Tuesday Top 25: June 30, 2026

#America250 celebrations are in high gear! The US Brig Niagara returns to her home port Thursday here on the north coast, Light and Liberty Over Lake Erie brings the fireworks to Dobbin's Landing on Friday, then the Erie Philharmonic presents a free show at Bayview Park on July 4. Lots of fun here, with Mumford & Sons and Chris Stapleton holding down the top spot of the WERG Top 25. Happy 4th!

LW          TW

2              1              Mumford & Sons and Chris Stapleton/Here (Prizefighter; Glassnote)

4              2              Sombr/Homewrecker (Warner)

1              3              The Strokes/Going Shopping (RCA)

8              4              Temper City/Self-Aware (Thirty Knots)

7              5              Modest Mouse/Picking Dragon’s Pockets (An Eraser and a Maze; Glacial Pace)

3              6              The Dirty Heads/One of Those Days (Better Noise)

11           7              Noah Kahan/Doors (The Great Divide; Republic)

12           8              Dexter & The Moonrocks/Freakin’ Out (Big Loud Rock)

13           9              Almost Monday/No More Regrets (Hollywood)

9              10           Florence and the Machine/Buckle (Everybody Scream; UMG)

14           11           Beck/Ride Lonesome (Capitol)

16           12           Brian Fallon and The Painkillers/Better Before (Lesser Known) 

15           13           The Revivalists/Heart Stop (Concord)

6              14           Beabadoobee & Maria Zardoya/All I Did Was Dream of You (Dirty Hit)

21           15           Myles Smith/Hold Me in the Dark (It’s OK To Feel Limited)

20           16           Evanescence/Who Will Follow (Sanctuary; Wind-Up)

--             17           Death Cab for Cutie/Stone Over Water

22           18           The Neighbourhood/Private (Ultrasound; Warner)

10           19           Muse/Be with You (Warner)

5              20           Sublime/Until the Sun Explodes (Atlantic)

24           21           Ax and The Hatchetmen/Hotel Room (Arista)

23           22           Beaches/Should’ve Known Better (No Hard Feelings; AWAL)

18           23           Young the Giant/Different Kind of Love (Victory Garden; Concord)

17           24           The Last Dinner Party/Count the Ways (From the Pyre; Island)

19           25           Death Cab for Cutie/Riptides (I Built You a Tower;Anti- )

#1 ON THE WERG CHARTS

Last Year (2025): Wet Leg/Catch These Fists (Moisturizer; Domino)

5 Years Ago (2021): Coldplay/Higher Power (Music of the Spheres; Atlantic)

10 Years Ago (2016): Kongos/Take It from Me (Egomaniac; Epic)

15 Years Ago (2011): Foster the People/Pumped-Up Kicks (Torches; Interscope)

20 Years Ago (2006): Red Hot Chili Peppers/Dani California (Stadium Arcadium; Warner Brothers)

25 Years Ago (2001): Tantric/Breakdown (Tantric; Maverick)

30 Years Ago (1996): Tracy Bonham/Mother Mother (The Burdens of Being Upright; Island)

35 Years Ago (1991): Electronic/Get the Message (Electronic; Warner Brothers)

40 Years Ago (1986): Steve Winwood/Higher Love (Back in the High Life; Island)

45 Years Ago (1981): Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers/The Waiting (Hard Promises; Backstreet)

50 Years Ago (1976): Heart/Crazy on You (Dreamboat Annie; Mushroom)