The Chart Show: First Aid Kit remain on top, Modest Mouse jump 16 spots
by Mark Wheat
January 15, 2015
First Aid Kit stay on top for the third week in a row wrapped around end of year buzz — you voted their Stay Gold The Current's #2 album of 2014! The Swedish sisters just released a new video for "Master Pretender" featuring wild animals, mountains and ... spaceships?!
Submit your Chart Show ballot this week for a chance to win tickets to The Current's 10th Anniversary concert and live broadcast on Saturday, Jan. 24 featuring performances by Atmosphere, J. Roddy Walston and the Business, the Trashmen and PaviElle!
Attention Duluth posse! You can see Doomtree, the #3 act on our Chart this week, on Thursday, Jan. 29 at Grandma's Sports Garden. The crew is warming up up north for a massive national tour in support of their forthcoming album All Hands out Tuesday, Jan. 27. The good people of AV Club just premiered another song off the album titled "Final Boss."
Modest Mouse make the biggest jump on the Chart this week, up 16 places. No full tour itinerary yet but they might be joining the festival circuit with news of their headlining gig in Tampa in the spring with the Trampled By Turtles boys on the bill, too!
Cold War Kids are the highest new entry this week as they prepare a massive spring tour starting in San Francisco and a show at First Avenue next Friday for The Current's 10th Anniversary party! If you didn't get tickets, don't forget that we're live broadcasting both shows starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23 and Saturday, Jan. 24!
Belle and Sebastian's new album, their ninth, comes out next week, but you can stream it on our site this week. Listen to Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance in full.
The longest running live music TV show in America just featured some of their homies. Austin's own Spoon, who are at #12 on the Chart this week, were on Austin City Limits with White Denim for a special episode in its 40th season last week.
Back after a month's absence at #20 is Sleater-Kinney whose No Cities to Love album is streaming on our site this week. Carrie Brownstein of the band is also one half of the Portlandia writing team with Fred Armisen. On Monday night's Conan she revealed how Fred annoys her on set and just how many marriage proposals she gets!