NORTHWEST TOP 20

BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES for the week of June 16

1. Sleater-Kinney The Woods (Sub Pop)

2. Decemberists Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)

3. The Molo Sessions Eddie Vedder/Walmer High School Choir (Ten Club)

4. Blue Scholars Blue Scholars (self-released)

5. United State of Electronica United State of Electronica (Sonic Boom)

6. The Postal Service Give Up (Sub Pop)

7. Post Stardom Depression Prime Time Looks A Lot Like Amateur Night (The Control Group)

8. Stephen Malkmus Face the Truth (Matador)

9. Headphones Headphones (Suicide Squeeze)

10. Maktub Say What You Mean (Velour)

11. Death Cab For Cutie The John Byrd EP (Barsuk)

12. Luke Temple Hold a Match for a Gasoline World (Mill Pond)

13. Built to Spill Keep It Like a Secret (Warner)

14. Screaming Trees Ocean of Confusion: Songs of Screaming Trees 1989-1996 (Epic/Legacy)

15. MxPx Panic (SideOneDummy)

16. The Myriad You Can't Trust a Ladder (Word Entertainment)

17. Pink Martini Hang on Little Tomato (Heinz)

18. Pearl Django Chasing Shadows (Modern Hot Records)

19. Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News (Epic)

20. Crystal Skulls Blocked Numbers (Suicide Squeeze)

Compiled from figures at Easy Street Records (West Seattle and Queen Anne), Silver Platters (Northgate, Southcenter, and Bellevue) and Sonic Boom (Capitol Hill, Ballard, and Fremont).