Ermahgerd! It's August everybody and welcome to another SubModern Report. It's been a couple weeks since we've had only one #1 on each chart. We are back to that binary standard this week with Blonde Redhead's brand new tune "Blood Spilled" leading the way on the singles chart. Meanwhile on the album chart, Dinosaur Jr. lands at #1 a few weeks ahead of the release of There Near thanks to a strong showing by second track "Blowin' Up" (no relation to Kiwi Jr.), which debuted at #3t.

"Sick of The Times", a new tune from Thao, debuted at #2 and came with an album announcement, but the forthcoming Show Me did not chart. As I mentioned, Dinosaur Jr. tied at #3, but I didn't mention that it was a three-way tie with Echo & The Bunnymen's "Brussels Is Haunted" and Johnny Marr's "Ophelia". Next is a four-way tie at #6, including "Parliament Lights" by Fort Frances, "Alien Metal" by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, "Concrete Glen" by Sylvan Esso, and "Day In The Sun" by Teenage Fanclub. Finally the top ten closes with Protomartyr's "Sounds We Cannot Hear" at #10.

There was a bunch of chart overlap with some of those same artists showing up near the top of the album chart as well, continuing with Johnny Marr's upcoming The Age of Everything slipping just one spot to #2 from the top spot last week. King Gizzard's Alien Metal and Sylvan Esso's Ow ∞ aren't far behind as part of a three-way tie at #3, also including the brand new Cheekface record Podium. Sweeping Promises are down a bit more to #6 this week with You Say I Romanticize, which will be out in just over a week. Next is Fat Dog's forthcoming Cancel Me (I'm Tired) at #7, before a tie at #8 between King Falcon's Bloom EP and Tokyo Tea Room's Feel Forever. Finally, Soft Science lands the plane that is the top ten albums with Sand.

That of course is less than half of what you'll find on the full charts. And as always, we give you a sneak peak at what might be on next week's charts with our Available For Airplay list. You'll find tunes by @, AJJ, DIIV, Imperial Teen, Miesha and The Spanks, Susanna Hoffs, and WHY?, plus albums from Ceremony, Citizen, Hot Flash Heat Wave, Overmono, and more. Enjoy the tunes and these final weeks before we all head back to school.

~ Josh T. Landow