Rock Sweep: August 25, 2012...

Hey folks, it's time for part two of today's "chart sweeps" of Billboard magazine weekly music charts. This time out it's the latest on rock radio.

On the Rock Songs chart, Green Day's "Oh Love" spends a third non-consecutive week at #1.

The highest debut on all three of the big rock charts, Rock Songs, Alternative/Modern Rock, and Triple-A (hipster-rock) is by the British folk-rock group Mumford & Sons, whose Babel album is due in September. The first single from it, "I Will Wait", debuts at #14 on Rock Songs, #12 on the Alternative list, and all the way up at #9 on Triple-A radio...Their "Little Lion Man" topped the Alternative chart in 2009...

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LA rocker Youngblood Hawke are named from a book by Herman Wouk from the early 60s, and they debut both on the Rock Songs chart at #46 and the Alternative chart at #32 with "We Come Running"...

...and at #50 is the Australian group Atlas Genius with their first hit, "Trojans"...

Over on the Alternative/Modern Rock specific radio chart, Alex Clare jumps from #4 to the top with "Too Close".

The only other new track besides Mumford & Sons and Youngblood Hawke this week is from L.A. indie-rockers Grouplove, who topped this chart earlier this year with "Tongue Tied" (which is still in the top-10). Their latest at #36 is "Itchin' On A Photograph"...

Meanwhile, on the Triple-A (hipster-rock) chart, the Dave Matthews Band's "Mercy" takes over the top spot, as aforementioned Mumford & Sons owns the highest debut.

Singer/songwriter Tristan Prettyman lands her first hit on this chart at #26 with "My Oh My"...

...and at #27 is the band named for their home state, Alabama Shakes, who had a #1 hit on Triple-A earlier this year with "Hold On", and follow it up with "I Ain't The Same", from their excellent debut album.

That's it for this sweep, stay tuned, in 90 minutes I'll bring you the newest on R&B radio...

Rock on!