NORTHWEST TOP 20BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES for the week of April 10

1. The Postal Service Give Up (Sub Pop)

2. Damien Jurado Where Shall You Take Me? (Secretly Canadian)

3. Visqueen King Me (Blue Disguise)

4. The Thermals More Parts Per Million (Sub Pop)

5. Blood Brothers Burn Piano Island, Burn (ArtistDirect)

6. The Minus 5 Down With Wilco (Yep Roc)

7. Laura Veirs Troubled by the Fire (Bella Union)

8. Neko Case Blacklisted (Mint)

9. The Briefs Off the Charts (Dirtnap)

10. Maktub Khronos (OSSiA)

11. The Pale Gravity Gets Things Done (Always Never)

12. The Vells The Vells (Luckyhorse)

13. Death Cab for Cutie You Can Play These Songs with Chords (Barsuk)

14. Hot Hot Heat Make Up the Breakdown (Sub Pop)

15. The Divorce The Divorce (Fugitive)

16. Various Artists Ladyfest Seattle 2003 (Self-released)

17. Kinski Airs Above Your Station (Sub Pop)

18. Pedro the Lion Control (Jade Tree)

19. Modest Mouse Lonesome Crowded West (Up)

20. Amelia Somewhere Left to Fall (Self-released)Compiled from figures at Easy Street Records (West Seattle and Queen Anne), Orpheum, Singles Going Steady, and Sonic Boom (Capitol Hill, Ballard, and Fremont).