Rock Sweep: March 8, 2014...

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

On the main Rock Airplay chart, the Arctic Monkeys spend a second week at #1 with "Do I Wanna Know?"...

The top entry of the week at #37 belongs to indie-rockers Bear Hands with "Giants". The record leaps to #19 on the Alternative chart as well..

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The other new song on the main chart at #47 is Australian rock band Birds Of Tokyo with "Lanterns", my "Rock Pick of the Week".  They come from the western city of Perth, a burgeoning rock music center right now, and went to #3 on their native country's singles chart with this record...

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

On the Mainstream Rock radio panel, Avenged Sevenfold remain on top for a sixth week with "Shepherd Of Fire"...

The sole entry at #40 are newcomers 3 Years Hollow with "Hungry"...

Meanwhile, on the Alternative/Modern Rock chart,The aforementioned Arctic Monkeys track holds tight for a sixth week at #1...

One new song makes it here as well, and it's California sister rockers Haim with "Forever"...

Lastly, on the Triple-A (Adult Album Alternative, or "hipster rock") format, Cage The Elephant move to the top with "Come A Little Closer"...

Proving the format's acceptance of soul and dance music into its playlists, Pharrell Williams lands the highest entry at #23 with "Happy"...

Christian alternative rock band Needtobreathe enter at #28 with "The Heart". Back in 2007 the boys from South Carolina went to #8 on this chart with "More Time"...

The final song to make it on to this list at #30 is the top-10 Alternative hit "Fall In Love" by Phantogram...

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