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, July 7th, 2024. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, July 16th, 2024!
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July 1st through July 7th, 2024
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN | Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free | Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group |
| 2 | DECEMBERISTS, THE | As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again | Thirty Tigers |
| 3 | EDEN BRENT | Getaway Blues | Yellow Dog |
| 4 | BOBBY CHRISTINA’S CARAVAN | True Blues Brother: The Legacy of Matt “Guitar” Murphy | Nola Blue |
| 5 | DAVE ALVIN AND JIMMIE DALE GILMORE | Texacali | Yep Roc |
| 6 | DENISE LA GRASSA | Sundown Rising | Self-Released |
| 7 | JIM LAUDERDALE | My Favorite Place | Self-Released |
| 8 | MAGNOLIA JANES, THE | The Light Years | Be A Jane |
| 9 | WILCO | Hot Sun Cool Shroud [EP] | dBpm |
| 10 | AVETT BROTHERS, THE | The Avett Brothers | Ramseur/American/Thirty Tigers |
| 11 | BARNSTAR | Furious Kindness | Self-Released |
| 12 | CHRIS SMITHER | All About The Bones | Signature Sounds |
| 13 | FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS | Struck Down | Stony Plain |
| 14 | HALO RIDER | Ghost Of A Radio | Firenze |
| 15 | JENNY DON’T AND THE SPURS | Broken Hearted Blue | Fluff and Gravy |
| 16 | JOHN MORELAND | Visitor | Thirty Tigers |
| 17 | KAITLIN BUTTS | Roadrunner! | Soundly |
| 18 | KATHERINE PERKINS | “Day By Day” [Single] | Twelve | Eight |
| 19 | LAURIE LEWIS | Trees | Spruce And Maple |
| 20 | LITTLE FEAT | Sam’s Place | Hot Tomato |
| 21 | LYNN HOLLYFIELD | Look Up | Hudson Harding |
| 22 | MAYA DE VITRY | The Only Moment | Mad Maker |
| 23 | NORAH JONES | Visions | Blue Note/Capitol |
| 24 | PINE TREE FLYERS | Pine Tree Flyers | Self-Released |
| 25 | RICHARD THOMPSON | Ship To Shore | New West |
| 26 | RORY BLOCK | Positively 4th Street [EP] | Self-Released |
| 27 | RUTH MOODY | Wanderer | Self-Released |
| 28 | SEAN RILEY AND THE WATER | Stone Cold Hands | Pugnacious |
| 29 | SIERRA FERRELL | Trail Of Flowers | Rounder/Concord |
| 30 | SIERRA GREEN AND THE GIANTS | Here We Are | Big Radio |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CARTER BRADY | Shopping Cart | Shopping Cart |
| 2 | DENISE LA GRASSA | Sundown Rising | Self-Released |
| 3 | GARY MYRICK | The Sum Of All My Sins [EP] | Sound Of Vinyl |
| 4 | BILLY KEANE | “Just Before The Morning” b/w “Girl Ain’t Mine” [Single] | Upper Floor |
| 5 | INDECENT PROPOSAL | “Albright” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 6 | POPPY ROSCOE | Manzanita | Toadwart |
| 7 | WASHED OUT | Notes From A Quiet Life | Sub Pop |
| 8 | LOMA | How Will I Live Without A Body | Sub Pop |
| 9 | MD MCNALLY | I’ll Dissolve For You | Self-Released |
| 10 | NOLEN SELLWOOD | Cadence to the Flame | New Folk |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ERWILIAN | Cascadia | Self-Released |
| 2 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | Sonido Cósmico | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 3 | REYNA TROPICAL | Malegría | Psychic Hotline |
| 4 | SEUN KUTI AND EGYPT 80 | “Dey” feat. Damian Marley [Single] | Record Kicks |
| 5 | YUKO ITO | Seduzir | Funny Baby Face New York |
| 6 | MARIAH PARKER | Windows Through Time | Ancient Future |
| 7 | MAC GOLLEHON AND THE HISPANIC MECHANICS | Bite Of The Street | Nefarious |
| 8 | OLIVIA FOSCHI | A Window Within | Self-Released |
| 9 | ALF JETZER | Unfolding | Self-Released |
| 10 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Pull The Rope | Merge |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CADENCE WEAPON | Rollercoaster | MNRK |
| 2 | YAYA BEY | Ten Fold | Big Dada |
| 3 | NXWORRIES | Why Lawd? | Stones Throw |
| 4 | DENZEL CURRY | “Hot Ones” feat. TiaCorine & A$AP Ferg [Single] | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 5 | SEAFOOD SAM | Standing On Giant Shoulders | drink sum wtr |
| 6 | POTATOHEAD PEOPLE | Eat Your Heart Out | Bastard Jazz |
| 7 | SHABAZZ PALACES | Exotic Birds Of Prey [EP]/Robed In Rareness [EP] | Sub Pop |
| 8 | CHILDISH GAMBINO | Atavista | RCA |
| 9 | COMMON AND PETE ROCK | “Wise Up” [Single] | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 10 | DEEM SPENCER | all these crying birds [EP] | drink sum wtr |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | NORAH JONES | Visions | Blue Note/Capitol |
| 2 | ANDREW BIRD TRIO | Sunday Morning Put-On | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 3 | YUKO ITO | Seduzir | Funny Baby Face New York |
| 4 | STEVE LUCIANO | Under The Covers | Self-Released |
| 5 | ANTONIO ADOLFO | Love Cole Porter | AAM |
| 6 | TROY ROBERTS | Green Lights | Toy Robot |
| 7 | JEREMY MONTEIRO | Sings | Jazznote |
| 8 | DAVID BIXLER | BEATitude | Tiger Turn |
| 9 | NATION BEAT | Archaic Humans | Ropeadope |
| 10 | MARIAH PARKER | Windows Through Time | Ancient Future |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FLAMINGOSIS | Better Will Come | Kahuna Style |
| 2 | CHARLI XCX | Brat | Atlantic |
| 3 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Pull The Rope | Merge |
| 4 | MACHINEDRUM | 3FOR82 | Ninja Tune |
| 5 | DJ POOLBOI | Into Blue Light | Shall Not Fade |
| 6 | JUSTICE | Hyperdrama | Ed Banger/Because |
| 7 | NIA ARCHIVES | Silence Is Loud | HIJINXX/Island/Universal |
| 8 | MOBY | always centered at night | Always Centered At Night/Mute |
| 9 | PRIORI | This But More | NAFF |
| 10 | MUSCLECARS | Sugar Honey Iced Tea! | BBE |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BRIAN LANDRUS | Brian Landrus Plays Ellington & Strayhorn | Palmetto Blueland |
| 2 | CHANCE HAYDEN | Baritone Gold | Peace House |
| 3 | CHRIS MCDONALD JAZZ ORCHESTRA | It’s About Time | Constant Dreamer |
| 4 | JAY SANDERS | Evanescent | Mindtonic |
| 5 | SERGIO PEREIRA | BOSSA+ | Tiger Turn |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SERGIO PEREIRA | BOSSA+ | Tiger Turn |