More digital related news, and the Rough Trade record shops have announced that their new download service will officially launch on 14 Nov, which is all very exciting. The new platform will offer a stack of both back catalogue and new releases and, like the two Rough Trade shops, will have an independent label slant meaning that the music will be sold as MP3 without any of that DRM shenanigans. Rough Trade also hope that they will be able to stand out from the crowds by offering the kind of tips, advice and insider knowledge you'd get from their shop staff in the real world via the virtual world too. Eight staff members will be available via the online service to offer such advice. Rough Trade are also encouraging unsigned bands to sell their music via the platform - bands will just need to take their music on CDR into one of the London stores, and they'll do the rest.
For press info on all this I'd be giving Nile On a call if I were you.