve2) here mp3 (or download it at Synthesis.net). Full track listing after the jump.

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Reggie and the Full Effect!!!!!!!!!1111111111

Reggie and the Full Effect are fucking amazing. Read his bio. I wrote it (for true!). Dude used to be in The Get Up Kids, but then they fell off like a bunch of wiggas and he went out to keep his own shit up and it fucking PWNS. He has a new record coming out this year that he did with Sean Beavan (who coincidentally also has a new record out with his own solo project 8mm). In the meantime, buy all of his old records and recognize game. He’s on tour with Hellogoodbye, who kind of suck, but whatever:

REGGIE ON TOUR WITH BANDS NOT AS CRUNK AS HE IS:

Nov 3 2006 7:00P
Avalon Boston, MA
Nov 4 2006 7:00P
Toad’s Place New Haven, CT
Nov 5 2006 7:00P
Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
Nov 7 2006 7:00P
Recher Theatre Towson, MD
Nov 8 2006 7:00P
House of Blues Myrtle Beach, SC
Nov 9 2006 7:00P
Masquerade Atlanta, GA
Nov 10 2006 7:00P
House of Blues-Orlando Lake Buena Vista, FL
Nov 11 2006 7:00P
Revolution Fort Lauderdale, FL
Nov 12 2006 7:00P
Jannus Landing Saint Petersburg, FL
Nov 14 2006 7:00P
The Village Little Rock, AR
Nov 15 2006 7:00P
Granada Theatre Lawrence, KS
Nov 17 2006 7:00P
Cervantes Denver, CO
Nov 18 2006 7:00P
In The Venue Salt Lake City, UT
Nov 21 2006 7:00P
El Corazon Seattle, WA
Nov 22 2006 7:00P
Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR