Rock Sweep: June 27, 2015...


Round two of this week's "chart sweeps", sampling the songs making their way on to the charts in Billboard, is up with the latest hits on rock radio...

On their main Rock Airplay chart, Muse spends a sixth week at #1 with "Dead Inside"...

The sole new entry down at #49 is the first for Canadian musician and producer Coleman Hell with "2 Heads"...


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

On the Mainstream Rock radio panel,  Breaking Benjamin remain on top for a sixth week with "Failure"...

Missourian post-grunge band Shaman's Harvest take their second single from their Smokin' Hearts and Broken Guns album, a cover of Michael Jackson's #1 pop hit from 1987, "Dirty Diana", to #36. The first, "Dangerous", went to #27...


British folk-rock stars Mumford & Sons enter at #37 with "The Wolf", the second from their #1 album Wilder Mind, and the first to make this format chart. The track stands at #11 on the Alternative Rock list...


Red Sun Rising, an alt-rock group from Akron, Ohio, score their first at #38 with "The Otherside"...


The indie-glam act the Struts walk in at #40 with "Could Have Been Me". It also moves up a notch to #35 on the Alternative chart in its second week...


Meanwhile, on the Alternative/Modern Rock chart, X Ambassadors land their first #1 hit with "Renegades", while the aforementioned "2 Heads" track from Coleman Hell comes in at #37...

L.A. indie-pop/rock band PHASES, with members from Bright Eyes and Phantom Planet, enter at #40 with "I'm In Love With My Life", my "Rock Pick of the Week"...


 Lastly, on the Triple-A (adult album alternative, or "hipster rock") format, neo-folkies Houndmouth score their first #1 with "Sedona", while no new entries make the chart...

I'll return in an hour and a half with the latest on R&B radio...




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