In a bid to ensure the ever growing download market doesn't get dominates by the majors, a US consortium called the Independent Online Distribution Alliance has announced the availability of 10,000-plus tracks from more than 50 labels for licensing on the internet.
The tracks will come from labels including Crank, Lookout! Records, Kindercore, Pitch-A-Tent, Not Lame, Trampoline and Velocette, among many others, as well as music from Green Day, The Donnas, Cracker and Arrested Development's Speech.
IODA founder Gary Arnold, formerly of Listen.com, said: "The organisation makes it easy for these innovative and trend-setting artists to bring their music online and make it available through legal digital music services."