Today's Top Indie for the Week Ending August 21, 2023

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

It's Called: Freefall
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
From the album: How to: Friend, Love, Freefall
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
2 Up by 1

Cool About It
boygenius
From the album: the record
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
3 Up by 1

YKWIM?
Yot Club
From the album: Bipolar
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
4 Up by 1

Say Yes To Heaven
Lana Del Rey
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5 Up by 1

Mona Lisa
Dominic Fike
From the album: Sunburn
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6 Up by 1

Dial Drunk
Noah Kahan
From the album: Stick Season
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7 Up by 1

Christmas Kids
Roar
From the album: I Can't Handle Change
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8 Up by 1

Infrunami
Steve Lacy
From the album: The Lo-Fis
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
9 Up by 14

I Know You
Faye Webster
From the album: Faye Webster
Peak
9
Weeks
3
Number
10 Up by 30

Eat Your Young
Hozier
From the album: Unreal Unearth
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
11 Up by 15

Running Out of Time
Paramore
From the album: This Is Why
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
12 Down by 2

Living In A Haze
Milky Chance
From the album: Living In A Haze
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
13 Down by 11

Blue Hair
TV Girl
From the album: Death of a Party Girl
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
13 Down by 2

Homesick
Noah Kahan
From the album: Stick Season
Peak
11
Weeks
17
Number
15 Down by 3

Mary
Alex G
From the album: Trick
Peak
12
Weeks
16
Number
16 Down by 3

No More Lies
Thundercat & Tame Impala
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
17 Down by 3

Cry
Cigarettes After Sex
From the album: Cry
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
18 Down by 3

Babydoll
Dominic Fike
From the album: Don't Forget About Me, Demos
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
19 Down by 3

Stuck
Thirty Seconds to Mars
From the album: It’s The End Of The World But It’s A Beautiful Day
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
20

Some
Steve Lacy
From the album: Steve Lacy's Demo
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Down by 2

Radio
Lana Del Rey
From the album: Born To Die
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
22 Down by 1

Young
Vacations
From the album: Vibes
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
23 Down by 1

the way things go
beabadoobee
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
24

Mrs Magic
Strawberry Guy
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Up by 2

True Blue
boygenius
From the album: the record
Peak
22
Weeks
13
Number
26 Up by 2

The Alcott
The National & Taylor Swift
From the album: First Two Pages of Frankenstein
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
27 Down by 10

The Narcissist
Blur
From the album: The Ballad of Darren
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
28 Down by 10

Would That I
Hozier
From the album: Wasteland, Baby!
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
29 Up by 1

Nothing Matters
The Last Dinner Party
From the album: Prelude to Ecstasy
Peak
29
Weeks
10
Number
30 Up by 1

Let the Light In
Lana Del Rey featuring Father John Misty
From the album: Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
31 Up by 1

Candle Flame
Jungle featuring Erick the Architect
From the album: VOLCANO
Peak
31
Weeks
8
Number
32 Up by 2

Overcome
Nothing But Thieves
From the album: Dead Club City
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 2

What Was I Made For?
Billie Eilish
From the album: Barbie: The Album
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 2

Bug Like An Angel
Mitski
From the album: The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 2

Vampire Empire
Big Thief
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 2

Touching Yourself
The Japanese House
From the album: In the End It Always Does
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

I Can't Handle Change
Roar
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Moonlight On The River
Mac DeMarco
From the album: This Old Dog
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39

Treehouse
Alex G & Emily Yacina
Peak
11
Weeks
17
Number
40 Up by 1

Cigarettes out the Window
TV Girl
From the album: Who Really Cares
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
41 Up by 2

TV
Billie Eilish
From the album: Guitar Songs
Peak
10
Weeks
24
Number
42

Not Strong Enough
boygenius
From the album: the record
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
43 Up by 1

glue song
beabadoobee
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
44 Up by 1

A&W
Lana Del Rey
From the album: Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
Peak
3
Weeks
27
Number
45 Up by 1

i was all over her
salvia palth
From the album: melanchole
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
46 Up by 1

i walk this earth all by myself
EKKSTACY
From the album: NEGATIVE
Peak
2
Weeks
30
Number
47 Up by 1

