Ryan Kramer, APD/MD, KSME/96.1 KISS FM/Ft. Collins
One name on everyone
Welcome to the latest SubModern Report, as it truly, finally feels like springtime (for now) in this lovely month of May. I want to remind the hosts out there to please get your playlists in before Wednesday at noon. Too often playlists come in after the charts are closed for the week, freezing out that station's spins. Also, label-types, remember that we have begun booking SubModern sampler #018. Reach out to myself or Mike Bacon if you'd like to place a song on there. Good track placement is still available!
This week, it's all about My Morning Jacket, who move to the top spot on each of the charts with "Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 2" and Evil Urges, respectively. Portishead come in at #2t with Third, as "Machine Gun" lands at #12t. The Heroes soundtrack gets to its highest point yet at #2t. The new Jesus and Mary Chain song "All Things Must Pass" climbs to #5t. Flight Of The Conchords have a hit album, a sold out tour and the #4 single on the SubModern chart. Their self-titled disc is at #4t. Local H's Twelve Angry Months is also at #4t, with "25 Hour Break-Up Session" at #8t. This week's Buzz band is Shy Child and the duo debut on the album chart at #6, while the single "Drop The Phone" flies up to #3. The Last Shadow Puppets sit at #7 with The Age Of The Understatement. The title track is at #8t. Does It Offend You, Yeah? land at #8t on the album chart and #10t for the singles chart. The Dub Pistols debut at #8t as well with Speakers And Tweeters, while "Peaches" (not a cover of the PUSA tune) debuts at #19t. Walk It Off from Tapes ‘N Tapes is at #8t as well, with "Hang Them All" at #14t. Also showing up on both the charts this week are Crystal Castles, M83, Goldfinger, Nine Inch Nails and Santogold.
The Black Kids climb to #2 with the incredibly fun song with the incredibly lengthy title: "I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You." Part of the tie at #5 on the singles chart are Alkaline Trio with "Help Me" and the mighty Coldplay with "Violet Hill."
Good luck to Rudy G. of WWCD (CD101), who is leaving "The Independent Playground" after over eight years. He'll be resurfacing in the near future at WRWK/Toledo and opening up a new playground over there.
Read about Shy Child and Mud 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. And send your playlists and add dates in tospecialty@fmqb.com.
Dancey duo Shy Child made an impressive leap into the upper echelon of the SubModern singles chart this week with "Drop The Phone," the lead single off their new album, Noise Won't Stop. The New York City-based pair of Pete Cafarella on vocals and keytar (!!) and drummer Nate Smith have been performing as Shy Child since 2000. They started gaining traction in the U.K. in 2006, and opened for Hot Chip on a U.S. tour. Last year, they released their third album, Noise Won't Stop overseas, and it finally arrived here in the States this week. In 2007, Shy Child continued to raise their profile in the U.K., opening for The Klaxons and playing one of Muse's two mammoth Wembley Stadium concerts last July. "Drop The Phone" flies up to #3 on the singles chart this week on the strength of its everything-and-the-kitchen-sink fun beat. Cowbells, a saxophone and a phone dial tone (hence the name) are all in the mix on the song. The pair is currently on a brief tour along with Midnight Juggernauts that wraps up this Friday in New York City. Find out more at shychild.com and killrockstars.com
~ Joey Odorisio
Shy
Child
"Drop The
Phone"
(Kill Rock
Stars)
Mainstays of the San Francisco music scene, the Power-Pop-Punk band Mud have been around since 2001. The five piece band actually originated in Guam, but put down roots in the Bay Area and signed to San Francisco-based indie label Talking House Records in 2006. The five piece band, fronted by singer/guitarist Nikki Aclaro, will certainly receive plenty of comparisons to Paramore, but we know what a rocket ride that band has gone on over the past year. Mud released Yearbook just a few weeks ago and now it arrives at specialty for airplay starting this weekend. The super hooky single "Should've Known" kicks off Yearbook and is the perfect entry point to the band's straight-up, fun, poppy sound. "Tomorrow" is another incredibly catchy track. On the second half of the album, Mud change things up a bit, and pull off a perfect third-wave Ska-Punk tune in "Apt. #4." And the track "Psycho" is the biggest departure, getting into some epic, cinematic atmospherics. Mud has played SXSW showcases the past two years and will continue to gig in the California area in the near future. Check them out at mudsf.com or threcords.com.
~ Joey Odorisio
Mud
Yearbook
(Talking
House)
Updated: 5.07.08
#
ARTIST
SINGLE
LABEL
1.
My
Morning Jacket
"Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 2"
(ATO
Records)
2.
Black
Kids
"I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How
To Dance With You"
(Almost
Gold/
Columbia)
3.
Shy
Child
"Drop The Phone"
(Kill Rock
Stars)
4.
Flight
Of The Conchords
"Ladies Of The World"
(Sub Pop)
5t.
Alkaline
Trio
"Help Me"
(Epic)
Coldplay
"Violet Hill"
(Capitol)
The
Jesus And Mary Chain
"All Things Must Pass"
(Adrenaline)
8t.
The Last
Shadow Puppets
"The Age Of The Understatement"
(Domino)
Local H
"24 Hour Breakup Session"
(Shout!
Factory)
10t.
Does It
Offend You, Yeah?
"We Are Rockstars"
(Almost
Gold)
Ours
"The Worst Things Beautiful"
(American/Columbia)
12t.
Portishead
"Machine Gun"
(Mercury)
Rehab
"Sittin' In A Bar"
(Epic)
14t.
Flobots
"Handlebars"
(Universal
Republic)
M83
"Graveyard Girl"
(Mute)
Katy
Perry
"I Kissed A Girl"
(Capitol)
Tapes ‘N
Tapes
"Hang Them All"
(XL
Recordings)
Young
Knives
"Up All Night"
(Rykodisc)
19t.
Anti-Flag
"The Bright Lights Of America"
(RCA)
Crystal
Castles
"Courtship Dating"
(Last Gang)
Dub
Pistols
"Peaches"
(Defend
Music)
Frightened Rabbit
"Head Rolls Off"
(Fat Cat)
Goldfinger
"One More Time"
(Side One
Dummy)
Kerli
"Walking On Air"
(Island)
Nine
Inch Nails
"Discipline"
(The Null
Corporation)
Santogold
"L.E.S. Artistes"
(Downtown)
Updated:
5.07.08
#
Artist
Album
Label
1.
My Morning Jacket
Evil Urges
(ATO
Records)
2t.
Portishead
Third
(Mercury)
Various Artists
Heroes soundtrack
(Adrenaline)
4t.
Flight Of The Conchords
Flight Of The Conchords
(Sub Pop)
Local H
Twelve Angry Months
(Shout!
Factory)
6.
Shy Child
Noise Won't Stop
(Kill Rock
Stars)
7.
The Last Shadow Puppets
The Age Of The Understatement
(Domino)
8t.
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
You Have No Idea What You're Getting
Yourself Into
Updated: 5.07.08
Updated:
5.07.08