Halfway through August already?! How is that possible? As we savor these last drops of summer though, we can really start to anticipate a lot of the new music coming our way in the fall and we’re starting to see a lot of it show up on the charts already. Both of our new #1’s this week are part of the fall flourish of albums on the way.

Nashville’s Bully just announced their 2nd record Losing will be out in October and from that, "Feel The Same" takes the top spot on this week’s singles chart. On the album chart it’s a much more seasoned veteran at #1 – Liam Gallagher of Oasis with his solo debut record As You Were coming in October as well. A few strong singles boost the younger Gallagher brother to #1 months ahead of the release date, most notably the newest single "For What It’s Worth," which debuts at #3.

Enter Shikari ticks up a bit to #2 with "Live Outside," the first single from the Brit-rockers upcoming fifth album, while the #1 single of the past two weeks, Mister Heavenly‘s "Beat Down" slips to #34, tying with Kasabian‘s latest, "Bless This House." Wolf Parade‘s "Valley Boy" is at #6, followed by Pom Poms at #7 with "Live Before I Die," and Alice Merton at #8 with "No Roots." Belle and Sebastian and The Bronx then tie at #9 to close out the top ten singles with "We Were Beautiful" and "Two Birds," respectively.

On the album chart, two week topper A Black Mile To The Surface from Manchester Orchestra is now #2, followed by Canadian rockers Metz with their third album Strange Peace, due out next month. Another forthcoming record, Cut Copy‘s "Haiku For Zero" ties at #4 with one that just came out, The Districts‘ third record, Popular Manipulations. Speaking of The Districts, I had the pleasure of attending their album release show last week and you can see photographic evidence here.


Joywave‘s Content is tied with the aforementioned Pom Poms’ Turn You Out for #6, and then Dan Croll‘s Emerging Adulthood stand alone at #8. The Cribs are back at #9 with a new album that I don’t think I cant publish the name of, and the top ten albums close out with another tie between Benjamin Gibbard and Nine Inch Nails.

You can see all that in easy to read chart format below and a more complete list of the top albums and singles at FMQB.com/SubModern. I’ll be back next week with more chartiness. Keep on fightin’ the good fight my friends.

~ Josh Landow
Twitter: @JoshTLandow

Updated 8/16/17
# Artist Track Label
1 BULLY FEEL THE SAME  SUB POP
2 ENTER SHIKARI LIVE OUTSIDE PIAS
3 LIAM GALLAGHER FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH WARNER BROS.
4t KASABIAN BLESS THIS ACID HOUSE MONOTONE
  MISTER HEAVENLY BEAT DOWN POLYVINYL
6 WOLF PARADE VALLEY BOY SUB POP
7 POM POMS LIVE BEFORE I DIE MAKE / INGROOVES
8 ALICE MERTON NO ROOTS MOM+POP
9t BELLE AND SEBASTIAN WE WERE BEAUTIFUL MATADOR
  THE BRONX TWO BIRDS ATO
11t CUT COPY STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD ASTRALWERKS
  GOLDFRAPP SYSTEMAGIC MUTE
  JOYWAVE SHUTDOWN HOLLYWOOD
14t BØRNS FADED HEART INTERSCOPE
  METZ DRAINED LAKE SUB POP
16t COLD WAR KIDS SO TIED UP CAPITOL
  DAN CROLL BAD BOY KOBALT
18t BIFFY CLYRO WOLVES OF WINTER WARNER BROS.
  DEER TICK JUMPSTARTING PARTISAN
  EMILY HAINES & THE SOFT SKELETON FATAL GIFT LAST GANG
  LOVELYTHEBAND BROKEN ANOTHER CENTURY / RED
  MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA THE GOLD LOMA VISTA / CONCORD
  NINA NESBITT THE MOMENTS I’M MISSING COOKING VINYL
  NINE INCH NAILS LESS THAN CAPITOL / NULL CORP.
  PARTNER PLAY THE FIELD YOU’VE CHANGED
  WOLF ALICE DON’T DELETE THE KISSES RCA

Updated 8/16/17
# Artist Album Label
1 LIAM GALLAGHER AS YOU WERE WARNER BROS.
2 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA A BLACK MILE TO THE SURFACE LOMA VISTA / CONCORD
3 METZ STRANGE PEACE SUB POP
4t CUT COPY HAIKU FROM ZERO ASTRALWERKS
  THE DISTRICTS POPULAR MANIPULATIONS FAT POSSUM
6t JOYWAVE CONTENT HOLLYWOOD
  POM POMS TURN YOU OUT MAKE / INGROOVES
8 DAN CROLL EMERGING ADULTHOOD KOBALT
9 THE CRIBS 24-7 ROCK STAR SH*T SONIC BLEW / HOUSE ARREST
10t BENJAMIN GIBBARD BANDWAGONESQUE CANVASBACK
  NINE INCH NAILS ADD VIOLENCE CAPITOL
12t RAINER MARIA S/T POLYVINYL
  WASHED OUT MISTER MELLOW STONES THROW
14t ALVVAYS ANTISOCIALITES POLYVINYL
  EL TEN ELEVEN UNUSABLE LOVE ROLL CALL
  MATT POND PA STILL SUMMER 131
  PORTUGAL. THE MAN WOODSTOCK ATLANTIC
  TOGETHER PANGEA BULLS AND ROOSTERS NETTWERK
  TORO Y MOI BOO BOO CARPARK
20t ARCADE FIRE EVERYTHING NOW COLUMBIA
  BLEACHERS GONE NOW RCA
  JUICEBOXXX FREAKED OUT AMERICAN LOSER DANGERBIRD
  THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART THE ECHO OF PLEASURE SELF-RELEASED
  QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE VILLAINS MATADOR
  SAM COFFEY AND THE IRON LUNGS SAM COFFEY AND THE IRON LUNGS BURGER
  SPOON HOT THOUGHTS MATADOR
  THE WAR ON DRUGS A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING ATLANTIC