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, October 22nd, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Halloween (Tuesday, October 31st).
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October 16th through October 22nd, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BAHAMAS | Bootcut | Brushfire Republic |
| 2 | RHIANNON GIDDENS | You’re The One | Nonesuch |
| 3 | THIRD MIND | 2 | Yep Roc |
| 4 | JASON RICCI AND THE BAD KIND | Behind The Veil | Gulf Coast |
| 5 | PRETENDERS | Relentless | Parlophone |
| 6 | RAY BONNEVILLE | On The Blind Side | Stonefly |
| 7 | RESONANT ROGUES, THE | THE RESONANT ROGUES | Sassafras Sounds |
| 8 | TRET FURE | Lavender Moonshine | Tomboy Girl |
| 9 | DANGER MOUSE AND JEMINI | Born Again | Lex |
| 10 | BRENT COBB | Southern Star | Ol’ Buddy |
| 11 | BRUCE COCKBURN | O Sun O Moon | True North |
| 12 | BUFFALO NICHOLS | The Fatalist | Fat Possum |
| 13 | CARLA OLSON | Have Harmony, Will Travel 3 | Have Harmony, WiIl Travel |
| 14 | CARRTOONS | Saturday Night | Wichita |
| 15 | CAT POWER | “She Belongs To Me” [Single] | Domino |
| 16 | DAVE KELLER | It’s Time To Shine | Tastee Tone |
| 17 | EDDIE 9V | Capricorn | Ruf |
| 18 | HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER | Jump For Joy | Merge |
| 19 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Weathervanes | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 20 | JOAN OSBORNE | Nobody Owns You | MRI |
| 21 | JOYANN PARKER | Roots | Hopeless Romantics |
| 22 | KENNEDYS, THE | Headwinds | Self-Released |
| 23 | MAPACHE | Swinging Stars | Innovative Leisure |
| 24 | MARGO CILKER | Valley Of Heart’s Delight | Fluff And Gravy |
| 25 | MARGO PRICE | Strays II | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 26 | MITSKI | The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 27 | MOLLY TUTTLE AND GOLDEN HIGHWAY | City Of Gold | Nonesuch |
| 28 | MOMMYHEADS, THE | Coney Island Kid | Self-Released |
| 29 | OMAR AND THE HOWLERS | What’s Buggin’ You | Big Guitar |
| 30 | ORGAN FAIRCHILD | Leisure Suit | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANTONIO ANDRADE | My Reward | Life Shakes |
| 2 | AJAY MATHUR | Blow My Cover | YAK |
| 3 | BEWARE WOLVES | Beware Wolves Vol. 1 | Aqualamb |
| 4 | CARLA OLSON | Have Harmony, Will Travel 3 | Have Harmony, WiIl Travel |
| 5 | FLY TO THE SUN | Fly To The Sun | Universe |
| 6 | PERT NEAR SANDSTONE | Waiting Days | Self-Released |
| 7 | WHEEL, THE | The Wheel | Lakeshore |
| 8 | CALLEHAN | “The Four Winds” b/w “Ignore History” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | CATHERINE SCHOLZ | “Let This Be Enough” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 10 | MALI VELASQUEZ | I’m Green | Acrophase |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GENTICORUM | Au Coeur De L’Aube | Self-Released |
| 2 | MIGUEL ESPINOZA FUSION | Gabriella | Self-Released |
| 3 | CLAUDIA VILLELA | Cartas Ao Vento | Taina |
| 4 | AGUANKO | Unidad | Self-Released |
| 5 | GONZALO GRAU AND LA CLAVE SECRETA | De Verdad Verdad | Self-Released |
| 6 | BOMBINO | Sahel | Partisan |
| 7 | DENGUE FEVER | Ting Mong | Tuk Tuk |
| 8 | PACHYMAN | Switched-On | ATO |
| 9 | WITCH | Zango | Desert Daze/Partisan |
| 10 | STEPHEN MARLEY | Old Soul | Tuff Gong Collective/UMe/Ghetto Youths |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DANGER MOUSE AND JEMINI | Born Again | Lex |
| 2 | KIPP STONE | 66689 BLVD | Closed Sessions |
| 3 | ATMOSPHERE | So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | DANNY BROWN | “Tantor” [Single] | Warp |
| 5 | DJ SHADOW | “You Played Me” [Single] | Mass Appeal/Liquid Amber |
| 6 | GENESIS OWUSU | STRUGGLER | Ourness/AWAL |
| 7 | KASSA OVERALL | ANIMALS | Warp |
| 8 | MICK JENKINS | The Patience | BMG |
| 9 | SEAFOOD SAM | Afros In The Wind [EP] | drink sum wtr |
| 10 | AESOP ROCK | “Mindful Solutionism” [Single] | Rhymesayers |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BUTCHER BROWN | Solar Music | Concord Jazz/Concord |
| 2 | JANET EVRA | Meet Me In Paris | Plum Jazz |
| 3 | KASSA OVERALL | ANIMALS | Warp |
| 4 | MALIKA ZARRA | Rwa (The Essence) | D.Zel Prod |
| 5 | ORBITING HUMAN CIRCUS | “I Cover The Waterfront” [Single] | Merge |
| 6 | VERONICA SWIFT | Veronica Swift | Mack Avenue |
| 7 | JOHN LANG | Earotica | Cellar |
| 8 | CONSTANTINE ALEXANDER | firetet | Self-Released |
| 9 | DIVA JAZZ ORCHESTRA, THE | The DIVA Jazz Orchestra “30” | DIVA Jazz |
| 10 | NICHOLAS PAYTON | Drip | Paytone |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GREEN HOUSE | A Host For All Kinds Of Life | Leaving |
| 2 | JUNGLE | Volcano | Caiola/AWAL |
| 3 | CHEMICAL BROTHERS, THE | For That Beautiful Feeling | Republic |
| 4 | YEULE | softscars | Ninja Tune |
| 5 | NATION OF LANGUAGE | Strange Disciple | Play It Again Sam |
| 6 | WAJATTA | Waiting For The Get Down [EP] | Brainfeeder |
| 7 | SUPERSHY | Happy Music | Beyond The Groove |
| 8 | CRI | Miracles | Anjunadeep |
| 9 | ROMY | Mid Air | Young |
| 10 | JAMES BLAKE | Playing Robots In Heaven | Republic/UMG |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AFFINITY TRIO | Hindsight | Origin |
| 2 | ALLISON AU WITH THE MIGRATIONS ENSEMBLE | Migrations | Self-Released |
| 3 | HAYES STREET HART | Bridges | Smoke Sessions |
| 4 | FRANK KOHL | Pacific | OA2 |
| 5 | JANET EVRA | Meet Me In Paris | Plum Jazz |
| 6 | JOHN HERBERMAN | Spring Comes Early | Self-Released |
| 7 | OSCAR PETERSON | Con Alma: The Oscar Peterson Trio – Live In Lugano, 1964 | Two Lions/Mack Avenue |
| 8 | KRANES LEVINE WEBER SAWYER | Anchor Points | OA2 |
| 9 | JENNIFER WHARTON’S BONEGASM | Grit & Grace | Sunnyside |
| 10 | JOHN AND DAVID SNEIDER | Sneid Remarks | Cellar |