“The nation’s capital is looking more epic than ever.”

Today, Oddisee dropped a new track, the smoothly calming, but nonetheless exciting “Lonely Planet.”

As part of an occasional series, BuyIndie.net’s Vince Wadhwani profiles an independent, local business owner in D.C. Other than coffee shops, perhaps no independent retailer faces as much pressure as your local book store. Opportunities abound to buy from aggressively growing chains or any of several online merchants. Some voices, like Tyler Cowen, wonder if that really matters at all, while others ask what may happen to the culture of reading when libraries and small…