Happy Fourth of July long weekend everybody! I’m sure there will be a number of shows thrown off this weekend by the holiday, so please let me know next week if you didn’t do a show. On a different note, WHTG (G-Rock Radio)/
Monmouth-Ocean, NJ has a new specialty show, which joins the panel this week. Scott Lowe hosts “Out Of The Box” every Wednesday night from 11 p.m.-midnight. And on yet another different note, we are working on FMQB SubModern sampler #019. If you’re on the label side of things, contact myself or Mike Bacon soon to book a track.
The Hold Steady spend another week at #1 with Stay Positive, while “Sequestered In Memphis” is at #2 for the second week in a row. Wolf Parade debut at an impressive #2 with At Mt. Zoomer, while the single “Language City” debuts at #4. Evil Urges from My Morning Jacket is at #4, while “Touch Me… Pt. 2” sneaks into the singles chart at #25. Albert Hammond Jr. lands at #5t with ¿Como Te Llama?, while the single “GfC” is at #7t. The Jealous Girlfriends’ self-titled disc debuts at #6t on the album chart and the single “How Now” arrives at #6. Beck’s newest album Modern Guilt arrives in stores next week and shows up at #7t. The single “Gamma Ray” debuts at #13t. Foals return to the top of the charts at #7t on both the charts. Billy Idol, We Are Scientists, No Age, The Ting Tings and The Craze are all on each of this week’s charts too.
CSS squeaked by the Hold Steady to spend a third straight week with the #1 single, “Rat Is Dead.” Sigur Ros sit still at #3 for another week with “Gobbledigook.” Dr. Dog climb aboard “The Ark” and sail it to #5. Alkaline Trio’s new album Agony & Irony is at #3 on the album chart, while Coldplay come in this week at #9t.
I have some sad news to close out the Report this week. Johnny Schou, bassist for the up-and-coming Colorado band Tickle Me Pink, was found dead on Tuesday morning. Tickle Me Pink, whose song “Typical,” has been charting at specialty in recent weeks, was to celebrate their debut album’s release that day with an in-store performance in Denver. Schou was only 22 years old. More about Schou’s life can be found here in the Denver Post.
Read about the return of The Verve and newcomers Ready Fire Aim 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. Don't forget to send your playlists and add dates in tospecialty@fmqb.comand have a safe holiday weekend!
Alt-rock bands reuniting seems to happen just about every other week nowadays, but the announcement of The Verve’s reunion last year took everybody by surprise. The band imploded just as they reached their peak with 1997’s classic Urban Hymns, done in by in-fighting and lawsuits from Rolling Stones management. Frontman Richard Ashcroft, who possesses one of the greatest voices in Brit-rock, seemed content to occasionally release increasingly ballad-based solo records over the past decade. Then the Verve announced last June that they were back together, recording in London and going on tour last November with the original lineup of Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones and drummer Pete Salisbury. We received our first taste of the new album Forth last week with “Love Is Noise.” The song sets Ashcroft’s instantly recognizable voice against a wall of swirling guitars and surreal space noises. Also, as a bonus, the Verve is offering another track as a free download. “Mover,” which isn’t even on Forth, is available for this week only via www.vervedownload.com. Forth will be out August 19 in North America through their own imprint, appropriately named On Our Own and distributed by MRI/Megaforce/RED. The album will be out the day before overseas on EMI. The Verve will be playing European and Japanese festivals throughout the summer. Head to www.theverve.tv for more on the band’s triumphant return.
~ Joey Odorisio
The
Verve
“Love
Is
Noise”
(On
Our
Own/RED)
Alright, first and foremost, please note that this band is called Ready Fire Aim, NOT Ready Aim Fire. Clever, eh? OK, let’s move on… Ready Fire Aim was founded by Sage Rider, a singer/actor/poet/author/jack-of-all trades. Rider collaborated with DJ/producer Shaun “Stakka” Morris to create their debut album, This Changes Nothing. The pair draw on influences from the likes of Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, The Postal Service and Pink Floyd. Rider has a classical music background, playing the violin for years before opted to become a poet, writer and actor. He ended up in Brooklyn, teaching himself how to use ProTools and eventually crossing paths with Morris at an art exhibition. “Both of us are really very much into sound,” Rider says. “I tend to go with the emotion of a sound, where it’s like, ‘Here’s how I’m feeling—how does this feeling sound?’ and Shaun comes from a place that’s a little bit more clinical, like a technician or someone scientific. His approach is, ‘What would sound good here with what we’ve already got and what are the exact processes that I need to get there?’” The single “So Fine” is very ‘80’s and very New Wave, especially with Rider‘s voice. It’s good to hear this sound matched with a singer who isn’t trying to be Ian Curtis or Dave Gahan, for a change. If you haven’t heard “So Fine” yet, it can also be found on the latest FMQB SubModern sampler #018. Find out more at www.myspace.com/readyfireaimnyc or expansionteamrecords.com.
