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We’re adding another reporter to the panel this week, with KXRN/Laguna Beach, CA and its "Unsigned Sunday," hosted by Mookie. Can you guess what night it airs?

Of course, Vampire Weekend dominates the SubModern charts this week, with Modern Vampires Of The City lording over the album chart at #1. "Unbelievers" makes the singles chart at #11t, while "Step" comes in at #15t. The National’s anticipated new release, Trouble Will Find Me, arrives at #2, with "Don’t Swallow The Cap" at #1 on the singles chart once more. Wyeth Is from Hockey is up to #3 on the album chart, with "Wild Style" at #6t. Phoenix’s Bankrupt! is at #4t while "Trying To Be Cool" lands at #15t. Still Corners is also tied at #4 with Stranger Pleasures, while "Fireflies" comes in at #8t. Thr!!!er from !!! (get it?) moves up to #7t with "One Girl/One Boy" at #3t. Portugal The Man is also at #7t with Evil Friends, as "Purple Yellow Red And Blue" charts at #6t. The upcoming Queens Of The Stone Age album …Like Clockwork is also in this #7 tie, with "My God Is The Sun" at #3t. The unlikely pair of Alpine and Iggy & The Stooges also appear on both the charts.

Said The Whale is one of this week’s Buzz Bands and their new track "I Love You" debuts impressively at #2. "Diamonds" from The Boxer Rebellion is in at #3t. Recent Buzz Bands Empire Of The Sun and Splashh are tied up at #8t.

Mikal Cronin debuts on the album chart at #4t with MCII. Tied up at #10 are Palma Violets, She & Him, Snowden and The Thermals.

Read up on Said The Whale and The Front Bottoms, as well as up-to-date retail data, a complete list of songs and albums that are available for airplay, and the weekly FMQB SubModern singles and albums charts. As always, don't forget to send your playlists and add dates in to specialty@fmqb.com.

~ Joey Odorisio

Canadian band Said The Whale crash the SubModern singles chart this week with their new track, "I Love You," debuting way up at #2. Said The Whale have a number of EPs already under their belt, and will release yet another one, the I Love You EP of course, on June 4. The band formed in 2007 as a collaboration between singers/guitarist/songwriters Ben Worcester and Tyler Bancroft. Drummer Spencer Schoening has remained a constant in the lineup, while Nathan Shaw is on bass and keyboardist Jaycelyn Brown rounds out the lineup. In 2011, they won the Juno Award for Best New Group in their Home and Native Land. The band hope to have a new album out later in 2013. "My songs on this album are the most vulnerable songs I've ever written," notes Bancroft. "Lyrically it's the most honest I've ever been." Said The Whale hit the road for a North American tour starting June 4 in Portland, OR, running up to a number of Canadian festival dates in mid-summer. Read more at saidthewhale.com, hiddenpony.ca or caroline.com.

~ Joey Odorisio

Said The Whale
"I Love You"
(Hidden Pony/Caroline)

New Jersey indie rockers The Front Bottoms are set to release their sophomore effort, Talon Of The Hawk, next week. The band is made up of Brian Sella (vocals/guitar), Mathew Uychich (drums), Tom Warren (bass) and Ciaran O'Donnel (keys/trumpet/guitar). Founded by childhood friends Sella and Uychich, the group grew out of the North Jersey music scene and toured extensively around the world. "It’s hard to say how much The Front Bottoms means to us," the band says. "It has become so much of a lifestyle at this point. It’s not our jobs, hobbies, nor our obligation. It’s just who we are." Their latest single, "Skeleton," has been a fixture on the SubModern singles chart in recent weeks. The Front Bottoms have an extensive tour ahead of them that kicks off with two nights in Hoboken on May 31 and June 1, with dates announced up to July 29 in Richmond, VA. Get caught in their talons at thefrontbottoms.com or bar-none.com.

