Rock Sweep: February 14, 2015...

Round two of this week's 'chart sweeps' is up, checking out the songs making the various radio charts in Billboard magazine, and this time I've got the latest hits on rock radio...

On their main Rock Airplay chart, the Foo Fighters remain at #1 for a fifteenth week with "Something From Nothing"...

Alt-rock heroes Death Cab For Cutie return with the highest debut of the week at #14 with "Black Sun. It's the first single from their upcoming Kintsugi album. Their last big hit, "You Are A Tourist", went to #3 on this list in 2011...

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A second debut lands in the top-20 as AWOLnation moves in at #20 with "Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)". It's from their upcoming sophomore release Run...

Rochester-based indie-pop act Joywave, who went to #2 on this chart as a featured artist on Big Data's "Dangerous" (which stands at #10 this week), jump in at #43 with "Somebody New", which also climbs to #24 on the Alternative Rock list...

 As the Foos still top this chart, their follow-up single "Congregation" comes in at #45. The track also moves up a notch to #29 on the Triple-A list in its second week...

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

On the Mainstream Rock radio panel, Three Days Grace spend a second week on top with "I Am Machine", as the aforementioned "Congregation" is the top new entry at #28...

The third single from horror-goth band Slipknot's .5: The Grey Chapter album, "Custer", storms in at #37. It follows "The Devil In I", which stopped at #2...

Canadian Christian metal act Thousand Foot Krutch drop in at #40 with "Untraveled Road", the second single from their OXYGEN:INHALE set. The first, "Born This Way", peaked at #28...

Meanwhile, on the Alternative/Modern Rock chart,  Cage The Elephant stay at #1 for a third week with "Cigarette Daydreams", while the aforementioned Black Cab For Cutie and AWOLnation tracks enter at #16 an #18 respectively...

Brooklyn indie-pop duo Matt and Kim pop in at #36 with "Get It". In 2012 they went to #24 with "Let's Go"...

Los Angeles modern rock group Saint Motel nab their first hit at #37 with "My Type"", my "Rock Pick of the Week"...

Alt-dance act Smallpools float in at #39 with "Karaoke". A couple of years ago they climbed to #23 with "Dreaming"...

Lastly, on the Triple-A (adult album alternative, or "hipster rock") format,  the Decemberists make it to the top with "Make You Better", while Death Cab For Cutie's "Black Sun" drives in at #21...

Swedish pop/folk band First Aid Kit follow up their #22 hit "My Silver Lining" with "Stay Gold", the title track to their third album, at #30...

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