NORTHWEST TOP 20 BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES for the week of January 27

1. Blue Scholars Blue Scholars (self-released) 2. Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News (Epic)

3. Pink Martini Hang On Little Tomato (Heinz)

4. The Postal Service Give Up (Sub Pop)

5. The Ruby Doe Always With Wings (Loveless)

6. Himsa You've Seen Too Much DVD (Prosthetic)

7. Screaming Trees Clairvoyance (Hall of Records)

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

9. Nirvana With the Lights Out (Geffen)

10. Pink Martini Sympathique (Heinz)

11. The Shins Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop)

12. Jesse Sykes Oh My Girl (Barsuk)

13. Aqueduct I Sold Gold (Barsuk)

14. Big Business Head for the Shallow (Hydra Head)

15. Smoosh She Like Electric (Pattern 25)

16. Supersuckers Live at the Tractor Tavern (Mid-Fi)

17. Death Cab For Cutie Transatlanticism (Barsuk)

18. The Blood Brothers Crimes (V2)

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

20. Vells Flight from Echo Falls (Imputer) 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).