Hi everyone. I hope you all had a great Labor Day weekend! It's been a busy week for me since the last SubModern Report, filled with the biggest concerts of the year - Nine Inch Nails and Oasis! They were both fantastic, as was Dave Hause, whom I also somehow had time to catch over the weekend.

Now, to actually go over the charts for the week. As most holiday weekends tend to be, this was a wonky one with spins way down, due to shows being off or doing alternate programming. Unsurprisingly The Beths were the most played artist of the week with their new album Straight Line Was A Lie at #1 and the title track in a tie for #2 on the singles chart. #1 on the singles chart was "100 Horses" from Geese, while their forthcoming record Getting Killed was the #2 album.

The other singles tied with The Beths for #2 were "Green Light" by Child Seat and "Chateau Blues" by Spoon (one of two new tunes just released). Last week's #1 single, Bar Italia's "Fundraiser", rounded out the top five, followed by Anand Wilder's "Selkie Bride" at #6. After that it's a real big tie at #7 to close the top ten with tracks by bby, fanclubwallet, Hannah Jadagu, The London Suede, Nation Of Language, and Wet Leg.

A bunch of those same names populate the album chart as well, but first we have Superchunk in the #3 spot with their latest Songs In The Key of Yikes. Yet-to-be-released records from Nation of Language (Dance Called Memory) and Child Seat (Hyperphantasia) were in at #4 and #5. Then the week's other biggest release, The Hives Forever Forever The Hives, was in at #6. At #7 was a tie between the aforementioned former Yeasayer co-lead Anand Wilder's Psychic Lessons and veteran Canadian band Sloan's Based On The Best Seller. Finally the top ten closed out with another big tie, featuring albums from The London Suede, Sprints, The Technicolors, Water From Your Eyes (last week's #1), and Wet Leg.

As usual you can get all those titles and go even further down the charts HERE. Now that we're into September, there's a rush of new tunes for Fall on the Available For Airplay list. There are new tracks by Freak Slug, Hatchie, KNEECAP, Sparks, The Temper Trap, and more, along with full albums from Big Thief, Curtis Harding, Hayley Williams, JayWood, La Dispute, The London Suede, Shame, and a Jason Molina tribute compilation.

Before I close out this week's report, I want to pay tribute to a show that we're losing from our panel of reporters due to the sale of Milwaukee's WLUM. We are sad to say goodbye to Indie Soundcheck with Ryan Miller after an astounding nineteen year run. That is certainly something to take pride in! Best of luck to you Ryan! We hope to be hearing from you again soon.

~ Josh T. Landow