BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES for the week of August 5

1. Blue Scholars Blue Scholars (selfreleased)
2. Kinski Alpine Static (Sub Pop)
3. Sleater-Kinney The Woods (Sub Pop)
4. Brandi Carlile Brandi Carlile (Columbia)
5. Schoolyard Heroes Fantastic Wounds (The Control Group)
6. Brad Brad vs. Satchel (451)
7. Post Stardom Depression Prime Time Looks A Lot Like Amateur Night (The Control Group)
8. Tim Seely Funeral Music (Slow Love)
9. Math & Physics Club Weekends Away (Matinee)
10. Boom Bap Project Reprogram (Rhymesayers)
11. Death Cab for Cutie Something About Airplanes (Barsuk)
12. The Decemberists Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)
13. Voyager One Dissolver (Tokyoidaho)
14. The Posies Every Kind of Light (Ryko)
15. Yann Novak Fade Dis/Appearances (Dragon's Eye)
16. Various Arists Out of the Rain (Vita)
17. The Long Winters The Worst You Can Do Is Harm (Barsuk)
18. Death Cab for Cutie The John Byrd EP (Barsuk)
19. The Postal Service Give Up (Sup Pop)
20. Critters Buggin Stampede (Ropeadope)

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).