NORTHWEST TOP 20

BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES for the week of June 3

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

2. Pedro the Lion Achilles' Heel (Jade Tree)

3. The Thermals Fuckin A (Sub Pop)

4. The Shins Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop)

5. The Postal Service Give Up (Sub Pop)

6. United State of Electronica United State of Electronica (self-released)

7. The Decemberists The Tain (Acuarela)

8. Death Cab For Cutie Transatlanticism (Barsuk)

9. The Catheters Howling... It Grows and Grows (Sub Pop)

10. Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica (Sony)

11. Mirah C'mon Miracle (K)

12. Modest Mouse Baron Von Bullshit Rides Again (Epic)

13. Pearl Jam Lost Dogs (Sony)

14. Various Artists This One's For the Fellows (Blue Disguise)

15. Lucia From the Land of Volcanos (The Control Group)

16. FCS North/Sientific American FCSSA (Mass Mvmnt)

17. Modest Mouse Float On 7" (Epic)

18. Eyvind Kang Virginal Coordinates (Ipecac)

19. Harkonen/These Arms Are Snakes Like A Virgin 7" (Hydra Head)

20. Alien Crime Syndicate Ten Songs in the Key of Betrayal (Control Group)

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