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, September 11th, 2018!
Top Thirty Recordings (ranked by airplay)
|
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
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1 |
AMY HELM |
This Too Shall Light [Advance Tracks] |
Yep Roc |
|
2 |
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO |
The Crossing |
Yep Roc |
|
3 |
DAWES |
Passwords |
HUB |
|
4 |
RIVER WHYLESS |
Kindness, A Rebel |
Roll Call |
|
5 |
AMY RAY |
Holler |
Compass |
|
6 |
BAND OF HEATHENS, THE |
A Message From The People Revisited [Advance Tracks] |
BOH |
|
7 |
COWBOY JUNKIES |
All That Reckoning |
Self-Released |
|
8 |
DAVE ALVIN AND JIMMIE DALE GILMORE |
Downey To Lubbock |
Yep Roc |
|
9 |
DAWN LANDES |
Meet Me At The River |
Yep Roc |
|
10 |
DECEMBERISTS, THE |
I’ll Be Your Girl |
Capitol |
|
11 |
DEVIL MAKES THREE |
Chains Are Broken |
New West |
|
12 |
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS |
The Waves, The Wake |
Nettwerk |
|
13 |
HOT RIZE |
40th Anniversary Bash |
Rock Ridge |
|
14 |
ROD MACDONALD |
Beginning Again |
Blue Flute |
|
15 |
AARON LEE TASJAN |
Karma For Cheap [Advance Tracks] |
New West |
|
16 |
AMANDA SHIRES |
To The Sunset |
Silver Knife |
|
17 |
BOZ SCAGGS |
Out Of The Blues |
Concord |
|
18 |
CHARM CITY JUNCTION |
Duckpin |
Self-Released |
|
19 |
CRYSTAL SHAWANDA |
Voodoo Woman |
Self-Released |
|
20 |
KARA GRAINGER |
Living With Your Ghost |
Station House |
|
21 |
KIERAN KANE |
Unguarded Moments [EP] |
Dead Reckoning |
|
22 |
LAKE STREET DIVE |
Free Yourself Up |
Nonesuch |
|
23 |
LEAKY BOOT JUG BAND |
Re-Boot |
Self-Released |
|
24 |
MAGGIE ROSE |
Change The Whole Thing |
Starstruck |
|
25 |
MUSTARD’S RETREAT |
Make Your Own Luck |
Yellow Room |
|
26 |
NOW, NOW |
Saved |
Trans- |
|
27 |
RAY DAVIES |
Our Country Americana Act II |
Legacy |
|
28 |
RICHARD THOMPSON |
13 Rivers |
New West |
|
29 |
SHANNON SHAW |
Shannon in Nashville |
Easy Eye Sound |
|
30 |
SHEMEKIA COPELAND |
America’s Child |
Alligator |
Top “Adds”
|
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
|
1 |
CIIVE |
My Giraffe |
Qusp |
|
2 |
ELISAPIE |
The Ballad Of The Runaway Girl |
Bonsound |
|
3 |
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS |
The Waves, The Wake |
Nettwerk |
|
4 |
NIC SWALES |
Worker |
Self-Released |
|
5 |
TEITUR |
I Want To Be Kind |
Arlo & Betty |
|
6 |
BEACH GOONS |
hoodratscumbags |
GRNDVW |
|
7 |
KATE FENNER |
Middle Voice |
Self-Released |
|
8 |
KLAUS |
Klaus |
Simone |
|
9 |
MAN’S BODY |
Put Your Family In It |
Beautiful Workhorse |
|
10 |
SAM HUBER |
Top Of The World |
True Groove |
Top Ten World Albums
|
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
|
1 |
STING AND SHAGGY |
44/876 |
A&M |
|
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 |
DOBET GNAHORE |
Miziki |
LA Café |
|
7 |
ELIADES OCHOA AND ALEJANDRO ALMENARES |
Dos Gigantes de la Musica Cubana |
Tumi |
|
8 |
JAY DOUGLAS |
