Welcome to the last SubModern Report for April 2026 and congrats to our two new #1's this week. On the singles chart we have the return of Modest Mouse with "Picking Dragons' Pockets" from their just-announced eighth album An Eraser and A Maze, due out in June. And on the album chart, it's one we've been anticipating for a while now, the sophomore record from Chicago's Friko, appropriately titled Something Worth Waiting For.

I'm gonna give special shouts to the #2's on both charts as each was just one spin behind the corresponding #1. The #2 single is from Graham Coxon of Blur with a track called "Billy Says" from a 2011 record that was never released (but will be soon). And for the #2 album we have one of my all time faves, Metric with their tenth album Romanticize The Dive.

Now continuing through the top ten singles as usual, Beck is at #3 with his latest tune "Ride Lonesome", followed by Rostamat #4 with "Back of A Truck". Beth Orton has a new track, "Waiting", at #5 from a just-announced album, The Ground Above, which also debuted at #3. Lucy Dacus dropped a Record Store Day exclusive single, "Planting Tomatoes", which debuted at #6, followed by Broken Social Scene's "The Call" at #7. That leaves us with a four-way tie at #8 to close out the top ten, including "Other Hells" by Ceremony, "Tougher Than The Rest" as covered by Nation of Language, "Going Shopping" by The Strokes, and "Vendetta" by Temples.

Temples' forthcoming album Bliss is also in a three-way tie at #4 on the album chart, along with Miss Grit's Under My Umbrella and Weird Nightmare's Hoopla. Next up Snail Mail's Ricochet is tied at #7 with Remember The Humans from the aforementioned Broken Social Scene. Lime Garden is alone at #9 with Maybe Not Tonight, followed by a tie for #10 between Basement's Wired and Future Islands' From A Hole In The Floor To A Fountain Of Youth.

For more than the top tens, you can find the full charts HERE. And the Available For Airplay list will fill you in on what's coming next, such as albums from American Football, Buzzy Lee, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, KNEECAP, Sub*T, Toadies, and youbet. There are plenty of singles coming at you too, most notably (to me at least) is a brand new Editors track! So enjoy the tunes.

And before I go I want to pour one out for for one of our longest-standing shows on the chart, Going Underground at WEQX in Manchester, VT. The station isn't going away, but someone over there had the idea that a new music show was "redundant". I don't think most of us would agree with that. Host Luke Gelheiser is unfortunately no longer with the station. Best of luck to you Luke!

Take care all. I'll catch you next week.

~ Josh T. Landow