Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Is SXSW really starting next week? It feels like all the party announcements and schedules and events and Rachael Ray appearances are really piling up…so we here at FMQB have done our best to create an organized list of as many SXSW events as we can. I present to you: FMQB’s Unofficial South By Southwest Music Guide! It’s the not-quite-definitive list of day parties, artist showcases and other showcase events taking place all over Austin next week. Both Mike Bacon and I will be in attendance next week so drop us a line and we’ll hopefully see you around 6th Street! And if your event isn't listed in our guide, please email us with all the details.

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists just released another outstanding album, The Brutalist Bricks, which lands at #1 off the bat. “The Mighty Sparrow” flies to #1 as well on the singles chart. Surfer Blood is one of this week’s Buzz Bands and they hit #2 on both charts with Astro Coast and “Swim.” Frightened Rabbit stay at #3 with The Winter Of Mixed Drinks, with “Nothing Like You” coming in at #5. The wild new Gorillaz album Plastic Beach washes up at #4 for its debut, with “Stylo” at #20t. Broken Bells’ self-titled release came out this week as well, and it lands at #6t with depth track “Vaporize” at #20t on the singles chart. The ConstellationsSouthern Gothic is at #6t with “Felicia” at #7t. Andy Clockwise, Mumford & Sons, Lawrence Arabia, OK Go, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Them Crooked Vultures all appear on both charts this week too.

Fratellis side-project Codeine Velvet Club debut at #3 with “Hollywood” on the singles chart. The third single from the Arctic MonkeysHumbug is “My Propeller” and it lands at #4. Coheed & Cambria’s ode to a classic X-Men villain, “Here We Are Juggernaut,” debuts at #6. Nada Surf’s “Electrocution” moves up to #7t. At #9t we have an unlikely team-up between Cypress Hill and The New Pornographers. Over on the album chart, the Almost Alice compilation comes in at #8.

Next week’s SubModern Report will be out as usual on Wednesday afternoon, so if you’re heading to Austin, please remember to send in your playlist as early as possible. Keep on reading to find out about two very different acts: Surfer Blood and Seasick Steve. There’s also 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 to specialty@fmqb.com.

~ Joey Odorisio

With all the buzz that Surfer Blood has garnered in the past few months, I keep forgetting that I actually did catch the very end of their set as Art Brut’s openers last fall. If I remember correctly, some of the Florida-based indie rockers were too young to even be allowed to go through the bar in the venue. The four members of the band (J.P. Pitts, Tyler Schwartz, Thomas Fekete and Brian Black) made Astro Coast themselves last year. Schwartz acquired a copy of ProTools while studying at community college in Orlando, which the band used to record their debut in Pitts’ apartment over six months. Pitts says of Astro Coast, I think a lot of the melodies are catchy and timeless.  I also think the album as a whole is good front to back, there isn’t a lot of filler on the record. There is a clear arc in the record, something that kind of resembles a narrative, even though the plot might not be quite as clear. I think a lot of people today get carried away with singles and don’t listen to an album all the way through...our record as a whole is stronger than the sum of its parts.” The massive, catchy single “Swim” lands at #2 on the SubModern singles chart this week. Elsewhere on the record, Surfer Blood mix in some African-inspired guitar parts, a la Vampire Weekend, only with distortion piled on. “Neighbour Riffs” does indeed have some cool riffs. And I’m not sure if “Fast Jabroni” and “Slow Jabroni” were inspired by the promo work of The Rock in the late ‘90’s, but I’d like to think they were. Surfer Blood is currently on tour, and have ten SXSW gigs lined up next week, before continuing around the country until they wind up back home in Florida on April 22. Then they head overseas for a month of touring the U.K. and Europe. Hear more at www.myspace.com/surferblood or www.kaninerecords.com.

~ Joey Odorisio 

Surfer Blood
Astro Coast

(Kanine)

You may be asking yourself, “Who on Earth is Seasick Steve?” He’s an old-school-style Blues-rocker, who has been making music since the 1960s. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, he befriended a number of indie rockers while living in Olympia, WA, including a fellow named Isaac Brock. Steve (real name: Steven Gene Wold) ended up producing many of Modest Mouse’s earliest releases, including their first official full-length album, This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About. Four years ago, Steve had a career breakthrough overseas, as his 2006 album Dog House Music sold 200,000 copies in the U.K. Well into his 60’s, Seasick Steve was an unlikely sensation. The follow-up, 2008’s I Started Out With Nothing And Still Got Most Of It Left sold over 250,000 units. His newest release, Man From Another Time, debuted at #4 in the U.K. and will be out in the U.S. on March 30 via Ryko. If you’re a fan of Jack White, or maybe even some of the fuzzed-out Blues-rock side of the eels catalog, Seasick Steve is definitely worth checking out. Head to seasicksteve.com or rykodisc.com for more.