Stick Season
Noah Kahan
From the album: Stick Season
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
48 Up by 1

Sunsetz
Cigarettes After Sex
From the album: Cigarettes After Sex
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
33
Number
49 Up by 1

C U Girl
Steve Lacy
Peak
10
Weeks
33
Number
50 Re-Entry

Scott Street
Phoebe Bridgers
From the album: Stranger in the Alps
Peak
3
Weeks
32

Dropouts

Number
25 Dropout

Hollywood Baby
100 gecs
From the album: 10000 gecs
Peak
25
Weeks
20
Number
29 Dropout

Francesca
Hozier
From the album: Unreal Unearth
Peak
29
Weeks
11
Number
33 Dropout

20191009 I Like Her
Mac DeMarco
From the album: One Wayne G
Peak
24
Weeks
6

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Date

August 15, 2023

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1 1 Rainbow Kitten Surprise – “It's Called: Freefall” 1(×2) 18

3 2 boygenius – “Cool About It” 2 16

4 3 Yot Club – “YKWIM?” 3 14

5 4 Lana Del Rey – “Say Yes To Heaven” 4 13

6 5 Dominic Fike – “Mona Lisa” 5 10

7 6 Noah Kahan – “Dial Drunk” 6 10

8 7 Roar – “Christmas Kids” 7 6

9 8 Steve Lacy – “Infrunami” 8 5

23 9 Faye Webster – “I Know You” 9 3

40 10 Hozier – “Eat Your Young” 1(×1) 20

26 11 Paramore – “Running Out of Time” 11 20

10 12 Milky Chance – “Living In A Haze” 10 19

2 13 TV Girl – “Blue Hair” 2 17

11 13 Noah Kahan – “Homesick” 11 17

12 15 Alex G – “Mary” 12 16

13 16 Thundercat & Tame Impala – “No More Lies” 13 16

14 17 Cigarettes After Sex – “Cry” 6 13

15 18 Dominic Fike – “Babydoll” 7 13

16 19 Thirty Seconds to Mars – “Stuck” 16 11

20 20 Steve Lacy – “Some” 20 9

19 21 Lana Del Rey – “Radio” 19 6

21 22 Vacations – “Young” 21 4

22 23 beabadoobee – “the way things go” 22 4

24 24 Strawberry Guy – “Mrs Magic” 24 2

27 25 boygenius – “True Blue” 22 13

28 26 The National & Taylor Swift – “The Alcott” 16 15

17 27 Blur – “The Narcissist” 17 11

18 28 Hozier – “Would That I” 18 10

30 29 The Last Dinner Party – “Nothing Matters” 29 10

31 30 Lana Del Rey ft. Father John Misty – “Let the Light In” 30 9

32 31 Jungle ft. Erick the Architect – “Candle Flame” 31 8

34 32 Nothing But Thieves – “Overcome” 32 5

35 33 Billie Eilish – “What Was I Made For?” 33 3

36 34 Mitski – “Bug Like An Angel” 34 3

37 35 Big Thief – “Vampire Empire” 35 3

38 36 The Japanese House – “Touching Yourself” 36 2

NE 37 Roar – “I Can't Handle Change” 37 1

NE 38 Mac DeMarco – “Moonlight On The River” 38 1

39 39 Alex G & Emily Yacina – “Treehouse” 11 17

41 40 TV Girl – “Cigarettes out the Window” 1(×1) 23

43 41 Billie Eilish – “TV” 10 24

42 42 boygenius – “Not Strong Enough” 1(×2) 24

44 43 beabadoobee – “glue song” 1(×2) 26

45 44 Lana Del Rey – “A&W” 3 27

46 45 salvia palth – “i was all over her” 1(×3) 28

47 46 EKKSTACY – “i walk this earth all by myself” 2 30

48 47 Noah Kahan – “Stick Season” 1(×2) 31

49 48 Cigarettes After Sex – “Sunsetz” 1(×1) 33

50 49 Steve Lacy – “C U Girl” 10 33

RE 50 Phoebe Bridgers – “Scott Street” 3 32

DROPOUTS:

25 -- 100 gecs – “Hollywood Baby” 25 20

29 -- Hozier – “Francesca” 29 11

33 -- Mac DeMarco – “20191009 I Like Her” 24 6

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