Hi everyone. This is officially the end of summer edition of the SubModern Report. Congrats again to Nada Surf who have held down the #1 spot on the album chart for a second week in a row with their just-released tenth album Moon Mirror! While they did not also take the top spot on the singles chart this week, "Second Skin" didn't fall too far to #3. The honor of #1 single goes to another long time favorite, Franz Ferdinand with "Audacious", the first taste of a new record called The Human Fear, coming in January.

Soccer Mommy debuts a new track "Driver" from her forthcoming Evergreen album at #2 as we continue down the singles charts. Pixies have another advance single dropping this week ahead of The Night The Zombies Came, but the last one "Oyster Beds" is still doing well at #4 this week, followed by Pom Pom Squad's third pre-release track "Street Fighter" at #5. There's a three-way tie at #6 between "Cherry Pie" by Fazerdaze, "Glimpse" by Future Islands, and "Crystal Breath" by Kim Deal. The top ten closes on a tie at #9 between All-American Rejects' cover of the Harvey Danger classic "Flagpole Sitta" and the third single from The Hard Quartet, "Our Hometown Boy", this one fronted by Emmett Kelly (of The Cairo Gang).

Switching to focus on the album chart, The Linda Lindas are all the way up at #2 with their soon-to-be-released sophomore record No Obligation. Tied for #3 are Mirror Starts Moving Without Me from the aforementioned Pom Pom Squad and Memoir of A Sparklemuffin from Suki Waterhouse. The Rare Occasions stand alone at #5 with Through Moonshot Eyes, before a four-way tie at #6. The albums involved there at Ginger Root's SHINBANGUMI, Hello Mary's Emita Ox, MJ Lenderman's Manning Fireworks, and Porches' Shirt. Finally (and alphabetically), Zeshan B's O Say, Can You See? wraps up the top ten.

Do we have more than the top tens ranked? You bet! You can find the top twenty-five of each chart HERE. If I said that last week was big for new releases, forget it, this week is even bigger and you can keep track of them on the updated Available For Airplay list. You'll find new albums from Hippo Campus, Jamie xx, Joan As Police Woman, Katy J Pearson, Lunar Vacation, Lutalo, The Waeve, and The Voidz! Of course there are plenty of singles too, from the likes of Bon Iver, The Darkness, Deep Sea Diver, Dropkick Murphys, Father John Misty, Suzanne Vega, and a whole lot more. Enjoy the tunes, enjoy the final days of summer, and I'll catch you in the fall.

~ Josh T. Landow
Twitter: @JoshTLandow