Today's Top Indie for the Week Ending August 12, 2025

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Number
1 Up by 1

Fable
Gigi Perez
From the album: At The Beach, In Every Life
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
2 Up by 11

NEVER ENOUGH
Turnstile
From the album: NEVER ENOUGH
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
3

What Was That
Lorde
From the album: Virgin
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
4

back to friends
sombr
From the album: I Barely Know Her
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5

Spring Into Summer
Lizzy McAlpine
From the album: Older (and Wiser)
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
6 Up by 1

One Thing
Lola Young
From the album: I'm Only F**king Myself
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7 Up by 1

Car
Royel Otis
From the album: hickey
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8 Up by 10

mangetout
Wet Leg
From the album: moisturizer
Peak
8
Weeks
4
Number
9

Rein Me In
Sam Fender & Olivia Dean
From the album: People Watching
Peak
9
Weeks
3
Number
10

Relationships
HAIM
From the album: I quit
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
11

Basic Being Basic
Djo
From the album: The Crux
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
12 Down by 11

Heavy
The Marías
From the album: CINEMA
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
13 Down by 1

Back to Me
The Marías
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
14 Down by 8

undressed
sombr
From the album: I Barely Know Her
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
15 Down by 1

Kids
Current Joys
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
16 Down by 1

moody
Royel Otis
From the album: hickey
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
17 Down by 1

Please Be Rude
Gigi Perez
From the album: At The Beach, In Every Life
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
18 Down by 1

Backseat
Balu Brigada
From the album: Portal
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
19

Shapeshifter
Lorde
From the album: Virgin
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20

Cross Your Mind
Shelly
From the album: Shelly 2
Peak
20
Weeks
3
Number
21

Fuck Me Eyes
Ethel Cain
From the album: Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
22

Bag of Bones
Lord Huron
From the album: The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1
Peak
22
Weeks
3
Number
23

This is the Killer Speaking
The Last Dinner Party
From the album: From the Pyre
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24

Mind Loaded
Blood Orange featuring Caroline Polachek, Lorde, & Mustafa
From the album: Essex Honey
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25

Who are you?
Saga Faye
Peak
12
Weeks
20
Number
26

Bloom Baby Bloom
Wolf Alice
From the album: The Clearing
Peak
18
Weeks
11
Number
27 Up by 1

Seein' Stars
Turnstile
From the album: NEVER ENOUGH
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
28 Up by 1

Incomprehensible
Big Thief
From the album: Double Infinity
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
29 Up by 1

Afterlife
Alex G
From the album: Headlights
Peak
29
Weeks
8
Number
30 Up by 3

In The Middle
Mt. Joy featuring Gigi Perez
From the album: Hope We Have Fun
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 3

Whateverrrr
Spacey Jane
From the album: If That Makes Sense
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 3

Geezer
Kevin Abstract & Dominic Fike
From the album: Blush
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 3

Taxes
Geese
From the album: Getting Killed
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Re-Entry

Crush
Ethel Cain
From the album: Inbred
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 2

davina mccall
Wet Leg
From the album: moisturizer
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 2

Man On A Mission
The Black Keys
From the album: No Rain, No Flowers
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

Glum
Hayley Williams
From the album: Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

How To Live
Del Water Gap
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39

I Love You
Fontaines D.C.
From the album: Skinty Fia
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
40

Sally, When the Wine Runs Out
ROLE MODEL
From the album: Kansas Anymore
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
41

Sailor Song
Gigi Perez
From the album: At The Beach, In Every Life
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
42

forwards beckon rebound
Adrianne Lenker
From the album: songs
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
43

So Cold
Balu Brigada
From the album: Portal
Peak
10
Weeks
27
Number
44

Cariño
The Marías
From the album: Superclean, Vol. II
Peak
16
Weeks
28
Number
45

Killshot
Magdalena Bay
From the album: A Little Rhythm and a Wicked Feeling
Peak
10
Weeks
28
Number
46

can't slow down
almost monday
From the album: DIVE
Peak
11
Weeks
28
Number
47

Real Man
beabadoobee
From the album: This Is How Tomorrow Moves
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
48