~ Joey Odorisio
Ready
Fire
Aim
“So
Fine”
(Expansion
Team)
Updated: 7.02.08
#
Artist
Track
Label
1.
CSS
“Rat Is Dead”
(Sub Pop)
2.
The Hold Steady
“Sequestered In Memphis”
(Vagrant)
3.
Sigur Ros
“Gobbledigook”
(XL Recordings)
4.
Wolf Parade
“Language City”
(Sub Pop)
5.
Dr. Dog
“The Ark”
(Park The Van)
6.
The Jealous Girlfriends
“How Now”
(Good Fences/Last Gang)
7t.
Darker My Love
“Two Ways Out”
(Dangerbird)
Foals
“Red Socks Pugie”
(Sub Pop)
Albert Hammond Jr.
“GfC”
(RCA/Black Seal)
Tilly & The Wall
“Pot Kettle Black”
(Team Love)
We Are Scientists
“After Hours”
(Astralwerks)
12.
The Verve
“Love Is Noise”
(On Our Own/RED)
13t.
Beck
“Gamma Ray”
(Interscope)
Billy Idol
“John Wayne”
(Capitol)
Low Vs. Diamond
“Heart Attack”
(Epic)
Santogold, Julian Casablancas and N*E*R*D
“My Drive Thru”
(Converse)
The Ting Tings
“Shut Up And Let Me Go”
(Columbia)
18t.
The Craze
“Shakin’”
(Dynatone Records)
Hawthorne Heights
“Rescue Me”
(Victory)
No Age
“Eraser”
(Sub Pop)
The Wombats
“Let’s Dance To Joy Division”
(Roadrunner)
22t.
Less Than Jake
“Does The Lion City Still Roar?”
(Sleep It Off)
Ready Fire Aim
“So Fine”
(Expansion Team)
Vampire Weekend
“Oxford Comma”
(XL Recordings)
25.
My Morning Jacket
“Touch Me I’m Going To Scream Pt.
2”
(ATO Records)
Updated:
7.02.08
#
Artist
Album
Label
1.
The Hold Steady
Stay Positive
(Vagrant)
2.
Wolf Parade
At Mt. Zoomer
(Sub Pop)
3.
Alkaline Trio
Agony & Irony
(Epic)
4.
My Morning
Jacket
Evil Urges
(ATO Records)
5t.
Albert Hammond
Jr.
¿Como Te Llama?
(RCA/Black Seal)
The Jealous
Girlfriends
The Jealous Girlfriends
(Good Fences/Last Gang)
7t.
Beck
Modern Guilt
(Interscope)
Billy Idol
The Very Best Of Billy Idol
(Capitol)
9t.
Coldplay
Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends
(Capitol)
Foals
Antidotes
(Sub Pop)
We Are
Scientists
Brain Thrust Mastery
(Astralwerks)
12t.
No Age
Nouns
(Sub Pop)
The Ting Tings
We Started Nothing
(Columbia)
14t.
The Craze
Get Up!
(Dynatone Records)
Rob Dickinson
Fresh Wine For The Horses
(Fontana International)
The Futureheads
This Is Not The World
(Null)
Shy Child
Noise Won’t Stop
(Kill Rock Stars)
The Wombats
A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation
(Roadrunner)
19t.
The Cure
TBD
(Suretone/Geffen)
Son Ambulance
Someone Else’s Déjà Vu
(Saddle Creek)
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
(XL Recordings)
Weezer
Weezer (The Red Album)
(Interscope/Geffen/
A&M)
23t.
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
(Sub Pop)
Slipknot
All Hope Is Gone
(Roadrunner)
25t.
Six albums tied
LW
TW
DAILY
TOP 20 SUBMODERN ALBUM SALES - TUESDAY 7/1/08
Updated: 7.02.08
Updated:
7.02.08