~ Joey Odorisio

Well Hung Heart - Young Enough To Know It All

The Front Bottoms
Talon Of The Hawk
(Bar/None)

updated 05.15.13

#	Artist	Track	Label
1	The National	“Don’t Swallow The Cap”	(4AD)
2	Said The Whale	“I Love You”	(Hidden Pony/Caroline)
3t.	!!!	“One Girl/One Boy”	(Warp)
	The Boxer Rebellion	“Diamonds”	(Absentee Recordings)
	Queens Of The Stone Age	“My God Is The Sun”	(Matador)
6t.	Hockey	“Wild Style”	(Forever Racing)
	Portugal The Man	“Purple Yellow Red And Blue”	(Atlantic)
8t.	Empire Of The Sun	“Alive”	(Astralwerks)
	Splashh	“All I Wanna Do”	(Kanine)
	Still Corners	“Fireflies”	(Sub Pop)
11t.	The Baptist Generals	“Dog That Bit You”	(Sub Pop)
	Poliça f/Justin Vernon	“TIFF”	(Mom+Pop)
	Vampire Weekend	“Unbelievers”	(XL Recordings)
14	The Hush Sound	“Not A Stranger”	(Lost Beach Records)
15t.	Alpine	“Gasoline”	(Votiv)
	Daft Punk	“Get Lucky”	(Columbia)
	Iggy & The Stooges	“Burn”	(Fat Possum)
	Phoenix	“Trying To Be Cool”	(Glassnote)
	Vampire Weekend	“Step”	(XL Recordings)
20	Eleven songs tied

updated 05.15.13

#	Artist	Album	Label
1	Vampire Weekend	Modern Vampires Of The City	(XL Recordings)

2	The National	Trouble Will Find Me	(4AD)
3	Hockey	Wyeth Is	(Forever Racing)

4t.	Mikal Cronin	MCII	(Merge)

	Phoenix	Bankrupt!	(Glassnote)
	Still Corners	Strange Pleasures	(Sub Pop)

7t.	!!!	Thr!!!er	(Warp)

	Portugal The Man	Evil Friends	(Atlantic)

	Queens Of The Stone Age	…Like Clockwork	(Matador)
10t.	Palma Violets	180	(Rough Trade)
	She & Him	Volume 3	(Merge)

	Snowden	No One In Control	(Serpents And Snakes)
	The Thermals	Desperate Ground	(Saddle Creek)
14t.	Alpine	A Is For Alpine	(Votiv)
	Guided By Voices	English Little League	(GBV Inc.)
16t.	The Last Royals	Twistification	(Ooh La La Records)
	Tom Odell	Songs From Another Love	(RCA)

	Tera Melos	X’ed Out	(Sargent House)
	Various Artists	The Great Gatsby Soundtrack	(Interscope)
	Weeks	Dear Bo Jackson	(Serpents And Snakes)
21t.	The Child Of Lov	The Child Of Lov	(Double Six Records)
	Daughter	If You Leave	(Glassnote)
	Fitz & The Tantrums	More Than Just A Dream	(Elektra)

	Iggy & The Stooges	Ready To Die	(Fat Possum)

	MS MR	Secondhand Rapture	(Columbia)
	No Joy	Wait To Pleasure	(Mexican Summer)
	Small Black	Limits Of Desire	(Jagjaguwar)

LW	TW	DAILY TOP 20 SUB MODERN ALBUM SALES - TUESDAY 05.14.13			%
**	1	VAMPIRE WEEKEND	MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY	XL	**
3	2	GREAT GATSBY	SOUNDTRACK	WATER TOWER	-2.8
**	3	DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN	ONE OF US IS THE KILLER	SUMERIAN	**
1	4	SHE & HIM	VOLUME 3	MERGE	-74.2
7	5	PHOENIX	BANKRUPT!	GLASSNOTE	-12.6
4	6	GRIFFIN,PATTY	AMERICAN KID	NEW WEST	-71.2
9	7	MUMFORD & SONS	BABEL	GLASSNOTE	-28.9
10	8	LUMINEERS	LUMINEERS	DUALTONE	-25
2	9	DEERHUNTER	MONOMANIA	4AD	-79.9
5	10	SAVAGES	SILENCE YOURSELF	MATADOR	-69.1
16	11	MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS	HEIST	MACKLEMORE	-9.8
11	12	CLAPTON,ERIC	OLD SOCK	BUSHBRANCH	-29.3
17	13	MUMFORD & SONS	SIGH NO MORE	GLASSNOTE	-1.9
13	14	BRIGHTMAN,SARAH	DREAMCHASER	SIMHA	-36.6
**	15	ESCAPE THE FATE	UNGRATEFUL	ELEVEN SEVEN	**
15	16	ALABAMA SHAKES	BOYS & GIRLS	ATO	-36.5
12	17	EARLE,STEVE & THE DUKES (& DUC	LOW HIGHWAY	NEW WEST	-46.6
**	18	DAWES	STORIES DON'T END	HUB	**
**	19	UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS	MIND CONTROL	METAL BLADE	**
**	20	LANEGAN,MARK & DUKE GARWOOD	BLACK PUDDING	IPECAC	**

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