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 the first day of spring — Tuesday, March 27th, 2018!
Top Thirty Recordings (based on radio airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOAN BAEZ | Whistle Down the Wind | Razor & Tie |
| 2 | ALTAN | The Gap Of Dreams | Compass |
| 3 | KIM RICHEY | Edgeland | Yep Roc |
| 4 | LOW ANTHEM, THE | The Salt Doll Went To Measure The Depth Of The Sea | Joyful Noise |
| 5 | BELLE AND SEBASTIAN | How To Solve Our Human Problems | Matador |
| 6 | CHRIS SMITHER | Call Me Lucky | Signature Sounds |
| 7 | TUNE-YARDS | I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life | 4AD |
| 8 | LOMA | Loma | Sub Pop |
| 9 | BAHAMAS | Earthtones | Brushfire |
| 10 | BRANDI CARLILE | By the Way, I Forgive You | Elektra |
| 11 | DARLINGSIDE | Extralife | Thirty Tigers |
| 12 | I’M WITH HER | See You Around | Rounder |
| 13 | JIMI HENDRIX | Both Sides of the Sky | Experience Hendrix/Legacy |
| 14 | KYLE HOLLINGSWORTH | Fifty (50) | SCI Fidelity |
| 15 | LIZA ANNE | Fine But Dying | Arts and Crafts |
| 16 | MOBY | Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt | Mute |
| 17 | WOOD BROTHERS, THE | One Drop Of Truth | Honey Jar |
| 18 | BERNARD ALLISON | Let It Go | Ruf |
| 19 | BINDLEY HARDWARE CO | Ever Satisfactory | Self-Released |
| 20 | CALEXICO | The Thread That Keeps Us | Anti- |
| 21 | CURTIS HARDING | Face Your Fear | Anti- |
| 22 | DURAND JONES AND THE INDICATIONS | Durand Jones & The Indications | Dead Oceans/Colemine |
| 23 | ED ROMANOFF | The Orphan King | Self-Released |
| 24 | GLEN HANSARD | Between Two Shores | Anti- |
| 25 | GRANT LEE PHILLIPS | Widdershins | Yep Roc |
| 26 | JANIVA MAGNESS | Love Is an Army | Blue Elan |
| 27 | JOHN GORKA | True in Time | Red House |
| 28 | JONATHAN WILSON | Rare Birds | Bella Union/PIAS |
| 29 | KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD | Gumboot Soup | Flightless |
| 30 | LEN PRICE 3, THE | Kentish Longtails | JLM |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FULTON COUNTY | “Inside Out” (feat. Ebony Camille) [Single] | JLawson |
| 2 | MARK HUFF | Stars For Eyes | Exodus Empire |
| 3 | ROOTS OF CREATION | Grateful Dub | Bombshelter/Controlled Substance Lab |
| 4 | TILLERS, THE | The Tillers | Self-Released |
| 5 | NAKED GIANTS | SLUFF | New West |
| 6 | LIZ KENNEDY | Hike Up Your Socks | Clean White Shirt |
| 7 | LONG TALL DEB AND COLIN JOHN | Dragonfly | VizzTone |
| 8 | NAP EYES | I’m Bad Now | Paradise Of Bachelors |
| 9 | ROSIE AND THE RIVETERS | Ms. Behave | Factor |
| 10 | TRACEY THORN | Record | Merge |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALTAN | The Gap Of Dreams | Compass |
| 2 | BRENDA NAVARRETE | Mi Mundo | Alma |
| 3 | LUNASA | Cas | Self-Released |
| 4 | 3MA | Anarouz | Six Degrees |
| 5 | AFRIKA MAMAS | Iphupho | ARC |
| 6 | AUTORICKSHAW | Meter | Tala-Wallah |
| 7 | BOOGAT | San Cristobal Baile Inn | Maisonette |
| 8 | BOUBACAR TRAORE | Dounia Tabolo | LusAfrica |
| 9 | EL NAAN | La Danza de las Semillas | Mapamundi Musica |
| 10 | GABACHO MAROC | Tawassol | 10H10 |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GRAND ANALOG | Survival [EP] | Self-Released |
| 2 | SPOSE | Good Luck With Your Life | PDank |
| 3 | SPOSE | Humans | PDank |
| 4 | PRINCE AMINE | “Fuego” [Single] | Red Rebel |
| 5 | RICK DUFF | High Life | Osean Entertainment |
| 6 | DYGGZ | “4Real4Real” [Single] | NuVintage |
| 7 | LORD IVAN | “Chips” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 8 | LORD IVAN | “Looka” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | EVIDENCE | Weather Or Not | Rhymesayers |
| 10 | BLACK MILK | FEVER | Mass Appeal |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO | Close But No Cigar | Colemine |
| 2 | DOLORES SCOZZESI | Here Comes The Sun | Cafe Pacific |
| 3 | FLYING HORSE BIG BAND, THE | The Bat Swings | Flying Horse |
| 4 | ONE O’CLOCK LAB BAND | Lab 2017 | North Texas Jazz |
| 5 | ORGANISSIMO | Live at the SpeakEZ | Big O |
| 6 | TAREK YAMANI | Peninsular | .edict |
| 7 | NIA QUINTET | NIA Quintet | Self-Released |
| 8 | DIVA JAZZ ORCHESTRA | 25th Anniversary Project | ArtistShare |
| 9 | KAIROS SEXTET | Transition | Self-Released |
| 10 | PAT BATTSTONE SEXTET | Elements | Leo |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LOMA | Loma | Sub Pop |
| 2 | TUNE-YARDS | I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life | 4AD |
| 3 | MOBY | Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt | Mute |
| 4 | DJANGO DJANGO | Marble Skies | Ribbon |
| 5 | KHRUANGBIN | Con Todo El Mundo | Dead Oceans |
| 6 | KING KRULE | The Ooz | True Panther/XL |
| 7 | BOB HOLYROYD | The Cage | Self-Released |
| 8 | GRAND ANALOG | Survival [EP] | Self-Released |
| 9 | FEVER RAY | Plunge | Mute |
| 10 | KEYS N KRATES | Cura | Dim Mak |