Hello and welcome to winter's last gasp for this edition of the SubModern Report. Once again War Child's HELP(2) collection dominates the narrative and the album chart, where it again sits at #1, far ahead of all other comers. On the singles chart, Broken Social Scene's "Hey Amanda", the second track from their forthcoming album Remember The Humans, debuted at #1, while the album itself landed at #3.

The #2 single "I Played The Fool" comes from R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe along with Andrew Watt, and acts as the theme to the new HBO series Rooster. Beabadoobee returns with help from The Marias with "All I Did Was Dream of You" at #3. From the aforementioned HELP(2), Depeche Mode's "Universal Soldier" is part of a three-way tie at #4, alongside "I Just Can't Get Over Losing You" by The Lemon Twigs and "Why Don't You" by Squeeze. There's another three-way tie at #7, including "Get Go" by Arlo Parks, "Mary Singletary" by Deer Tick, and "Pay No Mind" by Weird Nightmare. Finally, there's a four-way tie to close out the top ten. That features Amiture Music with "Last Summer", Miss Grit with "Mind Disaster", The Orielles with "Wasp", and Rostam with "Like A Spark".

Back to the album chart, sandwiched between the already revealed #1 and #3 is PLAY ME from the one-and-only Kim Gordon. The only tie of the top ten is at #4 between Brigitte Calls Me Baby's Irreversible and Weird Nightmare's forthcoming Hoopla. Newcomers The Sophs just-dropped debut album Goldstar comes in at #6, followed by upcoming releases from Arlo Parks (Ambiguous Desire) at #7 and Miss Grit (Under My Umbrella) at #8. The Plaid EP from Easy Honey is up next at #9, before the top ten winds up with Bleachers' Everyone For Ten Minutes.

Beyond that, you'll want to check out the full charts HERE to go beyond the top tens. And as we come out of SXSW and head into spring, there's a lot of new music on the way, which you can find on the Available For Airplay list. Look out for tunes by The Afghan Whigs, Death Cab For Cutie, Ed O'Brien (of Radiohead), and POND, as well as albums from Alexis Taylor of (Hot Chip), Anna Calvi, The Chameleons, Dropkick Murphys & Haywire, James Blake, The Orielles, Son Little, and more. With that, I'll leave you in the hands of the music and soon the springtime. Happy equinox!

~ Josh T. Landow