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 week ending on Sunday, August 28th, 2022. Our next airplay chart will be computed on September 6th, 2022!
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August 22nd through 28th, 2022
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III | Lifetime Achievement | StorySound |
| 2 | MARY GAUTHIER | Dark Enough To See The Stars | In The Black/Thirty Tigers |
| 3 | KELSEY WALDON | No Regular Dog | Oh Boy |
| 4 | EVER MORE NEST | Out Here Now | Parish Road |
| 5 | DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS | Welcome 2 Club XIII | ATO |
| 6 | HAPPY TRAUM | There’s A Bright Side Somewhere | Self-Released |
| 7 | MIKE P RYAN | Ghosts And Memories | Self-Released |
| 8 | PATTY GRIFFIN | Tape | PGM |
| 9 | WILCO | Cruel Country | dBpm |
| 10 | ADLER AND HEARNE | The Ties That Bind Us | Howlin’ Dog |
| 11 | ANDREW BIRD | Inside Problems | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 12 | BEN HARPER | Bloodline Maintenance | Chrysalis |
| 13 | BETHS, THE | “Expert In A Dying Field” [Single] | Carpark |
| 14 | BREEZY RODIO | Underground Blues | Wind Chill |
| 15 | CAAMP | Lavender Days | Mom+Pop |
| 16 | CAHALEN MORRISON | Wealth Of Sorrow | Fluff And Gravy |
| 17 | CRAIG FINN | A Legacy Of Rentals | Positive Jams/Thirty Tigers |
| 18 | DAN NAVARRO | Horizon Line | Red Hen |
| 19 | EELS | Extreme Witchcraft | E Works/PIAS |
| 20 | JOHN CALVIN ABNEY | Tourist | Black Mesa |
| 21 | KURT VILE | (watch my moves) | Verve |
| 22 | MICHELLE MALONE | 1977 (Nineteen Seventy Seven) | Orchard BFD |
| 23 | NICKI BLUHM | Avondale Drive | Compass |
| 24 | RANDY PALMER | Deeper Water | Self-Released |
| 25 | RICH JACQUES | Everything Must Change [EP] | Cousteau |
| 26 | ROLAND ROBERTS | So It Goes | Happy Life |
| 27 | SHARON VAN ETTEN | We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong | Jagjaguwar |
| 28 | ESBE | I Might Be Dreaming | New Cat/Cadiz |
| 29 | TORO Y MOI | MAHAL | Dead Oceans |
| 30 | AMANDA CROSS | “Malibu Daydream” [Single] | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ACHILLES TENDERLOIN | Summer Solstice Singles [EP] | Self-Released |
| 2 | BRET MCKENZIE | Songs Without Jokes | Sub Pop |
| 3 | DAVID SINGLEY | “Change Gonna Come” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | KAEL ALDEN | Saturated Highs | Shorthand |
| 5 | SUGAR LIME BLUE | The Blackbird Sessions | Self-Released |
| 6 | BEWARE WOLVES | Beware Wolves | Safe Harbor |
| 7 | JOE HOLT | Tired Of Trying | Self-Released |
| 8 | LOW POWER MAGIC | Let The Light Flow [EP] | Nukor |
| 9 | LUKE SWEENEY | Rishi | Aerobic International |
| 10 | OOBERFUSE | Word [EP] | Fretsore |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ADRIAN QUESADA | Boleros Psicodélicos | ATO |
| 2 | DAN AND CLAUDIA ZANES | Let Love Be Your Guide | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 3 | VIEUX FARKA TOURE AND KHRUANGBIN | “Savanne” [Single] | Dead Oceans |
| 4 | RADHA BOTOFASINA | Carry On Spirituals Vol. 2 | Shaila |
| 5 | ABIOLA | Abiola Time | Alade Enterprises |
| 6 | RAFAEL GRECO | Dice Que Vive | Blue Canoe |
| 7 | MINAS | Beatles In Bossa | Blueazul |
| 8 | HOLLIE COOK | Happy Hour | Merge |
| 9 | SESSA | Estrela Acesa | Mexican Summer |
| 10 | KOKOROKO | Could We Be More | Brownswood |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LICE | “Catfish” [Single] | Rhymesayers |
| 2 | SOL MESSIAH | “Sol Supreme” feat. Cambatta [Single] | Rhymesayers |
| 3 | DANGER MOUSE AND BLACK THOUGHT | Cheat Codes | BMG |
| 4 | FEMME DEADLY VENOMS | Femmenomenon | Self-Released |
| 5 | DOMI AND JD BECK | NOT TiGHT | Apeshit/Blue Note |
| 6 | KILLER MIKE | “RUN” [Single] | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 7 | LINQUA FRANQA | Bellringer | Ernest Jenning |
| 8 | J ROCC | A Wonderful Letter | Stones Throw |
| 9 | ELAQUENT | Long Drives To Nowhere | Urbnet |
| 10 | KENDRICK LAMAR | Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers | pgLang/Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ELLA FITZGERALD | Ella At The Holltwood Bowl | Verve |
| 2 | RON JACKSON | Standards And My Songs | Roni |
| 3 | DAVID SANFORD BIG BAND | A Prayer For Lester Bowie | Greenleaf |
| 4 | HARD BOP MESSENGERS | Live At The Last Hotel | Clearview |
| 5 | JOEY ALEXANDER | Origin | Mack Avenue |
| 6 | JOSE MEDELES WITH M WARD, MARISA ANDERSON AND CHRIS FUNK | Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems | Jealous Butcher |
| 7 | RONNIE FOSTER | Reboot | Blue Note |
| 8 | TROY ROBERTS | NU-JIVE: Nations United | Toy Robot |
| 9 | BARRY COATES, JIMMY HASLIP, JERRY KALAF | New Dreams | Outside In |
| 10 | JAZZ PROFESSORS, THE | Blues And Cubes | Flying Horse |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GABE GURNSEY | “Push” [Single] | Phantasy Sound |
| 2 | YASUAKI SHIMIZU | Kiren | Palto Flats |
| 3 | SYLVAN ESSO | No Rules Sandy | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 4 | HOT CHIP | Freakout/Release | Domino |
| 5 | ODESZA | The Last Goodbye | Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune |
| 6 | WORKING MEN’S CLUB | Fear Fear | Heavenly/PIAS |
| 7 | METRIC | Formentera | Thirty Tigers |
| 8 | LIL SILVA | Yesterday Is Heavy | Nowhere |
| 9 | ERIC HILTON | The Lost Dialect | Montserrat House |
| 10 | KUEDO | Infinite Window | Brainfeeder |
Electronic / Dance “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FLUID DYNAMIC AND PEPPER GOMEZ | “SuperFreakMe” [Single] | Wake Up! |
Hip Hop “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FLUID DYNAMIC AND PEPPER GOMEZ | “SuperFreakMe” [Single] | Wake Up! |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHET DOXAS | Rich In Symbols II | Justin Time |
| 2 | CHRIS CORTEZ | Live At Blue Bamboo | Blue Bamboo |
| 3 | DOUG MACDONALD | I’ll See You in My Dreams | DMAC |