Today's Top Indie for the Week Ending April 21, 2025

The new and new-ish songs we are sharing with the world from WBRU Providence. WBRU's current chart is always available as an updated-weekly Spotify playlist, too. For a fun-to-listen-to mix of all the new and not-as-new indie (and alternative) songs check out WBRU 24/7 at wbru.com or on the WBRU app for iOS and Android.

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Number
1 Up by 1

Messy
Lola Young
From the album: This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
2 Up by 1

Headlock
Imogen Heap
From the album: Speak for Yourself
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
3 Up by 1

Love Me Not
Ravyn Lenae
From the album: Bird's Eye
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
4 Up by 9

No Other Heart
Mac DeMarco
From the album: Another One
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5

Real Man
beabadoobee
From the album: This Is How Tomorrow Moves
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6

forwards beckon rebound
Adrianne Lenker
From the album: songs
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7

Sailor Song
Gigi Perez
From the album: At The Beach, In Every Life
Peak
7
Weeks
5
Number
8 Up by 1

Sally, When The Wine Runs Out
ROLE MODEL
From the album: Kansas Anymore
Peak
8
Weeks
4
Number
9 Up by 27

Back To Me
The Marías
Peak
9
Weeks
2
Number
10 Up by 15

S P E Y S I D E
Bon Iver
From the album: SABLE,, SABLE, fABLE
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
11 Up by 1

Bug
Fontaines D.C.
From the album: Romance
Peak
11
Weeks
15
Number
12 Up by 2

Your face
Wisp
From the album: Pandora
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
13 Up by 2

Same Old Song
The Lumineers
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
14 Up by 4

Killshot
Magdalena Bay
From the album: A Little Rhythm and a Wicked Feeling
Peak
14
Weeks
12
Number
15 Up by 4

So Cold
Balu Brigada
From the album: BALU
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16 Up by 4

It's Amazing To Be Young
Fontaines D.C.
From the album: Romance
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17 Up by 4

Crashing
d4vd & Kali Uchis
From the album: WITHERED
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18 Up by 4

Delete Ya
Djo
From the album: The Crux
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Down by 11

Relationships
HAIM
From the album: I quit
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
20 Up by 14

Basic Being Basic
Djo
From the album: The Crux
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21 Up by 2

Who are you?
Saga Faye
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22 Up by 2

Heavy
The Marías
From the album: CINEMA
Peak
22
Weeks
2
Number
23 Up by 14

Bullseye
Lucy Dacus & Hozier
From the album: Forever Is A Feeling
Peak
23
Weeks
2
Number
24 Debut

Henry, come on
Lana Del Rey
Peak
24
Weeks
1
Number
25 Up by 2

Alesis
Mk.gee
From the album: Two Star & the Dream Police
Peak
25
Weeks
15
Number
26 Down by 10

Ankles
Lucy Dacus
From the album: Forever Is A Feeling
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
27 Down by 10

Cariño
The Marías
From the album: Superclean, Vol. II
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
28

can't slow down
almost monday
From the album: DIVE
Peak
28
Weeks
12
Number
29

Besties
Black Country, New Road
From the album: Forever Howlong
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
30

ROCKMAN
Mk.gee
From the album: ROCKMAN
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
31

Keep Me Satisfied
Jungle
Peak
31
Weeks
9
Number
32

Best Guess
Lucy Dacus
From the album: Forever Is A Feeling
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33

Spitting Off The Edge Of The World
Yeah Yeah Yeahs featuring Perfume Genius
From the album: Cool It Down
Peak
25
Weeks
23
Number
34 Up by 1

Picture Window
Japanese Breakfast
From the album: For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 3

catch these fists
Wet Leg
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Debut

Fable
Gigi Perez
From the album: At The Beach, In Every Life
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

If Only I Could Wait
Bon Iver featuring Danielle Haim
From the album: SABLE, fABLE
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

NEVER ENOUGH
Turnstile
From the album: NEVER ENOUGH
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 38

Pretty Boy
The Neighbourhood
From the album: Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
40 Down by 30

Chandelier
Will Paquin
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
41 Down by 30

People Watching
Sam Fender
From the album: People Watching
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
42 Down by 2

My Kind of Woman
Mac DeMarco
From the album: 2
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
43 Down by 4

Look At That Woman
ROLE MODEL
From the album: Kansas Anymore
Peak
10
Weeks
22
Number
44 Down by 3

WILDFLOWER
Billie Eilish
From the album: HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
45 Down by 2

