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, May 7th, 2019!
Top Thirty Most-Played Recordings
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | JOSH RITTER | Fever Breaks | Pytheas/Thirty Tigers |
2 | JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE | The Saint Of Lose Causes | New West |
3 | GLEN HANSARD | This Wild Willing | Anti- |
4 | GUIDED BY VOICES | Warp & Woof | GBV Inc |
5 | LOWLAND HUM | “A Drive Through The Countryside” [Single] | Self-Released |
6 | OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS | Songs Of Our Native Daughters | Smithsonian Folkways |
7 | SON VOLT | Union | Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers |
8 | TIM O’BRIEN BAND | Tim O’Brien Band | Howdy Skies |
9 | ANDREW BIRD | My Finest Work Yet | Loma Vista/Concord |
10 | BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE | Let’s Try The After | Arts & Crafts |
11 | HONEYHOUSE | Kick Up the Dust | Howlin’ Dog |
12 | MOUNTAIN GOATS, THE | In League With Dragons | Merge |
13 | PATTY GRIFFIN | Patty Griffin | Thirty Tigers |
14 | RUBY LOVETT | It’s A Hard Life | Self-Released |
15 | BONERAMA | Plays Zeppelin | Basin Street |
16 | AMANDA COOK | Deep Water | Mounatin Fever |
17 | ASHLEY AND SIMPSON | Off To Here Land | Self-Released |
18 | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN | “Hello Sunshine” [Single] | Self-Released |
19 | CARRIE NEWCOMER | The Point Of Arrival | Available Light |
20 | CHARLEY CROCKETT | Lil’ GL’s Blue Bonanza | Thirty Tigers |
21 | ELI PAPERBOY REED | 99 Cent Dreams | Yep Roc |
22 | FELICE BROTHERS | Undress | Yep Roc |
23 | GLEN CLARK | You Tell Me | GlenCo |
24 | HAYES CARLL | What It Is | Dualtone |
25 | INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS | Rise Sun | Tape Time |
26 | LADY LAMB | Even In The Tremor | Ba Da Bing |
27 | LUTHER DICKINSON AND SISTERS OF THE STRAWBERRY MOON | Solstice [Advance Tracks] | New West |
28 | MEL PARSONS | Glass Heart | Cape Road |
29 | MILE TWELVE | City On A Hill | Self-Released |
30 | SHOVELS AND ROPE | By Blood | Dualtone/eOne |
Top “Adds”
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | CRAIG FINN | I Need A New War | Partisan |
2 | PETER LIN | New Age Old Ways | Self-Released |
3 | APRIL VERCH | Once a Day | Slab Town |
4 | JOHNATHAN RICE | The Long Game [Advance Tracks] | Mano Walker |
5 | COKIE THE CLOWN | You’re Welcome | Fat Wreck Chords |
6 | EMMA HILL | Magnesium Dreams | Kuskokwim |
7 | TACOCAT | This Mess Is A Place | Sub Pop |
8 | CARLA OLSON AND TODD WOLFE | Hidden Hills Sessions | Self-Released |
9 | HONEYHOUSE | Kick Up the Dust | Howlin’ Dog |
10 | JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR | Reckless Heart | Silvertone |
Top Ten World Recordings
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS | Songs Of Our Native Daughters | Smithsonian Folkways |
2 | HIGH SEAS, THE | The High Seas | Self-Released |
3 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Evil” [Single] | Viral |
4 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Doko Mien | Merge |
5 | GRUPO FANTASMA | American Music: Vol. VII | Blue Corn |
6 | MDOU MOCTAR | Ilana: The Creator | Sahel Sounds |
7 | COCHEMEA | All My Relations | Daptone |
8 | ROCKY DAWUNI | Beats Of Zion | Aquarian/Six Degrees |
9 | DEXTER STORY | Bahir | Soundway |
10 | NICOLA CRUZ | Siku | ZZK |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | GRIZ | Ride Waves | Self-Released |
2 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Evil” [Single] | Viral |
3 | LITTLE SIMZ | GREY Area | AGE 101/AWAL |
4 | CANTRELL | Devil Never Even Lived [EP] | Mass Appeal |
5 | ILLISM | iLLuminate | Self-Released |
6 | LIZZO | Cuz I Love You | Nice Life/Atlantic |
7 | MALIBU KEN | Malibu Ken | Rhymesayers |
8 | MATHEMATIK | ReAL/iS-HiM | Urbnet |
9 | MASS APPEAL STARTING 5 | VARIOUS ARTISTS [EP] | Mass Appeal |
10 | HERMETIC ORDER | Siren Song | Lion’s Den |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | SARAH MCKENZIE | Secrets Of My Heart | Normandy Lane |
2 | TYRONE MR SUPERFANTASTIC | Long Road | Can Do |
3 | FIVE PLAY | Live From The Firehouse Stage | Diva Jazz |
4 | LUCA DI LUZIO | Globetrotter | Self-Released |
5 | MARTON JUHASZ | Discovery | Self-Released |
6 | ASHLEY PEZZOTTI | We’ve Only Just Begun | Self-Released |
7 | PETER LIN | New Age Old Ways | Self-Released |
8 | STEVE LIPMAN | Hats Off | Self-Released |
9 | HAZEL MITCHELL BELL | Stronger Than Ever | Self-Released |
10 | BETTY CARTER | The Music Never Stops | Blue Engine |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA, THE | To Believe | Domino |
2 | EMANCIPATOR AND 9 THEORY | Cheeba Gold [EP] | Loci |
3 | GRIZ | Ride Waves | Self-Released |
4 | APPARAT | LP5 | Mute |
5 | CHASMS | The Mirage | Felte |
6 | DORIAN CONCEPT | The Nature Of Imitation | Brainfeeder |
7 | KARYYN | The Quanta Series | Mute |
8 | KAREN O AND DANGER MOUSE | Lux Prima | BMG |
9 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Doko Mien | Merge |
10 | JAYDA G | Significant Changes | Ninja Tune |
World “Adds”
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | CLAUDE FONTAINE | Claude Fontaine | Innovative Leisure |
2 | BUMPIN UGLIES | Buzz | Ineffable |
3 | SIMON SAMMUT AND OMAR VASQUEZ | Gravity | Self-Released |
Hip Hop “Add”
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | PHALO PANTOJA AND MOEMAW NAEDON | Hard Head Mush Brain | Self-Released |
Jazz “Adds”
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | AVERY SHARPE | 400: An African American Musical Portrait | JKNM |
2 | LONGINEU PARSONS | Work Song | Tribal |
3 | SIMON SAMMUT AND OMAR VASQUEZ | Gravity | Self-Released |
4 | DAVE MORGAN | Blue Is More Than A Color | Being Time |