This Saturday, April 18, marks the second annual celebration of Record Store Day, in which the culture of independent record stores is celebrated worldwide. Indie stores all over are celebrating with free giveaways, in-store performances, and tons of Record Store Day exclusives. During last year’s Record Store Day celebration, Burlington’s beloved Pure Pop Records even threw in a huge used vinyl sale, with so much selection the store’s floor was nearly covered in boxes of records.

Check out the list of Record Store Day exclusive releases here. I’m looking most forward to the Wilco live DVD, the My Morning Jacket live album, and the 7″ of two brand new Modest Mouse songs. But I hope and expect to discover more surprises on Saturday. So stop by Pure Pop on Saturday and support indie music stores–because without them, we’d have to rely on Best Buy and iTunes, and that’s a scary thought.

This article appears in Apr 15-21, 2009.

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Tyler Machado was the digital media manager at Seven Days. He mostly worked behind the scenes making sure the website, email newsletters and social media feeds stayed in tip-top shape.