WERU sends weekly reports to the music industry representatives which keeps new music flowing into the station. Below are our most recent top recording reports for the past week. The next new airplay chart will be computed and posted on Tuesday, June 19th, 2018!
Top Thirty Recordings (based on airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ELI PAPERBOY REED | Meets The High And Mighty Brass Band | Yep Roc |
| 2 | FATHER JOHN MISTY | God’s Favorite Customer | Sub Pop |
| 3 | GHOST | Prequelle | Concord/Loma Vista |
| 4 | DECEMBERISTS, THE | I’ll Be Your Girl | Capitol |
| 5 | GAL HOLIDAY | Lost and Found | HTRP |
| 6 | RY COODER | The Prodigal Son | Fantasy |
| 7 | ARCTIC MONKEYS | Tranquility Base Hotel And Casino | Domino |
| 8 | ALBIN LEE MELDAU | About You | Astralwerks |
| 9 | COURTNEY BARNETT | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Mom + Pop |
| 10 | DAVE ALVIN AND JIMMIE DALE GILMORE | Downey To Lubbock | Yep Roc |
| 11 | DOC WATSON | Live at Club 47 | Yep Roc |
| 12 | JOHN PRINE | The Tree of Forgiveness | Oh Boy |
| 13 | KACEY MUSGRAVES | Golden Hour | Universal |
| 14 | LOW LILY | 10000 Days Like This | Mad River |
| 15 | NANCY CASSIDY | River Rising | Twitter Twatter |
| 16 | WILLIE NELSON | Last Man Standing | Legacy |
| 17 | ALICE MERTON | No Roots [EP] | Mom & Pop |
| 18 | BARBARA CASSIDY BAND | Ford Hill Road | Suspicious Motives |
| 19 | BRANDI CARLILE | By the Way, I Forgive You | Elektra |
| 20 | COCO O’CONNOR | This Ol’ War | Satarah |
| 21 | DAMIEN JURADO | The Horizon Just Laughed | Secretly Canadian |
| 22 | DARLINGSIDE | Extralife | Thirty Tigers |
| 23 | DAVID BYRNE | American Utopia | Nonesuch |
| 24 | DEAD TONGUES, THE | Unsung Passage | Psychic Hotline |
| 25 | GRETCHEN PETERS | Disappearing Act | Scarlett Letter |
| 26 | JIMI HENDRIX | Both Sides of the Sky | Experience Hendrix/Legacy |
| 27 | KELLY WILLIS | Back Being Blue | Premium |
| 28 | LAKE STREET DIVE | Free Yourself Up | Nonesuch |
| 29 | LAURA CARBONE | Empty Sea | Future Shock |
| 30 | LAURA VEIRS | The Lookout | Raven Marching Band |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER | Bon Voyage | Fat Possum |
| 2 | CALPURNIA | Scout [EP] | Royal Mountain |
| 3 | ED VALLANCE | Midair | Proof |
| 4 | GRIMSKUNK | Unreason In The Age of Madness | Indica |
| 5 | RIVER WHYLESS | Kindness, A Rebel | Roll Call |
| 6 | GOTCHA COVERED | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Catch Me Time |
| 7 | BODY SALT | Sex Tape | Self-Released |
| 8 | DANNY FISHMAN | What I Meant To Say [EP] | Self-Released |
| 9 | GET UP KIDS, THE | Kicker [EP] | Polyvinyl |
| 10 | MIDNIGHT HOUR, THE | The Midnight Hour | Linear Labs |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LOREENA MCKENNITT | Lost Souls | Ume |
| 2 | ALTAN | The Gap Of Dreams | Compass |
| 3 | COLLIE BUDDZ | “Legal Now” [Single] | Harper Digital |
| 4 | CONNLA | The Next Chapter | Self-Released |
| 5 | FATOUMATA DIAWARA | Fenfo | Shanachie |
| 6 | GENTICORUM | Avant l’orage | Self-Released |
| 7 | KIRAN AHLUWALIA | 7 Billion | Self-Released |
| 8 | ROOTS OF CREATION | Grateful Dub | Bombshelter/Controlled Substance Lab |
| 9 | SOJA | Poetry In Motion | ATO |
| 10 | TOM TEASLEY AND SETH KIBEL | Tiny Planet | Self-Released |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BROWNOUT | Fear Of A Brown Planet | Fat Beats |
| 2 | PRINCE AMINE | Hram Vybez | Red Rebel |
| 3 | E4T | “How Can I Lose” [Single] | Pretty Money |
| 4 | YOUNG RJ | The Detroit Project [EP] | Ne’Astra |
| 5 | POTATOHEAD PEOPLE | Nick And Astro’s Guide To The Galaxy | Bastard Jazz |
| 6 | CHANHAYS | The Creepy EP | Droppin’ Science |
| 7 | PROF | Pookie Baby | Rhymesayers |
| 8 | DR OCTAGON | Moosebumps | Bulk/Caroline |
| 9 | DEL AND AMP LIVE | Gate 13 | Plug Research |
| 10 | ELAQUENT | Celebrate Life! [EP] | Urbnet |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CYRILLE AIMEE | Cyrille Aimée – Live | Mack Avenue |
| 2 | MARC SINAN AND OĞUZ BÜYÜKBERBER | White | ECM |
| 3 | GREGORY GENERET AND RICHARD JOHNSON | 2 Of A Kind | AFAR |
| 4 | JAY RODRIGUEZ | Your Sound: Live at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola | Whaling City Sound |
| 5 | KETIL BJØRNSTAD | A Suite of Poems | ECM |
| 6 | KEVIN CONNOR AND SWING 3PO | Doin’ The New Lowdown | Self-Released |
| 7 | LISA B | I Get A Kick: Cole Porter Reimagined | Jazzed Media |
| 8 | NIK BARTSCH’S RONIN | Awase | ECM |
| 9 | POST MODERN JUKE BOX | The New Classics | Concord |
| 10 | ANDREA BRACHFELD | If Not Now When | Jazzheads |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BOB HOLYROYD | The Cage | Self-Released |
| 2 | SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO | Murmurations | Wichita |
| 3 | CHROME SPARKS | Chrome Sparks | Counter |
| 4 | JON HOPKINS | Singularity | Domino |
| 5 | THIEVERY CORPORATION | Treasures From the Temple | ESL |
| 6 | NICKODEMUS | A Long Engagement | Wonderwheel |
| 7 | DANIEL AVERY | Song For Alpha | Mute |
| 8 | BRAZILIAN GIRLS | Let’s Make Love | Six Degrees |
| 9 | BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW | Panic Blooms | Rad Cult |
| 10 | MAKENESS | Loud Patterns | Secretly Canadian |
Electronic / Dance “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHANCHA VIA CIRCUITO | Bienaventuranza | Wonderwheel |
World “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BARRIO MANOUCHE | Aires de Cambio | double0one |
| 2 | CHANCHA VIA CIRCUITO | Bienaventuranza | Wonderwheel |
| 3 | GOTCHA COVERED | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Catch Me Time |
Hip Hop “Adds”
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| 1 | LADY QUEET | “One Hell Of A Day” Remixed and Remastered (ft. Mr Flamboyant) [Single] | Picture Perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | TAYLOR GIRLZ | “One Percent” [Single] | Taylor Boi/RCA/Sony | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jazz “Adds”
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