Pitchfork

One of the most reliable names in quality indie rock has taken the plunge into the 00s. Merge Records-- home of releases from Arcade Fire, Spoon, Magnetic Fields, Neutral Milk Hotel, M. Ward, Caribou, the Clientele, Camera Obscura, Destroyer, and label founders Superchunk, among so many others-- launched its very own digital music store this week.

Releases available from the Merge digital store will come in high quality MP3 and CD-quality FLAC file formats, and soon, the label will offer full album art and liner notes as well.

In addition to its recent, classic, and readily available physical releases in digital form, Merge will be littering the store with new, exclusive, and out-of-print material.

The first such goodie is Superchunk's out-of-print 2002 live compilation The Clambakes Series Vol. 1: Acoustic In-Stores East & West, which hit the store this week. Then in April, the store will play exclusive host to a free Rosebuds remix album, featuring remixes of every tune on last year's Night of the Furies.