Rock Sweep: October 4, 2014...

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

On their main Rock Airplay chart, Vance Joy enjoys a seventh week on top with "Riptide"...

British singer/songwriter George Ezra jumps in at #39 with his international hit "Budapest". The single is already at #17 on the Triple-A format...

Jack Antonoff's side-project from fun, Bleachers, sits in at #46 with "Roller Coaster". It follows "I Wanna Get Better", which went to #6 on this chart. The new one (well, it sounds straight from the early 80s) moves up to #27 on the Alternative rock chart...

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

On the Mainstream Rock radio panel, The Pretty Reckless' "Messed Up World" is at #1 for the third non-consecutive week....

Bush leaps in at #25 with "The Only Way Out", their new one that also moves up to #38 on the Rock Airplay chart, and enters at #40 on the Alternative list. Back in the 90s Gavin Rossdale and the band went to #2 twice, with "Comedown" from their first album and "Swallowed" from their second...


Metalcore band In This Moment enter at #35 with "Sick Like Me", from their upcoming Black Widow album. Their last set produced three top-20 hits, with "Blood" going to #9. Consider this the merger of Evanescence with Metallica, and it's my "Rock Pick of the Week"...

At #39 is South African post-grunger band Seether, who follow-up their #1 MR hit "Words As Weapons" (which is still at #10) with "Same Damn Life". Speaking of Evanescence, this sure does sound like he's singing passive-aggressively to former girlfriend Amy Lee, but what do I know...

Meanwhile, on the Alternative/Modern Rock chart, Milky Chance is on top for a second week with "Stolen Dance"...

Besides the Bush song entering at #40, Danish modern rock band New Politics come in at #32 with "Everywhere I Go (Kings & Queens)". It's the first single from their upcoming third album. Last year they climbed to #4 with "Harlem". This is definitely "harder" than their previous work, with some salty language thrown in. It's more like a hardcore mainstream rock track...

Lastly, on the Triple-A (adult album alternative, or "hipster rock") format, the aforementioned "Stolen Dance' is at #1 for a seventh week...

The sole debut at #30 it "Fools Gold" from the modern rock outfit Fitz & The Tantrums. The song also is up a notch to #29 on the Alternative list...

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