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, April 17th, 2018!
Top Thirty Recordings (based on airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ARTICHOKE | Echoes | Greeen |
| 2 | BIRDS OF CHICAGO | Love In Wartime | Signature |
| 3 | LAURA VEIRS | The Lookout [Advance Tracks] | Raven Marching Band |
| 4 | ANNA AND ELIZABETH | The Invisible Comes To Us | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 5 | DECEMBERISTS, THE | I’ll Be Your Girl | Capitol |
| 6 | EELS | The Deconstruction | E-Works/PIAS |
| 7 | BRANDI CARLILE | By the Way, I Forgive You | Elektra |
| 8 | CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS, THE | Call It Home Vol. 1 & 2 | TubTone |
| 9 | ERIKA WENNERSTROM | Sweet Unknown | Partisan |
| 10 | JOAN BAEZ | Whistle Down the Wind | Razor & Tie |
| 11 | KID RAMOS | Old School | Rip Cat |
| 12 | KIM RICHEY | Edgeland | Yep Roc |
| 13 | YO LA TENGO | There’s A Riot Going On | Matador |
| 14 | ALEXI PARASCHOS | 25/8 | Self-Released |
| 15 | AMY RAASCH | Girls Get Cold | Self-Released |
| 16 | BETTYE LAVETTE | Things Have Changed | Verve |
| 17 | CALEXICO | The Thread That Keeps Us | Anti- |
| 18 | CASEY NEILL AND THE NORWAY RATS | Subterrene | Incident |
| 19 | CHRIS SMITHER | Call Me Lucky | Signature Sounds |
| 20 | DANIELLE NICOLE | Cry No More | Concord |
| 21 | DARLINGSIDE | Extralife | Thirty Tigers |
| 22 | GLEN HANSARD | Between Two Shores | Anti- |
| 23 | I’M WITH HER | See You Around | Rounder |
| 24 | JOHN MAYALL | Three for the Road | Forty Below |
| 25 | JONATHAN WILSON | Rare Birds | Bella Union/PIAS |
| 26 | LAUREN RUTH WARD | Well, Hell | Weekday |
| 27 | LAURIE JANE AND THE 45’S | Midnight Jubilee | Down In The Alley |
| 28 | LEFTOVER SALMON | Something Higher [Advance Tracks] | Soundly |
| 29 | MIKE MONTREY BAND | John Street | Water Production |
| 30 | MIRIAM WAKS | Tales from a Room | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LADY QUEET | “One Hell Of A Day” (feat. Mr. Flamboyant) [Single] | Picture Perfect |
| 2 | RONDI MARSH | The Pink Room | Self-Released |
| 3 | OKB TRIO | The Ing… | QueensJazz |
| 4 | PAUL THORN | Don’t Let The Devil Ride | Mutual Obscurity |
| 5 | EELS | The Deconstruction | E-Works/PIAS |
| 6 | JOHN PRINE | Tree of Forgiveness [Advance Tracks] | Oh Boy |
| 7 | MIEN | Mien | Rocket |
| 8 | MOONDOGGIES, THE | A Love Sleeps Deep | Hardly Art |
| 9 | ABBE MAY | Fruit | Luxury Cat |
| 10 | DANIEL AVERY | Song For Alpha [Advance Tracks] | Mute |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | OPEN THE DOOR FOR THREE | The Joyful Hour | Self-Released |
| 2 | FRETLESS, THE | Live from the Art Farm | Self-Released |
| 3 | ALTAN | The Gap Of Dreams | Compass |
| 4 | FEMI KUTI | One People One World | Knitting Factory |
| 5 | JAH SUN | Between The Lines | Sugar Cane |
| 6 | JUSTIN GRAY AND SYNTHESIS | New Horizons | Self-Released |
| 7 | KARAVAN SARAI | Painted Sands | Electrofone |
| 8 | LUNASA | Cas | Self-Released |
| 9 | OLD BLIND DOGS | Room With A View | Self-Released |
| 10 | ROOTS OF CREATION | Grateful Dub | Bombshelter/Controlled Substance Lab |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SPOSE | Humans | PDank |
| 2 | YOUNG FATHERS | Cocoa Sugar | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | GRAND ANALOG | Survival [EP] | Self-Released |
| 4 | PRINCE AMINE | “Fuego” [Single] | Red Rebel |
| 5 | FULTON COUNTY | “Inside Out” (feat. Ebony Camille) [Single] | JLawson |
| 6 | RICK DUFF | High Life | Osean Entertainment |
| 7 | DYGGZ | “4Real4Real” [Single] | NuVintage |
| 8 | BLACK MILK | FEVER | Mass Appeal |
| 9 | CUT CHEMIST | Die Cut | A Stable Sound |
| 10 | DESSA | Chime | Doomtree/INgrooves |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BLACK GARDENIA | Lucky Star | Self-Released |
| 2 | CASEY ABRAMS | Put A Spell On You | Chesky |
| 3 | CATHY SEGAL-GARCIA | Jazz Chamber | Dash Hoffman |
| 4 | LISA B | I Get A Kick: Cole Porter Reimagined | Jazzed Media |
| 5 | RENEE ROSNES | Beloved Of The Sky | Smoke Sessions |
| 6 | SHAREL CASSITY AND ELEKTRA | Evolve | Relsha |
| 7 | PETER ERSKINE AND THE DR. UM BAND | On Call | Fuzzy |
| 8 | FLYING HORSE BIG BAND, THE | The Bat Swings | Flying Horse |
| 9 | NIA QUINTET | NIA Quintet | Self-Released |
| 10 | DIVA JAZZ ORCHESTRA | 25th Anniversary Project | ArtistShare |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BOB HOLYROYD | The Cage | Self-Released |
| 2 | GRAND ANALOG | Survival [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | MOBY | Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt | Mute |
| 4 | SUPERORGANISM | Superorganism | Domino |
| 5 | PRINCE AMINE | “Fuego” [Single] | Red Rebel |
| 6 | KEYS N KRATES | Cura | Dim Mak |
| 7 | WHAT SO NOT | Not All The Beautiful Things | Counter |
| 8 | CUT CHEMIST | Die Cut | A Stable Sound |
| 9 | PEGGY GOU | Once [EP] | Ninja Tune |
| 10 | NIGHTMARES ON WAX | Shape The Future | Warp |