BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES for the week of February 19
1. The Postal Service Give Up (Sub Pop)
2. Death Cab For Cutie Transatlanticism (Barsuk)
3. Heather Duby Come Across the River (Sonic Boom)
4. The Fire Theft The Fire Theft (Rykodisc)
5. The Shins Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop)
6. The Long Winters When I Pretend to Fall (Barsuk)
7. Chromatics Plaster Hounds (GSL)
8. Xiu Xiu Fabulous Muscles (5RC)
9. Preston School of Industry Monsoon (Matador)
10. Shawn Smith Shield of Thorns (self-released)
11. New Pornographers Electric Version (Matador)
12. The Vells The Vells (Luckyhorse Industries)
13. Sanford Arms The Twilight Era (Blue Diguise)
14. The Lights Beautiful Bird (Bop Tart)
15. Pretty Girls Make Graves The New Romance (Matador)
16. Maktub Khronos (OSSiA)
17. The Fall-Outs Summertime (Estrus)
18. Menomena I Am the Fun Blame Monster (Muuuhahaha!)
19. The Pale Gravity Gets Things Done (Sidecho)
20. The Shins Oh, Inverted World (Sub Pop)
Compiled from figures at Easy Street Records (West Seattle and Queen Anne), and Sonic Boom (Capitol Hill, Ballard, and Fremont).
