Hello everybody. As I write this week's SubModern Report, I am down with the summertime sickies. It's no fun. But here I am regardless, doin' the job... telling you all what's what. And what's what on the singles chart is the return of Queens of The Stone Age at #1 with "Easy Street". On the albums chart, Sweeping Promises are back on top (albeit sharing the honor) for the fourth non-consecutive time with their not even released You Say I Romanticize. This week it's tied at #1 with Yard Act's just-released You're Gonna Need A Little Music.

Coming in at a super-close (just one spin off) #2 is a new single by Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, "Okarena". Tied at #3 are a fantastic cover of Massive Attack's "Teardrop" by Deep Sea Diver and "Get Down" off of They Might Be Giants' latest album (though some of the spins were for a new remix version). A four-way tie at #5 is between Ceremony's "Dark Summer", Genesis Owusu's "Human Again", The Last Dinner Party's "Knocking At The Sky", and the aforementioned Sweeping Promises' "Cocoon". And finally, three more are tied for #9 - "Lasagna" by Babehoven, "Dreams" by Missio, and "I See Myself In You" by Vacations.

Back on the album chart, Aussies Babe Rainbow are at #3 with Acid and Honey, followed by Jack White's Frozen Charlotte at #4. Ceremony is tied at #5 here as on the singles chart with Tell Me Your Dream, alongside the forthcoming Blowin' Up from Kiwi Jr. Then Quicksand stands alone at #7 with Bring On The Psychics before a three-way tie at #8 to close out the top ten. That includes Graham Coxon's Castle Park, Hovvdy's Big World, and The Menzingers' Everything I Ever Saw.

There's plenty more for you on the FULL CHARTS. And there's plenty on the Available For Airplay list, previewing some of what we might find on next week's charts, like new tunes by Echo & The Bunnymen, MorMor, Olive Vox, Protomartyr, and Teenage Fanclub, plus album releases from Alex Cameron, Jensen McRae, Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards, Robyn Hitchcock, Waterparks, and more. That'll do it for me... gonna go have some soup.

~ Josh T. Landow