Rock Sweep: April 19, 2014...

Round two of this week's "chart sweeps" is up sampling the songs making their way on to the charts in Billboard magazine. This time at bat I've got the latest rock songs on the radio...

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

The top debut of the week at #43 is from the Canadian hard rock band Three Days Grace, with their first single with new lead singer Matt Walsh, with "Painkiller". They had back-to-back #1s with "Break" and "The Good Life" with former vocalist Adam Gontier...

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Newcomers Somekindawonderful, from Cleveland Ohio, debut at #44 with "Reverse"...

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

On the Mainstream Rock radio panel, The Pretty Reckless hold tight for a fifth week on top with "Heaven Knows", while the aforementioned Three Days Grace track enters up at #21 (where they've accrued ten #1 hits so far)...

Las Vegas rockers Adelitas Way drive in at #29 with "Dog On A Leash". They've been to #1 here twice, with "Sick" and "Criticize"...

Italian "gothic metal" act Lacuna Coil return at #36 with "Die & Rise". Hailing from Milan, this will be their fifth hit on this format - they made it to #28 last time with "Trip The Darkness" in 2011...

Christian metal band We As Human team up with Lacey Sturm, the former lead singer of Flyleaf, at #39 for "Take The Bullets Away"...

The last entry on this chart at #40 is from industrial metal outfit Powerman 5000 with "How To Be A Human". Back in 2003 they went to #10 with "Free"...


Meanwhile, on the Alternative/Modern Rock chart, KONGOS make a second week at #1 with "Come With Me Now"...

New Jersey's own Brick + Mortar, who started in Toms River before basing themselves in Asbury Park, make their debut at #39 with "Locked In A Cage"...

New York indie-pop due MS MR follow up their top-10 hit "Hurricane" with the song at #40, "Think Of You", my "Rock Pick of the Week"...

Lastly, on the Triple-A (adult album alternative, or "hipster rock") format, Coldplay climbs to #1 with "Magic"...

The sole entry on the chart is "Wait For Me" by the Kings Of Leon at #28...

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