Rock Sweep: October 12, 2013...

Round Two of today's "chart sweeps" is up, sampling the songs reaching the various singles charts in Billboard magazine, and this time I've got the latest rock songs on the radio...

On the all-inclusive Rock Airplay chart, Fitz & The Tantrums take over the top spot for their first time with "Out Of My League".

The higher of the two entries at #48 is by the hard rock group Pop Evil, with the second single from their Onyx album, "Deal With The Devil". The first, "Trenches", reached #9 earlier this year. This new track also rises to #17 on the Mainstream Rock chart...

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Canadian hard rocker Redlight King is in at #49 with "Rise To Fall", while moving up to #16 on the Mainstream Rock format...

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

On the Mainstream Rock radio panel, Avenged Sevenfold spend an eighth week on top with "Hail To The King"...

Pearl Jam arrives up at #30 with the second single from their upcoming album, "Sirens". The first, "Mind Your Manners", peaked at #2 a couple of weeks ago...

The Stone Temple Pilots with fill-in lead singer Chester Bennington from Linkin Park arrive at #34 with "Black Heart". It's the follow-up to "Out Of Time", which went to #1 earlier in the summer...

The entry on this chart at #37 is In This Moment with "Whore". It's the third single from their current album Blood; the title track went to #9 here last year...

Meanwhile, on the Modern Rock/Alternative format, the aforementioned "Out Of My League" climbs to the top for its first week.

The top entry at #34 is by the Las Vegas modern rock act the Killers, with the single from their upcoming Direct Hits set, "Shot At The Night". The band has made the top-10 eight times on this chart before, taking "When You Were Young" to #1 in 2006...

Alternative rock group with Christian overtones Switchfoot land at #37 with "Who We Are", the first single from their upcoming ninth studio album Fading West. They've made the top-10 here four times, peaking at #5 with both "Meant To Live" in 2003 and "Dark Horses" two years ago...

The final arrival here at #39, and my "Rock Pick of the Week", are Scottish synthpop trio Chvrches, with their breakthrough single "The Mother We Share"....

 Over at the Triple-A (adult album alternative, or "hipster rock") chart, Lorde's "Royals" reigns for a seventh week, while the previously shown "Sirens" by Pearl Jam is the top entry at #14...

The other debut at #27 is British singer/songwriter Frank Turner with the followup to his top-5 hit "Recovery", titled "The Way I Tend To Be"...

 On the harder-edged Active Rock radio panel, "Hail To The King" rules for an eighth week, while the aforementioned Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots tracks come in at #27 and #31 respectively...

The other entry at #38 is All That Remains with "What If I Was Nothing"..

Lastly, on the older-skewing Heritage Rock format, Avenged Sevenfold hang on for a fifth week, while "Sirens" is the only entry at #25...

That's it for the rock radio side of the house...I'll be back in an hour and a half with the newest on R&B radio...Rock on!