BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES for the week of September 9

1. The Presidents of the United States of America Love Everybody (Pusa Inc)

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

3. The Postal Service Give Up (Sub Pop)

4. Death Cab For Cutie Transatlanticism (Barsuk)

5. Pearl Jam Live at Benaroya Hall (Ten Club)

6. IQU Sun Q (Sonic Boom)

7. Various Artists Wheedle's Groove (Light in the Attic)

8. Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter Oh, My Girl (Barsuk)

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

10. Laura Love You Ain't Got No Easter Clothes (Koch)

11. Bill Frisell Unspeakable (Nonesuch)

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

13. Heart Jupiter's Darling (Eagle)

14. The Shins Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop)

15. Modest Mouse This is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About (Up)

16. Death Cab for Cutie The Photo Album (Barsuk)

17. Laura Veirs Carbon Glacier (Nonesuch)

18. The Lashes Stupid Stupid (Lookout!)

19. Maktub Khronos (OSSiA)

20. Nirvana Unplugged in New York (Geffen)

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