NORTHWEST TOP 20

BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES for the week of February 27

1. Postal Service Give Up (Sub Pop)

2. Kinski Airs Above Your Station (Sub Pop)

3. The Divorce The Divorce (Fugitive)

4. Visqueen King Me (Blue Disguise)

5. The Minus 5 Down With Wilco (Yep Roc)

6. Neko Case Blacklisted (Mint)

7. Vendetta Red Shatterday (Epic)

8. Maktub Khronos (OSSiA)

9. The Thermals More Parts Per Million (Sub Pop)

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

11. The Microphones Mt. Eerie (K)

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

13. Sharpshooters Twice as Nice (Light in the Attic)

14. Nirvana Nirvana (DGC)

15. Modest Mouse Building Nothing out of Something (Up)

16. Crooked Fingers Red Devil Dawn (Merge)

17. Instrumental Ward Instrumental Ward (Self-release)

18. 6 Minute Mile The Race for Second (Sonic Boom)

19. Hint Hint Sex is Everything (Cold Crush)

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

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