Rock Sweep: July 18, 2015...

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

On their main Rock Airplay chart, X Ambassadors hold at #1 for a third week with "Renegades"...

Rocketing in at #17 is hard rock band Shinedown with their new track "Cut The Cord". Back in 2010 they topped this chart with "The Crow and the Butterfly"...

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ARCS, the new side project from Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, debuts at #44 with "Outta My Mind". The act's first album is due in September...

While modern rock group Walk The Moon's former #1 "Shut Up And Dance" falls to #9, their new single "Different Colors" arrives at #45...

AWOLnation follow up their #4 hit "Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)" with the song at #48, "I Am"...

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

On the Mainstream Rock radio panel, Breaking Benjamin remain on top for a ninth week with "Failure", while the aforementioned Shinedown track lands all the way up at #9 in its first frame (they have racked up eight #1 hits on this format)...

California hard-rockers Buckcherry preview their upcoming seventh studio album Rock N Roll with "Bring It On Back" at #40. Their first hit "Lit Up" went to #1 on this chart in 1999...

Meanwhile, on the Alternative/Modern Rock chart,  "Renegades" reigns for a fourth week, while the ARCS single is in at #38...

Australian indie-rock band Atlas Genius return at #39 with "Molecules", my "Rock Pick of the Week". Their last two entries both made the top-10, with "Trojans" reaching #4 in 2011...

Indietronica act Joywave arrive at #40 with "Now", the third single from their debut set How Do You Feel Now?. The second, "Somebody New", reached #15...

Lastly, on the Triple-A (adult album alternative, or "hipster rock") format, Beck is at #1 for a second week with "Dreams"...

Good Old War, an indie-folk group from Langhorne, Pennsylvania, makes their debut at #26 with "Tell Me What You Want From Me"...

Death Cab For Cutie went to #1 on this chart with their "Black Sun". Now they're back at #29 with "The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive"...

The last newbie at #30 is indie-soul artist Anderson East with "Satisfy Me"...

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