Let's Go Back
Jungle
Peak
11
Weeks
27
Number
46 Down by 2

Disco
Surf Curse
From the album: Heaven Surrounds You
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
62
Number
47 Down by 2

Image
Magdalena Bay
From the album: Imaginal Disk
Peak
11
Weeks
31
Number
48 Down by 2

Better In The Dark
Jordana & TV Girl
From the album: Summer's Over
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
49 Down by 2

Guess featuring billie eilish
Charli xcx & Billie Eilish
From the album: Brat and it's completely different but also still brat
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
33
Number
50 Down by 2

Pink Pony Club
Chappell Roan
From the album: The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
35

Dropouts

Number
26 Dropout

Death & Romance
Magdalena Bay
From the album: Imaginal Disk
Peak
25
Weeks
16
Number
42 Dropout

Maps
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
From the album: Fever To Tell
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
49 Dropout

Velvet Ring
Big Thief
From the album: Masterpiece
Peak
2
Weeks
34
Number
50 Dropout

Home
Good Neighbours
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
35

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April 15, 2025

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2 1 Lola Young – “Messy” 1(×1) 20

3 2 Imogen Heap – “Headlock” 2 15

4 3 Ravyn Lenae – “Love Me Not” 3 15

13 4 Mac DeMarco – “No Other Heart” 4 14

5 5 beabadoobee – “Real Man” 5 13

6 6 Adrianne Lenker – “forwards beckon rebound” 6 9

7 7 Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song” 7 5

9 8 ROLE MODEL – “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out” 8 4

36 9 The Marías – “Back To Me” 9 2

25 10 Bon Iver – “S P E Y S I D E” 10 18

12 11 Fontaines D.C. – “Bug” 11 15

14 12 Wisp – “Your face” 12 14

15 13 The Lumineers – “Same Old Song” 13 13

18 14 Magdalena Bay – “Killshot” 14 12

19 15 Balu Brigada – “So Cold” 15 11

20 16 Fontaines D.C. – “It's Amazing To Be Young” 16 8

21 17 d4vd & Kali Uchis – “Crashing” 17 7

22 18 Djo – “Delete Ya” 18 7

8 19 HAIM – “Relationships” 8 5

34 20 Djo – “Basic Being Basic” 20 4

23 21 Saga Faye – “Who are you?” 21 4

24 22 The Marías – “Heavy” 22 2

37 23 Lucy Dacus & Hozier – “Bullseye” 23 2

NE 24 Lana Del Rey – “Henry, come on” 24 1

27 25 Mk.gee – “Alesis” 25 15

16 26 Lucy Dacus – “Ankles” 16 13

17 27 The Marías – “Cariño” 16 12

28 28 almost monday – “can't slow down” 28 12

29 29 Black Country, New Road – “Besties” 24 11

30 30 Mk.gee – “ROCKMAN” 30 9

31 31 Jungle – “Keep Me Satisfied” 31 9

32 32 Lucy Dacus – “Best Guess” 32 7

33 33 Yeah Yeah Yeahs ft. Perfume Genius – “Spitting Off The Edge Of The World” 25 23

35 34 Japanese Breakfast – “Picture Window” 34 3

38 35 Wet Leg – “catch these fists” 35 2

NE 36 Gigi Perez – “Fable” 36 1

NE 37 Bon Iver ft. Danielle Haim – “If Only I Could Wait” 37 1

NE 38 Turnstile – “NEVER ENOUGH” 38 1

1 39 The Neighbourhood – “Pretty Boy” 1(×1) 21

10 40 Will Paquin – “Chandelier” 5 21

11 41 Sam Fender – “People Watching” 3 21

40 42 Mac DeMarco – “My Kind of Woman” 1(×2) 22

39 43 ROLE MODEL – “Look At That Woman” 10 22

41 44 Billie Eilish – “WILDFLOWER” 1(×1) 24

43 45 Jungle – “Let's Go Back” 11 27

44 46 Surf Curse – “Disco” 1(×4) 62

45 47 Magdalena Bay – “Image” 11 31

46 48 Jordana & TV Girl – “Better In The Dark” 1(×1) 32

47 49 Charli xcx & Billie Eilish – “Guess billie eilish” 1(×2) 33

48 50 Chappell Roan – “Pink Pony Club” 1(×1) 35

DROPOUTS:

26 -- Magdalena Bay – “Death & Romance” 25 16

42 -- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Maps” 1(×3) 23

49 -- Big Thief – “Velvet Ring” 2 34

50 -- Good Neighbours – “Home” 1(×2) 35

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