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 posted on Tuesday, February 27th, 2018.
Top Thirty Recordings (based on radio airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TRACY GRAMMER | Low Tide | Self-Released |
| 2 | KHRUANGBIN | Con Todo El Mundo | Dead Oceans |
| 3 | GLEN HANSARD | Between Two Shores | Anti- |
| 4 | JIM JAMES | Tribute To 2 | ATO |
| 5 | MARY GAUTHIER | Rifles And Rosary Beads | Thirty Tigers |
| 6 | MESHELL N’DEGEOCELLO | Ventriloquism [Advance Tracks] | Naive |
| 7 | KENDRICK LAMAR | Black Panther The Album Music From and Inspired By | Aftermath |
| 8 | CALEXICO | The Thread That Keeps Us | Anti- |
| 9 | ELISE LEGROW | Playing Chess | Curve |
| 10 | GRANT LEE PHILLIPS | Widdershins | Yep Roc |
| 11 | TY SEGALL | Freedom’s Goblin | Drag City |
| 12 | WOOD BROTHERS, THE | One Drop Of Truth | Honey Jar |
| 13 | ANDREW AND CASEY CALHOUN | Skeins | Waterbug |
| 14 | BAHAMAS | Earthtones | Brushfire |
| 15 | BILLY BRAGG | Bridges Not Walls | Cooking Vinyl |
| 16 | BINDLEY HARDWARE CO | Ever Satisfactory | Self-Released |
| 17 | CAROLINE COTTER | Home On The River | Self-Released |
| 18 | CATHY FINK AND MARCY MARXER | Get Up and Do Right | Community |
| 19 | CHRIS SMITHER | Call Me Lucky | Signature Sounds |
| 20 | CURTIS HARDING | Face Your Fear | Anti- |
| 21 | ELLY WININGER | Litte Red Wagon | Self-Released |
| 22 | GOLDENOAK | Foxgloves [EP] | Self-Released |
| 23 | JOINT CHIEFS | Sending Up A Flare | Self-Released |
| 24 | MARLON WILLIAMS | Make Way For Love [Advance Tracks] | Dead Oceans |
| 25 | NONA HENDRYX AND GARY LUCAS | The World Of Captain Beefheart | Knitting Factory |
| 26 | SZLACHETKA | Heart Of My Hometown | Self-Released |
| 27 | TOMMY EMMANUEL | Accomplice One | Thirty Tigers |
| 28 | LOMA | Loma | Sub Pop |
| 29 | XYLOURIS WHITE | Mother | Bella Union/PIAS |
| 30 | STRANGE ANGELS: IN FLIGHT WITH ELMORE JAMES | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Sylvan Songs |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RICK DUFF | High Life | Osean Entertainment |
| 2 | RHYE | Blood | Loma Vista |
| 3 | NIA QUINTET | NIA Quintet | Self-Released |
| 4 | KAIROS SEXTET | Transition | Self-Released |
| 5 | HOLLIE COOK | Vessel Of Love | Merge |
| 6 | KEYS N KRATES | Cura | Dim Mak |
| 7 | FOOTFALL | Secondhand Record Store | Self-Released |
| 8 | CHEAP TISSUE | Cheap Tissue | Lolipop |
| 9 | CLAUDIA NORRIS | Nashville Songwriting Sessions [EP] | Self-Released |
| 10 | DANIELLE NICOLE | Cry No More | Concord |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | 3MA | Anarouz | Six Degrees |
| 2 | BARAKA MOON | Wind Horse | Self-Released |
| 3 | BIG TAKEOVER | Silly Girl | Self-Released |
| 4 | BILL BOOTH | Some Distant Shore | Self-Released |
| 5 | CHARITY EKEKE | She | Unity Gain |
| 6 | CHUCK FOSTER | Rebel Dub | Catch Me Time |
| 7 | ELDERS | True | PubTone |
| 8 | HIGH KINGS, THE | Decade: The Best of the High Kings | Celtic Collections |
| 9 | OPEN THE DOOR FOR THREE | The Joyful Hour | Self-Released |
| 10 | SERTANILIA | Gratia | Self-Released |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KENDRICK LAMAR | Black Panther The Album Music From and Inspired By | Aftermath |
| 2 | SOFI SAINT | “Why” [Single] | G&L |
| 3 | EVIDENCE | Weather Or Not | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | DYGGZ | “4Real4Real” [Single] | NuVintage |
| 5 | LORD IVAN | “Chips” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 6 | LORD IVAN | “Looka” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 7 | CHANHAYS | Here | Droppin’ Science |
| 8 | ABHI THE NOMAD | Marbled | Tommy Boy |
| 9 | GRAND ANALOG | Survival [EP] | Self-Released |
| 10 | MACKROSOFT | Mackister Ludi The Glass Weed Game | Self-Released |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AS IS FT. ALAN AND STACEY SCHULMAN | Here’s To Life | Self-Released |
| 2 | LESLIE PINTCHICK | You Eat My Food, You Drink My Wine, You Steal My Girl | Self-Released |
| 3 | BEN PATERSON | That Old Feeling | Cellar Live |
| 4 | BRYNN STANLEY | Classic | SonoPath |
| 5 | 4S’D | Man Or Muffin | Hobart |
| 6 | JAMISON ROSS | All For One | Concord |
| 7 | LAILA BIALI | Laila Biali | Chronograph |
| 8 | MARK WADE TRIO | Moving Day | Self-Released |
| 9 | PHIL STEWART | Melodious Drum | Cellar Live |
| 10 | UNDER THE LAKE | Jazz, Groove & Attitude | Mind in Overdrive |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LOMA | Loma | Sub Pop |
| 2 | FEVER RAY | Plunge | Mute |
| 3 | DJANGO DJANGO | Marble Skies | Ribbon |
| 4 | TUNE-YARDS | I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life | 4AD |
| 5 | SOFI SAINT | “Why” [Single] | G&L |
| 6 | LANE 8 | Little By Little | This Never Happened |
| 7 | NIGHTMARES ON WAX | Shape The Future | Warp |
| 8 | PETIT BISCUIT | Presence | M-Theory |
| 9 | MURA MASA | Mura Masa | Polydor/Anchor Point/Downtown/Geffen |
| 10 | LA LAW | Law & Order | Burger |