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 week ending on Sunday, April 2nd, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, April 11th.
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March 27th through April 2nd, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | IRIS DEMENT | Workin’ On A World | Flariella |
| 2 | ALEX MABEY | The Waiting Room | Self-Released |
| 3 | ARCS, THE | Electrophonic Chronic | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 4 | BIG SHOES | Fresh Tracks | Qualified |
| 5 | BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN | Rolling Golden Holy | 37d03d |
| 6 | CURSE OF KK HAMMOND | Death Roll Blues | Self-Released |
| 7 | DAMNED, THE | “Beware Of The Clown” [Single] | earMUSIC |
| 8 | DOM FLEMONS | Traveling Wildfire | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 9 | EYELIDS | A Colossal Waste Of Light | Jealous Butcher |
| 10 | HALLEY GREG | Straitjacket | Self-Released |
| 11 | KARAN CASEY | Nine Apples Of Gold | Crow Valley |
| 12 | LOS BITCHOS | PAH! [EP] | City Slang |
| 13 | MARGO PRICE | Strays | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 14 | PETER VETESKA AND BLUES TRAIN | So Far So Good | Blind Raccoon |
| 15 | PROFESSOR LOUIE AND THE CROMATIX | Rockin’ Legacy, Vol. 1 [EP] | Woodstock |
| 16 | SKYLAR ROGERS | Among The Insanity | Blue Heart |
| 17 | SLAID CLEAVES | Together Through The Dark | Candy House |
| 18 | SOPHIE B HAWKINS | Free Myself | Lightyear/Broken Plate |
| 19 | TEMPLES | “Afterlife” [Single] | ATO |
| 20 | NICK WATERHOUSE | The Fooler | Innovative Leisure |
| 21 | ZOMBIES, THE | Different Game | Cooking Vinyl |
| 22 | CIGARBOX MAN | “I Am Not Terrified” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 23 | WHITE OWL RED | Running Blind | Bourgeois Dawg |
| 24 | MARC BROUSSARD | SOS IV Blues For Your Soul | KTBA |
| 25 | CLIFF HILLIS | Be The Now | Self-Released |
| 26 | NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, THE | Continue As A Guest | Merge |
| 27 | HOLD STEADY, THE | The Price Of Progress | Positive Jams/Thirty Tigers |
| 28 | YVES TUMOR | Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) | Warp |
| 29 | NUDE PARTY, THE | Rides On | New West |
| 30 | BONNER RHAE | Forward Address | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALEX BLIZZY | “A Step Behind” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 2 | FUTURE BABEL | Warchild 2.0 | Self-Released |
| 3 | JARED MATTSON | Peanut | Carpark |
| 4 | MEREDITH MOON | Constellations | True North |
| 5 | RAVEIS KOLE | “Sticky And Sweet” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 6 | TAPE EXCAVATION | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Independent Project |
| 7 | NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, THE | Continue As A Guest | Merge |
| 8 | ROOT CELLAR XTRACT | Dusty Afternoon | Self-Released |
| 9 | SUSAN WENDELKEN | Alayne’s Echo | Self-Released |
| 10 | ALICE HOWE | Circumstance | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHEMBO CORNIEL QUINTET | Artistas, Musicos y Poetas | Chemboro |
| 2 | EASY STAR ALL-STARS | Ziggy Stardub | Easy Star |
| 3 | Y LA BAMBA | “Dibujos De Mi Alma” [Single] | Tender Loving Empire |
| 4 | BUZZ AMATO | Muse Cafe | Blue Canoe |
| 5 | ELLA AND THE BOSSA BEAT | In The Moment | Self-Released |
| 6 | MIGUEL ESPINOZA FLAMENCO FUSION | Living In A Daydream | Self-Released |
| 7 | REGINALD POLICARD AND RICHARD BONA | “Melancolia” [Single] | Encuentro |
| 8 | IFIHADAHIFI | The Dryad | Naked Muse |
| 9 | ACID ARAB | Trois | Crammed Discs |
| 10 | KIMI DJABATE | Dindin | Cumbancha |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AUDIO SCIENTIST LABORATORY, THE | “That Girl” [Single] | Collective Consciousness |
| 2 | WAX TAILOR | Fishing For Accidents | Lab’oratoire |
| 3 | LITTLE SIMZ | NO THANK YOU | Forever Living Originals/AWAL |
| 4 | SEUN KUTI AND BLACK THOUGHT | African Dreams [EP] | SKE80 |
| 5 | SNOTTY NOSE REZ KIDS | I’m Good, HBU? | Distorted Muse |
| 6 | DE LA SOUL | 3 Feet High And Rising | AOI/Chrysalis |
| 7 | YOUNG FATHERS | Heavy Heavy | Ninja Tune |
| 8 | RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ CU4TRO | Jewel Runners/BMG |
| 9 | RARELYALWAYS | WORK | Innovative Leisure |
| 10 | ATMOSPHERE | “Okay” [Single] | Rhymesayers |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BEN WOLFE | Unjust | Resident Arts |
| 2 | BOBBY WATSON | Back Home In Kansas City | Smoke Sessions |
| 3 | CHEMBO CORNIEL QUINTET | Artistas, Musicos y Poetas | Chemboro |
| 4 | CONRAD HERWIG | The Latin Side Of Mingus | Savant |
| 5 | LIZZIE THOMAS | Duo Encounters | Dot Time |
| 6 | MALI OBOMSAWIN | Sweet Tooth | Out Of Your Head |
| 7 | MARC JORDAN | “Coltrane Plays The Blues” [Single] | Cafe/Linus |
| 8 | YELLOWJACKETS | Parallel Motion | Mack Avenue |
| 9 | PLANET D NONET | Blues To Be There, A Salute To Duke Ellington | Eastlawn |
| 10 | CANADIAN JAZZ COLLECTIVE | Septology: The Black Forest Session | HGBS Blue |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AMI DANG | The Living World’s Demands | Phantom Limb/Leaving |
| 2 | KATE NV | WOW | RVNG Intl |
| 3 | KHOTIN | Release Spirit | Ghostly International |
| 4 | MISS GRIT | Follow The Cyborg | Mute |
| 5 | PETITE NOIR | “Blurry” feat. Sampa The Great [Single] | Roya |
| 6 | SALLY SHAPIRO | Sad Cities The Remixes | Italians Do It Better |
| 7 | FEVER RAY | Radical Romantics | Mute |
| 8 | AUDIO SCIENTIST LABORATORY, THE | “That Girl” [Single] | Collective Consciousness |
| 9 | KELELA | Raven | Warp |
| 10 | WAX TAILOR | Fishing For Accidents | Lab’oratoire |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BRENDAN LANIGHAN OCTET | A Little Optimism | BLM |
| 2 | COMPOSERS COLLECTIVE BIG BAND | The Toronto Project | Revolution |
| 3 | MIKE MELITO | To Swing Is The Thing | Cellar |