Rock Sweep: June 20, 2015...

Round two of my catch-up "chart sweeps" is up with the latest hits on rock radio as monitored by Billboard magazine...

On its main Rock Airplay chart, Muse hangs tight for a fifth week with "Dead Inside"...

Pop Evil, a hard rock band from Michigan, takes the top debut of the week at #40 with "Footsteps". It's the first single from their upcoming August release Up. Their single "Torn To Pieces" reached #16 on this list a year ago...

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Another neo-metal act, Godsmack, is back at #48 with the third single from their 1000hp album, "What's Next". The title track reached #16 last year...

Sublime with Rome take their reggae-rock hit "Wherever You Go" to this chart at #50. It also moves up to #27 on the Alternative Rock list in its third week....

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

On the Mainstream Rock radio panel, Breaking Benjamin's "Failure" succeeds on top for a fifth week, while the aforementioned Pop Evil track leaps in at #18 (their last album sent three singles to #1 on this chart)...

Alt-metal group Papa Roach follow up their #1 hit "Face Everything And Rise" with the song at #25, "Gravity", which features Maria Brink from metalcore band In This Moment (who are at #28 with "Sex Metal Barbie")...

Meanwhile, on the Alternative/Modern Rock chart, "Dead Inside" remains at #1 for a fifth week...

British glam rock band the Struts enter at #36 with "Could Have Been Me". It also moves up to #37 on the main Rock Airplay list in its third week...

Indie-country-rock group Houndmouth cross over to this format with their top-10 Triple-A hit "Sedona"...

Lastly, on the Triple-A (adult album alternative, or "hipster rock") format, Of Monsters and Men rule for a third week with "Crystals"...

Hozier takes the sole debut spot at #28 with "Someone New", the fourth hit on this chart from his self-titled debut, and my "Rock Pick of the Week". He topped the chart with "Take Me To Church" in August of last year...

Next up I'll check out the latest on R&B radio...