Today's Top Indie for the Week Ending February 24, 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

Disco
Surf Curse
From the album: Heaven Surrounds You
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
54
Number
2

WILDFLOWER
Billie Eilish
From the album: HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
3

Maps
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
From the album: Fever To Tell
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
4

My Kind of Woman
Mac DeMarco
From the album: 2
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Up by 10

People Watching
Sam Fender
From the album: People Watching
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6

Messy
Lola Young
From the album: This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
7

Headlock
Imogen Heap
From the album: Speak for Yourself
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8

Love Me Not
Ravyn Lenae
From the album: Bird's Eye
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9

Real Man
beabadoobee
From the album: This Is How Tomorrow Moves
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10

Talk talk featuring troye sivan
Charli xcx featuring Troye Sivan
From the album: Brat and it's completely different but also still brat
Peak
9
Weeks
19
Number
11

Let's Go Back
Jungle
Peak
11
Weeks
19
Number
12

Eusexua
FKA twigs
From the album: EUSEXUA
Peak
12
Weeks
16
Number
13

Look At That Woman
ROLE MODEL
From the album: Kansas Anymore
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
14

Pretty Boy
The Neighbourhood
From the album: Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones
Peak
14
Weeks
13
Number
15 Down by 10

Chandelier
Will Paquin
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
16

S P E Y S I D E
Bon Iver
From the album: SABLE,, SABLE, fABLE
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17

Bug
Fontaines D.C.
From the album: Romance
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18

No Other Heart
Mac DeMarco
From the album: Another One
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19

Your face
Wisp
From the album: Pandora
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20

Same Old Song
The Lumineers
From the album: Automatic
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21

Ankles
Lucy Dacus
From the album: Forever Is a Feeling
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22

Killshot
Magdalena Bay
From the album: A Little Rhythm and a Wicked Feeling
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23

Cariño
The Marías
From the album: Superclean, Vol. II
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Up by 13

So Cold
Balu Brigada
From the album: Portal
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
25 Up by 1

OMG
Suki Waterhouse
From the album: Memoir of a Sparklemuffin
Peak
17
Weeks
19
Number
26 Down by 1

A Fragile Thing
The Cure
From the album: Songs Of A Lost World
Peak
23
Weeks
19
Number
27

If Our Love Is Dead
Royel Otis
From the album: PRATTS & PAIN (It Ain't Over Til It Ends Edition)
Peak
27
Weeks
15
Number
28

Death & Romance
Magdalena Bay
From the album: Imaginal Disk
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
29

Love Songs
Clairo
From the album: Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan
Peak
29
Weeks
9
Number
30

Right Back to It
Waxahatchee featuring MJ Lenderman
From the album: Tigers Blood
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 1

Alesis
Mk.gee
From the album: Two Star & the Dream Police
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32 Up by 2

Orlando in Love
Japanese Breakfast
From the album: For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Up by 3

can't slow down
almost monday
From the album: DIVE
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Down by 10

Besties
Black Country, New Road
From the album: Forever Howlong
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 3

Sanctuary
Tamino featuring Mitski
From the album: Every Dawn's a Mountain
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Debut

forwards beckon rebound
Adrianne Lenker
From the album: songs
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

ROCKMAN
Mk.gee
From the album: ROCKMAN
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Keep Me Satisfied
Jungle
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39

Favourite
Fontaines D.C.
From the album: Romance
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
40

Image
Magdalena Bay
From the album: Imaginal Disk
Peak
11
Weeks
23
Number
41

Better In The Dark
Jordana & TV Girl
From the album: Summer's Over
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
42

Guess featuring billie eilish
Charli xcx featuring Billie Eilish
From the album: Brat and it's completely different but also still brat
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
43

Pink Pony Club
Chappell Roan
From the album: The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
44

Velvet Ring
Big Thief
From the album: Masterpiece
Peak
2
Weeks
27
Number
45

Home
Good Neighbours
From the album: Good Neighbours - EP, Blue Sky Mentality
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
46

Juna
Clairo
From the album: Charm
Peak
2
Weeks
28
Number
47

Oysters In My Pocket
Royel Otis
From the album: Bar & Grill
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
48

