NORTHWEST TOP 20BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES for the week of December 26

1. Maktub Khronos (OSSiA)

2. Minus the Bear Highly Refined Pirates (Suicide Squeeze)

3. Pearl Jam Riot Act (Epic)

4. Dear John Letters Unbroken (Roam)

5. Peepshow Guilty Pleasure (Self-release)

6. Nirvana Nirvana (DGC)

7. Doug Martsch Now You Know (WB)

8. Hot Hot Heat Make Up the Breakdown (Sub Pop)

9. Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter Reckless Burning (Burn Burn Burn)

10. Neko Case Blacklisted (Mint)

11. Sleater-Kinney One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)

12. The Spits The Spits (Slovenly)

13. Death Cab for Cutie You Can Play These Songs with Chords (Barsuk)

14. The Epoxies Synthesized 7" (Dirtnap)

15. Ugly Cassanova Sharpen Your Teeth (Sub Pop)

16. Pipsqueak Unhappy Hour (Self-release)

17. Maktub Subtle Ways (Jasiri Media Group)

18. Laura Veirs The Triumphs and Travails of Orphan Mae (Raven Marching Band)

19. Tragedy Vengeance (Tragedy)

20. Pink Martini Sympathique (Heinz)

Compiled from figures at Bedazzled Discs, Easy Street Records (West Seattle and Queen Anne), Orpheum, Singles Going Steady, and Sonic Boom (Ballard and Fremont).