Gannon’s alternative rock station, 90.5 WERG, presents the top 30 songs for the week of January 28. WERG can be streamed live via webcast from the link on our sidebar.

LW          TW

1              1              Young the Giant/It’s About Time (Mind Over Matter; Fueled By Ramen)

3              2              J. Roddy Walston and the Business/Heavy Bells (Essential Tremors; ATO)

2              3              Chvrches/The Mother We Share (The Bones of What You Believe; Virgin)

4              4              Kings of Leon/Temple (Mechanical Bull; RCA)

8              5              Stone Sour/Tired (House of Gold & Bones Pt.1; Roadrunner)

5              6              The Airborne Toxic Event/Hell and Back (Hell and Back; Island)

6              7              New Politics/Tonight You’re Perfect (A Bad Girl in Harlem; RCA)

7              8              Portugal. The Man/Modern Jesus (Evil Friends; Atlantic)

9              9              Broken Bells/Holding On for Life (After the Disco; Columbia)

11           10           Fitz and The Tantrums/The Walker (More Than Just a Dream; Elektra Records)

10           11           Imagine Dragons/On Top of the World (Night Visions; Interscope)

14           12           U2/Ordinary Love (Breathe; Interscope)

12           13           Avicii/Hey Brother (True; Universal Island)

13           14           Colourist/Little Games (Little Games; Universal Republic)

18           15           The Fray/ Love Don’t Die (Helios; Epic)

17           16           Phantogram/Fall in Love (Voices; Republic)

19           17           Silversun Pickups/Cannibal (The Singles Collection; Dangerbird)

20           18           Arcade Fire/Afterlife (Reflektor; Merge)

22           19           American Authors/Best Day of My Life (American Authors; Mercury)

21           20           Hellogoodbye/Everything Is Debatable (Everything Is Debatable; Old Friends Records)

—           21           Foster the People/Coming of Age (Supermodel; Columbia)

25           22           Bear Hands/Giants (Giants-Single; Cantora Records)

23           23           Avenged Sevenfold/Shepherd of Fire (Hail to the King; Warner Bros.)

27           24           Bastille/Bad Blood (Bad Blood; Virgin)

29           25           Phoenix/S.O.S. in Bel-Air (Bankrupt!; Atlantic)

28           26           Haim/The Wire (Days Are Gone; Polydor)

30           27           Of Monsters and Men/Silhouettes (Catching Fire Soundtrack; Parlophone)

24           28           Crosses/The Epilogue (Crosses; Sumerian)

—           29           Neon Trees/Sleeping With a Friend (Pop Psychology; Mercury)

26           30           Switchfoot/Who We Are (Fading West; Atlantic)

 

UPCOMING ALBUMS

4 February          Broken Bells/After The Disco

11 February        Crosses/Crosses

 

#1 ON THE WERG CHARTS

Last Year:             The Lumineers/Stubborn Love (The Lumineers; Dualtone)

5 Years Ago:       Incubus/Love Hurts (Light Grenades; Epic)

10 Years Ago:     Behind Blue Eyes/Limp Bizkit (Results May Vary; Interscope)

15 Years Ago:     Everlast/What It’s Like (Whitey Ford Sings the Blues; Tommy Boy Records)

20 Years Ago:     Nirvana/All Apologies (In Utero; DGC)

25 Years Ago:     R.E.M./Stand (Green; Warner Bros.)

Listen to the Tuesday Top 30 live on WERG Tuesdays at 6 to 9 p.m.