Waiting Room
Phoebe Bridgers
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
49

Easier Said Than Done
Thee Sacred Souls
From the album: Thee Sacred Souls
Peak
11
Weeks
33
Number
50

Blondie
Current Joys
From the album: Wild Heart
Peak
10
Weeks
34

Dropouts

Number
31 Dropout

Sadness as a Gift
Adrianne Lenker
From the album: Bright Future
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
33 Dropout

Louie
Arcy Drive
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
35 Dropout

Audacious
Franz Ferdinand
From the album: The Human Fear
Peak
35
Weeks
4

A chart by

Date

February 18, 2025

Songs

50

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1 1 Surf Curse – "Disco" 1(×4) 54

2 2 Billie Eilish – "WILDFLOWER" 2 16

3 3 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Maps" 3 16

4 4 Mac DeMarco – "My Kind of Woman" 4 14

15 5 Sam Fender – "People Watching" 5 13

6 6 Lola Young – "Messy" 6 12

7 7 Imogen Heap – "Headlock" 7 7

8 8 Ravyn Lenae – "Love Me Not" 8 7

9 9 beabadoobee – "Real Man" 9 5

10 10 Charli xcx ft. Troye Sivan – "Talk talk troye sivan" 9 19

11 11 Jungle – "Let's Go Back" 11 19

12 12 FKA twigs – "Eusexua" 12 16

13 13 ROLE MODEL – "Look At That Woman" 13 14

14 14 The Neighbourhood – "Pretty Boy" 14 13

5 15 Will Paquin – "Chandelier" 5 13

16 16 Bon Iver – "S P E Y S I D E" 16 10

17 17 Fontaines D.C. – "Bug" 17 7

18 18 Mac DeMarco – "No Other Heart" 18 6

19 19 Wisp – "Your face" 19 6

20 20 The Lumineers – "Same Old Song" 20 5

21 21 Lucy Dacus – "Ankles" 21 5

22 22 Magdalena Bay – "Killshot" 22 4

23 23 The Marías – "Cariño" 23 4

37 24 Balu Brigada – "So Cold" 24 3

26 25 Suki Waterhouse – "OMG" 17 19

25 26 The Cure – "A Fragile Thing" 23 19

27 27 Royel Otis – "If Our Love Is Dead" 27 15

28 28 Magdalena Bay – "Death & Romance" 28 9

29 29 Clairo – "Love Songs" 29 9

30 30 Waxahatchee ft. MJ Lenderman – "Right Back to It" 30 8

32 31 Mk.gee – "Alesis" 31 7

34 32 Japanese Breakfast – "Orlando in Love" 32 6

36 33 almost monday – "can't slow down" 33 4

24 34 Black Country, New Road – "Besties" 24 3

38 35 Tamino ft. Mitski – "Sanctuary" 35 2

NE 36 Adrianne Lenker – "forwards beckon rebound" 36 1

NE 37 Mk.gee – "ROCKMAN" 37 1

NE 38 Jungle – "Keep Me Satisfied" 38 1

39 39 Fontaines D.C. – "Favourite" 10 20

40 40 Magdalena Bay – "Image" 11 23

41 41 Jordana & TV Girl – "Better In The Dark" 1(×1) 24

42 42 Charli xcx ft. Billie Eilish – "Guess billie eilish" 1(×2) 25

43 43 Chappell Roan – "Pink Pony Club" 1(×1) 27

44 44 Big Thief – "Velvet Ring" 2 27

45 45 Good Neighbours – "Home" 1(×2) 28

46 46 Clairo – "Juna" 2 28

47 47 Royel Otis – "Oysters In My Pocket" 1(×1) 30

48 48 Phoebe Bridgers – "Waiting Room" 1(×3) 31

49 49 Thee Sacred Souls – "Easier Said Than Done" 11 33

50 50 Current Joys – "Blondie" 10 34

DROPOUTS:

31 -- Adrianne Lenker – "Sadness as a Gift" 23 7

33 -- Arcy Drive – "Louie" 33 6

35 -- Franz Ferdinand – "Audacious" 35 4

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