Lovers Paradise (Best Of) |
Slammin |
|
9 |
KARAVAN SARAI |
Painted Sands |
Electrofone |
|
10 |
KETIL BJØRNSTAD |
A Suite of Poems |
ECM |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
|
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
|
1 |
9 THEORY |
Good Morning From A Nuclear Ghost |
Elite Frequency Group |
|
2 |
GORILLAZ |
The Now Now |
Parlophone/Warner Bros. |
|
3 |
CHILDISH GAMBINO |
“This is America” [Single] |
RCA |
|
4 |
DARRELL KELLEY |
“Be Great” [Single] |
Self-Released |
|
5 |
DARRELL KELLEY |
“Unity” [Single] |
Self-Released |
|
6 |
MANNY |
“All About This Green” [Single] |
So Tuff |
|
7 |
ST RIDAH |
“Never Trust” [Single] |
24K |
|
8 |
FULTON COUNTY |
“Flam Boi Ant” (Remix) [Single] |
JLawson |
|
9 |
DENZEL CURRY |
TA1300 |
Loma Vista/Concord |
|
10 |
CHANCE THE RAPPER |
Four New Songs |
Self-Released |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
|
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
|
1 |
MELBREEZE |
Animazonia |
Blue Canoe |
|
2 |
WOODY SHAW |
Tokyo 1981 |
Elemental |
|
3 |
CASEY ABRAMS |
Put A Spell On You |
Chesky |
|
4 |
DARRIAN FORD |
New Standards |
Self-Released |
|
5 |
DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO |
Close But No Cigar |
Colemine |
|
6 |
HOT CLUB SANDWICH |
No Pressure |
Acoustic Oasis |
|
7 |
JENNIFER LEE |
My Shining Hour |
SBE |
|
8 |
NATE NAJAR |
Under Paris Skies |
Woodward Avenue |
|
9 |
POST MODERN JUKE BOX |
The New Classics |
Concord |
|
10 |
TUBA SKINNY |
Nigel’s Dream |
Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
|
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
|
1 |
PLUKO |
sixteen |
Foreign Family Collective |
|
2 |
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER |
Age Of |
Warp |
|
3 |
9 THEORY |
Good Morning From A Nuclear Ghost |
Elite Frequency Group |
|
4 |
GORILLAZ |
The Now Now |
Parlophone/Warner Bros. |
|
5 |
HELENA HAUFF |
Qualm |
Ninja Tune |
|
6 |
ROSS FROM FRIENDS |
Family Portrait |
Brainfeeder |
|
7 |
DORIAN CONCEPT |
The Nature Of Imitation |
Brainfeeder |
|
8 |
STEVE HAUSCHILDT |
Dissolvi |
Ghostly International |
|
9 |
TE’AMIR |
Abyssinia [EP] |
Tru Thoughts |
|
10 |
BENNI |
The Return |
Goner |
Hip Hop / R & B “Adds”
|
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
|
1 |
EVERYDAY RITUAL |
Recreated |
Self-Released |
|
2 |
DARRELL KELLEY |
“Focus” [Single] |
Self-Released |
Jazz “Adds”
|
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
|
1 |
PAUL SIMON |
In A Blue Light |
Legacy |
|
2 |
XAVIER DAVIS |
Rise Up Detroit |
Detroit Müsic Factory |
|
3 |
YELLOWJACKETS |
Raising Our Voice |
Mack Avenue |
|
4 |
HENRY CONERWAY III |
With Pride for Dignity |
Self-Released |
|
5 |
RUPERT AND DREXLER |
R And D |
Rupe |
|
6 |
SARAH REICH |
New Change |
Tap |
|
7 |
NATE NAJAR |
Under Paris Skies |
Woodward Avenue |
Electronic / Dance “Add”
|
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
|
1 |
DORIAN CONCEPT |
The Nature Of Imitation |
Brainfeeder |