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. Our next airplay chart will be computed and posted on Tuesday, February 26th, 2019!
Top Thirty Most-Played Recordings Overall
1 MICHAEL FRANTI AND SPEARHEAD Stay Human Vol. II Boo Boo Wax/Thirty Tigers
2 CHERYL DESEREE Dreamy Stepford Bunny
3 CHARLIE FAYE AND THE FAYETTES The Whole Shebang Self-Released
4 DEER TICK Mayonnaise Partisan
5 GALACTIC Already Ready Already [Advance Tracks] Tchoup-zilla
6 HAYES CARLL What It Is Dualtone
7 JULIANA HATFIELD Weird American Laundromat
8 TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND Signs Fantasy
9 JOE JACKSON Fool [Advance Tracks] earMUSIC
10 KARLA BONOFF Carry Me Home Self-Released
11 LEYLA MCCALLA The Capitalist Blues Jazz Village/PIAS
12 LULA WILES What Will We Do Smithsonian Folkways
13 SHARON VAN ETTEN Remind Me Tomorrow Jagjaguwar
14 SHIRT TAIL KIN Face And A Name Self-Released
15 SONIA DISAPPEAR FEAR By My Silence Disappear
16 3 X 4: THE BANGLES, THE THREE O’CLOCK, THE DREAM SYNDICATE. RAIN PARADE VARIOUS ARTISTS Yep Roc
17 ASHLEY AND SIMPSON Off To Here Land Self-Released
18 BOB MOULD Sunshine Rock Merge
19 CASS MCCOMBS Tip Of The Sphere Anti-
20 DONNA THE BUFFALO Dance In The Street Self-Released
21 ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE IMPOSTERS Look Now Concord
22 JESS KLEIN Back To My Green Self-Released
23 JOHNNY AND THE HEADHUNTERS That’s All I Need Self-Released
24 JON SHAIN AND FJ VENTRE Tomorrow Will Be Yesterday Soon Flyin’
25 KARYN OLIVER A List Of Names Self-Released
26 KATE CAMPBELL Damn Sure Blue Large River
27 KURT VILE Bottle It In Matador
28 MATT ELLIS Rambler Pacifico Self-Released
29 MAYA DE VITRY Adaptations Self-Released
30 REED FOEHL Lucky Enough Green Mountain
Top “Adds”
Artist Record Label
1 COCHEMEA All My Relations Daptone
2 ELLA VOS Watch & Wait [EP] hwyl/AWAL
3 LUTHER RUSSELL Medium Cool Fluff & Gravy
4 NOV3L Novel [EP] Flemish Eye
5 PABLO DYLAN The Finest Somersault Laurel Canyon
6 SAM HUBER Acoustic Sessions [EP] True Groove
7 SHELLEY SEGAL “Somebody Like You” [Single] True
8 BIRDSONG AT MORNING Signs And Wonders Blue Gentian
9 CHASMS The Mirage Felte
10 DIP, THE The Dip Delivers AWAL
Top Ten World Albums
Artist Record Label
1 MICHAEL FRANTI AND SPEARHEAD Stay Human Vol. II Boo Boo Wax/Thirty Tigers
2 GINGERMON Baked To Perfection Midwest Coast
3 LINETTE TOBINS PANGAEA The New Shape Of The World Tobin
4 SOMESH MATHUR Time Stood Still Sweet Beats
5 TOMAS MARTIN LOPEZ Rhythm Rising Bongotoms
6 NICOLA CRUZ Siku ZZK
7 ALBOROSIE Unbreakable – Alborosie Meets The Wailers United Greensleeves
8 PUBLIC OPINION AFRO ORCHESTRA, THE Naming & Blaming HopeStreet
9 SALIF KEITA Un Autre Blanc Naive
10 MALOU BEAUVOIR Spiritwalker Panthera
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
Artist Record Label
1 DARRELL KELLEY Unity Viral
2 DARRELL KELLEY “Evil” [Single] Viral
3 ROMEO MPUTU “Rich Boy” feat. Montemba [Single] Self-Released
4 ILLISM iLLuminate Self-Released
5 MALIBU KEN Malibu Ken Rhymesayers
6 GABRIEL TEODROS History Rhymes If It Doesn’t Repeat (A Southend Healing Ritual) Self-Released
7 DAWN New Breed Local Action/Our Dawn
8 GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW Overload Brainfeeder
9 MARCO POLO AND MASTA ACE A Breukelen Story Fat Beats
10 SHAD A Short Story About A War Secret City
Top Ten Jazz Albums
Artist Record Label
1 CHARLES MATTHEWS JR Interpretations Keyplexity
2 JACK KILBY AND THE FRONT LINE Love Is A Song Anyone Can Sing Shack
3 MERCER HASSY Waon Self-Released
4 JAMES SUGGS You’re Gonna Hear From Me Arbors
5 JUNE BISANTZ AND ALEX NAKHIMOVSKY Love’s Tango EH2U
6 NORI TANI Tomodachi (Friends) Self-Released
7 JOE POLICASTRO TRIO Nothing Here Belongs JeruJazz
8 GARY DEAN SMITH PROJECT Awakening Malibu Films
9 SIMONE KOPMAJER Spotlight On Jazz Self-Released
10 EMMET COHEN TRIO Dirty In Detroit Self-Released
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
Artist Record Label
1 BRAINFEEDER X VARIOUS ARTISTS Brainfeeder
2 TORO Y MOI Outer Peace Carpark
3 CHROME SPARKS Be On Fire [EP] Counter
4 NICOLA CRUZ Siku ZZK
5 BIG WILD Superdream Counter
6 APHEX TWIN Collapse [EP] Warp
7 TENDER Fear Of Falling Asleep Partisan
8 HANS BERG Sounds Of The Forest Forgotten 2MR
9 RUFUS DU SOL Solace Reprise
10 HARRISON Apricity Last Gang
World “Add”
Artist Record Label
1 BERES HAMMOND Never Ending VP
Jazz “Adds”
Artist Record Label
1 JORDAN PETTAY First Fruit Outside In
2 JOEY DEFRANCESCO In The Key Of The Universe Mack Avenue
3 EMMET COHEN TRIO Dirty In Detroit Self-Released