No Other Heart
Mac DeMarco
From the album: Another One
Peak
3
Weeks
30
Number
49

Your face
Wisp
From the album: Pandora
Peak
10
Weeks
30
Number
50

Love Me Not
Ravyn Lenae
From the album: Bird's Eye
Peak
2
Weeks
30

Dropouts

Number
27 Dropout

Nettles
Ethel Cain
From the album: Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
31 Dropout

My Baby (Got Nothing At All)
Japanese Breakfast
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Dropout

Asshole
The Lumineers
From the album: Automatic
Peak
32
Weeks
4

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2 1 Gigi Perez – “Fable” 1(×1) 17

13 2 Turnstile – “NEVER ENOUGH” 2 17

3 3 Lorde – “What Was That” 3 16

4 4 sombr – “back to friends” 4 14

5 5 Lizzy McAlpine – “Spring Into Summer” 5 14

7 6 Lola Young – “One Thing” 6 11

8 7 Royel Otis – “Car” 7 6

18 8 Wet Leg – “mangetout” 8 4

9 9 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean – “Rein Me In” 9 3

10 10 HAIM – “Relationships” 8 21

11 11 Djo – “Basic Being Basic” 11 20

1 12 The Marías – “Heavy” 1(×1) 18

12 13 The Marías – “Back to Me” 8 18

6 14 sombr – “undressed” 6 13

14 15 Current Joys – “Kids” 7 13

15 16 Royel Otis – “moody” 15 12

16 17 Gigi Perez – “Please Be Rude” 16 9

17 18 Balu Brigada – “Backseat” 17 8

19 19 Lorde – “Shapeshifter” 19 3

20 20 Shelly – “Cross Your Mind” 20 3

21 21 Ethel Cain – “Fuck Me Eyes” 21 3

22 22 Lord Huron – “Bag of Bones” 22 3

23 23 The Last Dinner Party – “This is the Killer Speaking” 23 3

24 24 Blood Orange ft. Caroline Polachek, Lorde, & Mustafa – “Mind Loaded” 24 2

25 25 Saga Faye – “Who are you?” 12 20

26 26 Wolf Alice – “Bloom Baby Bloom” 18 11

28 27 Turnstile – “Seein' Stars” 20 9

29 28 Big Thief – “Incomprehensible” 20 9

30 29 Alex G – “Afterlife” 29 8

33 30 Mt. Joy ft. Gigi Perez – “In The Middle” 30 5

34 31 Spacey Jane – “Whateverrrr” 31 5

35 32 Kevin Abstract & Dominic Fike – “Geezer” 19 4

36 33 Geese – “Taxes” 33 4

RE 34 Ethel Cain – “Crush” 23 3

37 35 Wet Leg – “davina mccall” 35 3

38 36 The Black Keys – “Man On A Mission” 36 2

NE 37 Hayley Williams – “Glum” 37 1

NE 38 Del Water Gap – “How To Live” 38 1

39 39 Fontaines D.C. – “I Love You” 16 11

40 40 ROLE MODEL – “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out” 1(×5) 20

41 41 Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song” 3 21

42 42 Adrianne Lenker – “forwards beckon rebound” 1(×2) 25

43 43 Balu Brigada – “So Cold” 10 27

44 44 The Marías – “Cariño” 16 28

45 45 Magdalena Bay – “Killshot” 10 28

46 46 almost monday – “can't slow down” 11 28

47 47 beabadoobee – “Real Man” 1(×2) 29

48 48 Mac DeMarco – “No Other Heart” 3 30

49 49 Wisp – “Your face” 10 30

50 50 Ravyn Lenae – “Love Me Not” 2 30

DROPOUTS:

27 -- Ethel Cain – “Nettles” 9 8

31 -- Japanese Breakfast – “My Baby (Got Nothing At All)” 31 5

32 -- The Lumineers – “Asshole” 32 4

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