Ian says check this quote out:
"It's your own private library, where you go to listen to music, learn about it, exchange ideas about it and be inspired by it. I think record shops will outlive the music industry as we know it because in the long term their value to people is far greater, because even in our era of file-sharing and blogs and all that bull----, you can't actually replace that look on someone's face when you're playing something they really rate and think you should listen to. It's Special."
-Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz, The Good The Bad and The Queen)on independent record shops
Also, you should check out the new Gorillaz album "D-sides". It's great!