~ Joey Odorisio 

Seasick Steve
Man From Another Time

(Ryko)

updated 03.10.10  

# Artist Track Label
1. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists “The Mighty Sparrow” (Matador)
2. Surfer Blood “Swim” (Kanine)
3. Codeine Velvet Club “Hollywood” (Dangerbird)
4. Arctic Moneys “My Propeller” (Domino)
5. Frightened Rabbit “Nothing Like You” (Fat Cat Records)
6. Coheed & Cambria “Here We Are Juggernaut” (Columbia)
7t. The Constellations “Felicia” (Virgin)
  Nada Surf “Electrocution” (Mardev Records)
9t. Cypress Hill “Rise Up” (Priority/Capitol/EMI)
  The New Pornographers “Your Hands (Together)” (Matador)
11. Johnny Cash “Ain’t No Grave” (American/Lost Highway)
12t. Andy Clockwise “Love And War” (unsigned)
  Hypernova “Fairy Tales” (Narnack)
  Intervurt “Union Square” (F.O.F.)
  Lawrence Arabia “Apple Pie Bed” (Bella Union)
  Lightspeed Champion “Marlene” (Domino)
  Malachai “Snowflake” (Domino)
  Mumford & Sons “Little Lion Man” (Glassnote)
  OK Go “This Too Shall Pass” (Capitol)
20t. American Bang “Wild and Young” (Reprise)
  Black Rebel Motorcycle Club “Beat The Devil’s Tattoo” (Abstract Dragon/Vagrant)
  Broken Bells “Vaporize” (Columbia)
  Gorillaz “Stylo” (Virgin)
  Sea Wolf “O Maria” (Dangerbird)
  Them Crooked Vultures “Mind Eraser, No Chaser” (Interscope)

updated 03.10.10  

# Artist Album Label
1. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists The Brutalist Bricks (Matador)
2. Surfer Blood Astro Coast (Kanine)
3. Frightened Rabbit The Winter Of Mixed Drinks (Fat Cat Records)
4. Gorillaz Plastic Beach (Virgin)
5. Malachai Ugly Side Of Love (Domino)
6t. Broken Bells Broken Bells (Columbia)
  The Constellations Southern Gothic (Virgin)
8. Various Artists Almost Alice (Buena Vista Records)
9t. Andy Clockwise Are You Well? EP (unsigned)
  Mumford & Sons Sigh No More (Glassnote)
11t. Alkaline Trio This Addiction (Epitaph)
  Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Beat The Devil’s Tattoo (Abstract Dragon/Vagrant)
  Lawrence Arabia Chant Darling (Bella Union)
  OK Go Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky (Capitol)
  Quasi American Gong (Kill Rock Stars)
  Rogue Wave Permalight (Brushfire)
  Shout Out Louds Work (Merge)
18t. Biffy Clyro Only Revolutions (Warner Bros.)
  The Big Pink A Brief History Of Love (4AD)
  The Bird and The Bee Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A
Tribute To Daryl Hall and John Oates
(Blue Note)
  the morning benders Big Echo (Rough Trade)
  Them Crooked Vultures Them Crooked Vultures (Interscope)
23t. Beach House Teen Dream (Sub Pop)
  Fyfe Dangerfield Fly Yellow Moon (Softlad Records)
  Groove Armada Black Light (Om Records)
  Josh Rouse El Turista (Yep Roc)
  Shearwater Golden Archipelago (Matador)
LW TW DAILY TOP 20 SUBMODERN ALBUM SALES - TUESDAY 3/10/10 %
1 1* CRAZY HEART SOUNDTRACK NEW WEST 110
** 2* BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB BEAT THE DEVIL'S TATTOO VAGRANT **
** 3* TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS BRUTALIST BRICKS MATADOR **
** 4* FRIGHTENED RABBIT WINTER OF MIXED DRINKS FAT CAT  **
** 5* PAVEMENT QUARANTINE THE PAST: GREATEST MATADOR **
6 6* VAMPIRE WEEKEND CONTRA XL 8.2
** 7* ANAIS MITCHELL HADESTOWN RIGHTEOUS BABE **
10 8 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE GLASSNOTE -5
** 9* JOSH ROUSE EL TURISTA YEP ROC **
** 10* TITUS ANDRONICUS MONITOR XL **
4 11 JOANNA NEWSOM HAVE ONE ON ME DRAG CITY -53
11 12 XX XX XL -13
** 13* MORNING BENDERS BIG ECHO ROUGH TRADE  **
2 14 JOHN HIATT OPEN ROAD NEW WEST -78
** 15* BESNARD LAKES BESNARD LAKES ARE THE ROARING JAGJAGUWAR **
20 16* BEACH HOUSE TEEN DREAM SUB POP 30
12 17 IRISH TENORS VERY BEST OF THE IRISH TENORS E1 MUSIC -24
** 18* DAUGHTERS DAUGHTERS HYDRA HEAD **
** 19* BEANIE SIGEL & FREEWAY ROC BOYS SICCNESS.NET **
** 20* JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS GREATEST HITS BLACKHEART  **

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