Blog: Idolator

Last night Glenn at Coolfer noticed that the indie-leaning retailer Insound had instituted a new program called Give More, Get More , which allows people who purchase digital albums to earmark 25 cents of the purchase price toward one of six bands to help support their next national touring effort. (The current beneficiaries are The Big Sleep, Russian Circles, The Twilight Sad, Headlights, Epsilons, and Videohippos; buyers can also add extra money to the touring fund if they wish.) People who buy digital albums also get an MP3 mixtape of 10-15 "hand-selected" tracks, which is updated monthly. [...]