As the guillotine falls on the majority of independent record shops in the UK and Europe a number of key players in the sector are teaming up this coming weekend - April 18th- to celebrate all that is good about these bastions of taste. As we move into a world of online content (cloud computing) it's hard to imagine online retailers like itunes, amazon or napster having a similar jolly when the use of hard drives for mp3 or mp4 because they are without the sense of community or relationship building that is apparent in independent record stores. This is not to say I'm averse to online music consumption, quite the opposite really as I've become a spotify freak these past few months - i'm merely highlighting the shame that is the slow death of the physical record store. I mean, you can form bands, discuss music and generally do everything that can be done in these stores online however a little bit of the human condition is lost in this increasingly accepted social norm because face to face interaction is no longer required. Maybe I'm being nostalgic, old fashioned or even ignorant but I'd much rather meet someone in person than piss about via email, twitter or the plethora of communication methods that are available online. Anyhow, needless to say i will be attending record store day at Rough Trade East on Saturday in the hope of finding a copy of Fugazi Argument on 180g vinyl.
Fugazi at their best
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