NORTHWEST TOP 20

BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES for the week of January 29

1. Death Cab For Cutie Transatlanticism (Barsuk)

2. The Postal Service Give Up (Sub Pop)

3. The Fitness Call Me For Together (The Control Group)

4. Heather Duby Come Across the River (Sonic Boom)

5. Shawn Smith Shield of Thorns (self-released)

6. Pretty Girls Make Graves The New Romance (Matador)

7. Eddie Spaghetti Sauce (Mid-Fi)

8. The Fire Theft The Fire Theft (Rykodisc)

9. Radio Nationals Place You Call Home (Roam)

10. Blessed Light Blessed Light (Made in Mexico)

11. The Shins Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop)

12. Menomena I Am the Fun Blame Monster (Muuuhahaha!)

13. The Shins Oh, Inverted World (Sub Pop)

14. Dub Narcotic Sound System Degenerate Introduction (K)

15. Maktub Khronos (OSSiA)

16. The Long Winters When I Pretend to Fall (Barsuk)

17. The Lights The Lights (Bop Tart)

18. Visqueen King Me (Blue Disguise)

19. Decemberists Castaways and Cutouts (Kill Rock Stars)

20. The Divorce There Will Be Blood Tonight (Fugitive)

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