Rock Sweep: July 12, 2014...

Round two of today's "chart sweeps" has the latest songs reaching rock radio on Billboard magazine's charts...

On the main Rock Airplay tally, The Black Keys hold on at #1 for an eighth week with "Fever"...

The top new entry of the week at #42 is "hard" modern rock band 30 Seconds to Mars with "Do Or Die". The track, the third single from their Love Lust Faith and Dreams album, also moves up to #28 on the alternative rock chart. The first single from the set, "Up In The Air", climbed as high as #4 last year. This new one has gotten the EDM-style treatment from Dutch DJ Afrojack...

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Guitar wizard Slash returns at #45 with "World On Fire" with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators. The single jumps to #20 on the Mainstream Rock radio list...

Another entry from the mainstream genre is British rockers You Me At Six with "Room To Breathe" at #49. It moves up to #19 on the Mainstream Rock radio list.

.,..And now on to the rock radio format charts...

On the Mainstream Rock radio panel, Three Days Grace stick around for a fourth week on top with "Painkiller"...

Chevelle follow up their #1 hit "Take Out The Gunman" with the song at #28, "Hunter Eats Hunter"...

Nu-metal band Korn revamp their latest Paradigm Shift: World Tour Edition with new single "Hater", which lands at #31. The first single from the original project, "Never Never", went to #1...

Meanwhile, on the Modern Rock/Alternative chart, "Fever" reigns for an eighth week....

The sole entry at #38 is from electro-rock duo Phantogram with "Black Out Days", my "Rock Pick of the Week".  It's their second hit single - the first, "Fall In Love", went to #3 earlier this year...

Lastly, on the Triple-A (adult album alternative, or "hipster rock") format, Sam Smith takes a second week at the top with "Stay With Me"...

Nashville-based indie rock band Wild Cub roar in at #26 with "Thunder Clatter". The song also moves up to #17 on the alternative list...

Ray Lamontagne follows up his top-5 AAA hit "Supernova" at #30 with "Drive-In Movies"...

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