Rock Sweep: September 7, 2013...
On the aggregate Hot Rock Airplay chart, Lorde reigns for a second week with "Royals"....
Vampire Weekend claim the top debut at #32 with the second hit from their Modern Vampires Of The City set, "Unbelievers". It's already at #14 on the Triple-A format, and it's my "Rock Pick of the Week"...
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Coming in at #45 is British hard rock band Heaven's Basement with "Fire, Fire". It's already in the top-20 on the Mainstream and Active Rock formats, and holds at #22 on Heritage...
The third single from Alice In Chains' The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, "Voices", arrives at #46. It's also in the top-30 of the Mainstream, Active and Heritage Rock charts...
Another hit from those three formats, Rob Zombie's cover of Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band", drops in at #47...
Lastly, British dance-punk outfit Foals is in at #48 with "My Number", which moves up to #23 on the alternative rock format...
...and now on to the rock radio format sub-charts...
Over on the Mainstream Rock radio panel, Avenged Sevenfold stick around for a third week on top with "Hail To The King"...
Entering the highest at #34 is Danish heavy-metal band Volbeat with "Lola Montez", the second American single from their album Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies. The first, "Hangman's Bodycount", went to #1 earlier this summer...
The hard rock group Alter Bridge, which has three members of Creed plus singer Myles Kennedy, reunites at #38 with "Addicted To Pain", the first single from their upcoming fourth album. They topped this format's chart in 2010 with "Isolation"...
Alt-rock act Cage The Elephant cross over to this format at #39 with "Come A Little Closer". The track is already up to #14 on the Alternative chart...
Rounding it out at #40 is Vegas hard rockers Otherwise with "Die For You", the third single from their True Love Never Dies album. It follows the #17 "I Don't Apologize (1000 Pictures)"...
Meanwhile on the Modern Rock/Alternative chart, "Royals" sits in for a third week on top....
Coming in at #38 is the California alt-rock band the Neighbourhood with "Afraid". It follows their #1 single "Sweater Weather"...
English indie-rockers Alt-J are in at #39 with their third hit "Tessellate". It's the next single after their top-10 hit "Breezeblocks"...
...and at #40 are the Queens of the Stone Age with the second single from their Like Clockwork album (a #1 record), "I Sat By The Ocean". The First, "My God Is The Sun", went to #17...
At the Triple-A (adult album alternative, or "hipster rock") format, Lorde also commands here for a second week...
The only debut here at #26 is the folk rock group the Head and the Heart with "Shake"....
Finally, on the older-skewing Heritage Rock format, "Hail To The King" climbs to #1...
The sole entry at #24 teams of red rocker Sammy Hagar with Kid Rock on "Knockdown Dragout"...
Up next: the latest R&B songs on the radio. Rock on!
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