Rock Sweep: February 15, 2014...






Round two of this week's "chart sweeps" is up, with the newest rock songs on Billboard's radio charts...

On the main Rock Airplay chart, Grammy darling Lorde claims a second #1 with "Team"...

U2's Super Bowl freebie "Invisible", which was offered at no charge on iTunes with Bank Of America giving a dollar for each download to Bono's (RED) AIDS charity, is the highest radio debut at #35...


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Experimental rock group Deftones enter at #48 with the third single from their Koi No Yokan album, "Romantic Dreams". The song sits right under the top-10 on the Mainstream Rock chart...


The last of the new ones on this chart at #50 is heavy metal band In This Moment with "Whore", the third single from their Blood album. The song also moves to #16 on the mainstream list...


And now on to the rock radio format sub-charts...

On the Mainstream Rock radio panel, Avenged Sevenfold's "Shepherd Of Fire" spends a third week on top...

British modern rock group Arctic Monkeys take their #1 Alternative hit "Do I Wanna Know?" to this format at #37...


Electronic hard rock act Blacklite District from South Dakota debuts at #39 with their first charting hit "With Me Now"...


Devour The Day follow up their #9 single "Good Man" with "Move On" at #40...


Meanwhile, on the Alternative/Modern Rock chart, the aforementioned "Do I Wanna Know?" holds for a third week on top...

Pop/Rock outfit Wild Cub debut at #38 with "Thunder Clatter"...


Right under that at #39 is Kings Of Leon with "Wait For Me", the third single from their Mechanical Bull album...


Lastly, on the Triple-A (adult album alternative, or "hipster rock") format, Lorde's "Team" is at #1 for a second week...

Beck returns all the way at #20 with "Blue Moon", the first single from his first studio album in six years, Morning Phase. His last album sent "Orphans" to #4 at this format...


Aloe Blacc, the American soul singer who provided the vocals for Swedish DJ Avicii's "Wake Me Up!", which topped this chart last year, comes in on his own at #23 with "The Man"...


Modern rock group Neon Trees arrive at #24 with "Sleeping With A Friend". They made it to #13 with "Animal"...


Finally, Australian indie-pop band Boy & Bear debut at #29 with "Southern Sun",  my "Rock Pick of the Week"...





I'll be back in an hour and a half with the latest R&B songs on the radio. Rock on!









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