Rock Sweep: February 28, 2015...

Round two of today's "chart sweeps" is up, sampling the songs making their way on to the charts in Billboard magazine, and this time out I've got the latest hits on rock radio...

On the main Rock Airplay chart Walk The Moon score their first #1 hit with "Shut Up And Dance"...

Alternative rock band Incubus returns with the highest new entry as "Absolution Calling" is in at #28. Their last album in 2011 produced the #3 hit "Adolescents"...

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Florence & The Machine nab my "Rock Pick of the Week" with their new song at #36, "What Kind Of Man"...

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

On the Mainstream Rock radio panel Three Days Grace remain on top for a fourth week with "I Am Machine", while the aforementioned Incubus track is the top newbie at #28 (they went to #2 on this list in 2003 with "Megalomaniac")...

The second single from hard-rock band Otherwise's Peace At All Costs album, "Coming For The Throne", arrives at #39. The first, "Darker Side of The Moon", went to #19 on this chart...

Meanwhile, on the Alternative/Modern Rock chart,  Walk the Moon move to #1 with "Shut Up And Dance" (their first here as well), while Incubus flies in at #27 (they've had four #1 hits on this format, the most recent with "Love Hurts" in 2008)...

The Foo Fighters land at #29 with "Congregation", the follow-up to their #1 hit "Something From Nothing", which falls out of the top-10 this week here...

The aforementioned "What Kind Of Man" from Florence & The Machine enters at #36. Their "Dog Days Are Over" was so far their only top-10 hit here at #8...

Indie-rock duo In The Valley Below enter at #37 with "Peaches"...

Lastly, on the Triple-A (adult album alternative, or "hipster rock") format,  Modest Mouse climb to the top with "Lampshades On Fire", their first on this format...

Roots-rock band Alabama Shakes are back at #23 with "Don't Wanna Fight", the first single from their upcoming second album Sound & Color. They topped this list with their debut single "Hold On"...

Indiana alt-country act Houndmouth come in one notch below at #24 with "Sedona"...

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