The Chart Show: Modest Mouse find Hall of Fame as 'The Best Room' reaches No.1
by Mark Wheat
May 28, 2015
Four songs are inducted to the Chart Show Hall of Fame this week including the #1! Modest Mouse get their second induction from their latest Strangers to Ourselves. (The Chart Show wasn't around when their previous album came out eight years ago!) Hot Chip and Passion Pit are also inducted for the second time; their debuts released in the same week back in August of 2012. Last but not least, Noel Gallagher is also inducted in for the second time as he gets ready to play Chicago this Friday and Milwaukee on Saturday.
Submit your Chart Show ballot this week for a chance to win front row tickets to My Morning Jacket's show at Northrop with opening act Hippo Campus on Friday, June 26!
Outside of North American and British songs, Australia and Sweden definitely have had the most entries on our Chart over the years. This week the Tallest Man on Earth reps for the melodically gifted Scandanavian country Sweden while Tame Impala and Courtney Barnett both come from Down Under. This weekend the 60th annual Eurovision Song Contest was won by Sweden for the sixth time, where Ireland has won seven. Australia came fifth after being given a wild card entry for the very first time because of it's rapid music fan base. We'll see if the winner Mans Zelmerlow achieves the same fame as other past winners like ABBA, Celine Dion and Johnny Logan!
Courtney Barnett, the only new entry this week at #15, was one of the many musicians who expressed delight about the voting result in Ireland that legalized same sex marriage late last week.
And strangely enough, Iceland would probably round out the top five countries with Chart Show entries. They're represented again after a week's hiatus by Of Monsters and Men who will start their world tour in June, hitting a ton of the major festivals across the planet including Lollapalooza and a big gig at Roy Willkins Auditorium on Oct. 1 – tickets go on sale next Friday, June 5 at 10 a.m. CT!
Jamie xx, up three spots this week to #17, releases his debut solo album next week, but you stream In Colour in it's entirety now, including colorful, geographic visuals.