Gosh, it does seem like the year just began, but here we are on the cusp of Memorial Day weekend already. But before we get there, let's take a look at this week's charts in the latest SubModern Report. Nation of Language is back, freshly signed to Sub Pop Records with "Inept Apollo" debuting as the #1 single of the week. On the album chart it's long time favorites Tune-Yards at #1 with their just-released sixth album Better Dreaming. Congrats to both and their respective teams!

Do you know how long its been since The Lemonheads have had an album of new original material? Nineteen years! Well, they've just announced a new record coming later this year called Love Chant and its first single "Deep End" debuts at #2 this week. Then we have a bunch of ties to take us through the rest of the top ten, starting with "Metal" by The Beths and "Bloom Baby Bloom" by Wolf Alice at #3. The next tie at #5 is between "Blame" by Girl Tones and "Moody" by Royel Otis, followed at #7 by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard with "Grow Wings and Fly" and Rocket with "One Million". Finally, there's a four-way tie at #9 including Billie Marten's "Swing", The Bug Club's "Appropriate Emotions", Toro y Moi's cover of "Stars and Sons" by Broken Social Scene, and last week's #1 track, "Heartthrob" by Indigo De Souza.

The next couple entries on the album chart are upcoming releases, both due out on June 13th, that were also represented on the singles chart. King Gizzard is at #2 with Phantom Island and The Bug Club is at #3 with Very Human Features. Most of the remaining top ten are caught up in six-way tie at #4. Those six are Metalhorse from Billy Nomates, If You Asked For A Picture from Blondshell, Angie from Spill Tab, Windser's self-titled record, Blest from Yuno, and last week's #1 album - ANTHEMS: A Celebration Of Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People. That leaves a regular two-way tie at #10 between The Kooks' Never/Know and Lifeguard's forthcoming Ripped and Torn.

There you have it, but not quite all of it because we share the top 25 on each chart HERE. And even though we have a long holiday weekend coming up, there's still a bunch of new music to check out, albiet a little less than usual, on our Available For Airplay list. There are singles by The Armed, Hunx and His Punx, Laura Stevenson, Saint Etienne, Wednesday, and White Lies, as well as full albums from Jose James, Pan Amsterdam, Pyschedelic Pron Crumpets, spill tab, Sports Team, Stereolab, and Triathalon, amongst other offerings. Have a great Memorial Day weekend and we'll catch up on the tunes again this time next week.

~ Josh T. Landow