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 computed and posted on Tuesday, August 28th, 2018!
Top Thirty Recordings (ranked by airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO | The Crossing | Yep Roc |
| 2 | DANNY FISHMAN | What I Meant To Say [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | ZOE SPEAKS | Wings | Redbird |
| 4 | ELIZA GILKYSON | Secularia | Red House |
| 5 | MAGGIE ROSE | Change The Whole Thing | Starstruck |
| 6 | MICHELLE MALONE | Slings and Arrows | SBS |
| 7 | OL’ DIRTY BATHTUB | Pack Mule | Beehive |
| 8 | GINA SICILIA | Heard The Lie | Blue Elan |
| 9 | GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS | The Waves, The Wake | Nettwerk |
| 10 | GUS LA CASSE | Windstorm [EP] | Self-Released |
| 11 | RICHARD THOMPSON | 13 Rivers | New West |
| 12 | TAS CRU | Memphis Song | Sub Cat |
| 13 | BILLY HECTOR | Some Day Baby | Ghetto Surf |
| 14 | BLAKE ROSSO BAND | Forest Ave | Self-Released |
| 15 | BOZ SCAGGS | Out Of The Blues | Concord |
| 16 | COWBOY JUNKIES | All That Reckoning | Self-Released |
| 17 | DAWES | Passwords | HUB |
| 18 | FREMONT STREET STRING BAND | Dirigo | Self-Released |
| 19 | JAYHAWKS, THE | Back Roads And Abandoned Motels | Legacy |
| 20 | JEREMY AND THE HARLEQUINS | Remember This | Yep Roc |
| 21 | JOYANN PARKER | Hard To Love | Hopeless Romantic |
| 22 | KARA GRAINGER | Living With Your Ghost | Station House |
| 23 | LAKE STREET DIVE | Free Yourself Up | Nonesuch |
| 24 | LAY LOW MOON | On This Day Last Year [Advance Tracks] | Battlement |
| 25 | LIED TO’S, THE | The Lesser Of Two Evils | Self-Released |
| 26 | NEWTOWN | Old World | Mountain Home |
| 27 | RAY LAMONTAGNE | Part Of The Light | RCA |
| 28 | RIVER WHYLESS | Kindness, A Rebel | Roll Call |
| 29 | SHEMEKIA COPELAND | America’s Child | Alligator |
| 30 | TERESA JAMES AND THE RHYTHM TRAMPS | Here In Babylon | Jesi-Lu |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LIVING STRANGE, THE | Gunk | Self-Released |
| 2 | ARMADILLO ROAD | Honkey Tonk Way | farmadillo |
| 3 | GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS | The Waves, The Wake | Nettwerk |
| 4 | MILO GREENE | Adult Contemporary | Nettwerk |
| 5 | CURSE OF LONO | As I Fell | Submarine Cat |
| 6 | FIREFALL | “Nature’s Way” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 7 | MAGGIE ROSE | Change The Whole Thing | Starstruck |
| 8 | OH SEES | Smote Reverser | Castle Face |
| 9 | YOLANDA | What Vision | Self-Released |
| 10 | OL’ DIRTY BATHTUB | Pack Mule | Beehive |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LOREENA MCKENNITT | Lost Souls | Ume |
| 2 | ALTAN | The Gap Of Dreams | Compass |
| 3 | BOMBINO | Deran | Partisan |
| 4 | CONNLA | The Next Chapter | Self-Released |
| 5 | DACTAH CHANDO | Global CityZen | Soulfire |
| 6 | FOR PEACE BAND | Always Love | Rootfire |
| 7 | KARAVAN SARAI | Painted Sands | Electrofone |
| 8 | RED BARAAT | Sound The People | Rhyme & Reason |
| 9 | STING AND SHAGGY | 44/876 | A&M |
| 10 | TANNAHILL WEAVERS, THE | Orach | Compass |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Be Great” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 2 | MANNY | “All About This Green” [Single] | So Tuff |
| 3 | ST RIDAH | “Never Trust” [Single] | 24K |
| 4 | FULTON COUNTY | “Flam Boi Ant” (Remix) [Single] | JLawson |
| 5 | DENZEL CURRY | TA1300 | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 6 | OSCILLATIONS | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Strange Neighbor |
| 7 | SLY5THAVE | The Invisible Man: An Orchestral Tribute To Dr. Dre | Tru Thoughts |
| 8 | BROWNOUT | Fear Of A Brown Planet | Fat Beats |
| 9 | CHANCE THE RAPPER | Four New Songs | Self-Released |
| 10 | TAYLOR GIRLZ | “One Percent” [Single] | Taylor Boi/RCA/Sony |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AMANDA GARDIER | Empathy | Self-Released |
| 2 | BILL OVERTON | Only Love Can Do that | Self-Released |
| 3 | CHARLES LLOYD AND THE MARVELS WITH LUCINDA WILLIAMS | Vanished Gardens | Blue Note |
| 4 | JOANI TAYLOR | In A Sentimental Mood | Cellar Live |
| 5 | JOEY MORANT | Forever Sanctified | Blujazz |
| 6 | MIKI YAMANAKA | Miki | Cellar Liver |
| 7 | TROY ROBERTS | Nu-Jive Perspective | Inner Circle |
| 8 | JAMES AUSTIN JR | Songs In The Key Of Wonder | JCA |
| 9 | PETER LIN THE LINTET | With Respect | Lintet |
| 10 | TRIBU | El Matador | Mandala |
Top Ten Electronic Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | PLUKO | sixteen | Foreign Family Collective |
| 2 | CHRIS RUSSELL | Echo | Spotted Peccary |
| 3 | ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER | Age Of | Warp |
| 4 | UNDERWORLD AND IGGY POP | Teatime Dub Encounters [EP] | Caroline |
| 5 | ROSS FROM FRIENDS | Family Portrait | Brainfeeder |
| 6 | HELENA HAUFF | Qualm | Ninja Tune |
| 7 | CLAPTONE | Fantast | PIAS |
| 8 | LIMINAL DRIFTER | The Dreams | Hidden Shoal |
| 9 | FIT OF BODY | Black Box No Cops | 2MR |
| 10 | 9 THEORY | Good Morning From A Nuclear Ghost | Elite Frequency Group |
Hip Hop / R & B “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Unity” [Single] | Self-Released |
Jazz “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AMANDA GARDIER | Empathy | Self-Released |
Electronic / Dance “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HELENA HAUFF | Qualm | Ninja Tune |
| 2 | PLUKO | sixteen | Foreign Family Collective |