Now that I'm officially middle-aged (it happened a few months ago) but still interested in buying music I find myself in a difficult situation.
I want to support artists but I rarely want to buy the physical CD. After years of buying the things I have limited space to store them and there's something environmentally unfriendly about distributing music in that format when most of the time they end up on mp3 players. I would prefer to have DRM-free mp3s or better still the wav files.
I detest itunes and I'm a UK user so I'm not having any luck in finding a service that can give me what I want.

Right now it's easier for me to head to the Hype Machine and grab an mp3 and I feel bad about that.

I could name a dozen albums that I want, Kings of Leon, Grace Jones, Neon Neon etc etc.

So questions;
Why is the music industry STILL taking its sweet time about this?
What are my options now or in the near future for DRM-free downloads I can buy?