BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES for the week of June 17

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

2. Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter Oh, My Girl (Fargo)

3. A.C. Newman The Slow Wonder (Matador)

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

5. The Postal Service Give Up (Sub Pop)

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

7. The Helio Sequence Love and Distance (Sup Pop)

8. The Thermals Fuckin A (Sub Pop)

9. Mirah C'mon Miracle (K)

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

11. The Decemberists Her Majesty the Decemberists (Kill Rock Stars)

12. Death Cab For Cutie Transatlanticism (Barsuk)

13. Neko Case Blacklisted (Mint)

14. Building Press Young Money (54*40' of Fight)

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

16. Quasi Nada Interrupt This Broadcast (self-released)

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

18. The Fitness Call Me For Together (The Control Group)

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

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

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