Today's Top Indie for the Week Ending January 13, 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 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 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
2 Up by 2

Better In The Dark
Jordana & TV Girl
From the album: Summer's Over
Peak
2
Weeks
18
Number
3 Up by 2

Disco
Surf Curse
From the album: Heaven Surrounds You
Peak
3
Weeks
48
Number
4 Up by 2

WILDFLOWER
Billie Eilish
From the album: HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Up by 2

Maps
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
From the album: Fever To Tell
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6 Up by 2

My Kind of Woman
Mac DeMarco
From the album: 2
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
7 Up by 13

Chandelier
Will Paquin
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8 Up by 1

Messy
Lola Young
From the album: This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 Debut

Headlock
Imogen Heap
From the album: Speak for Yourself
Peak
9
Weeks
1
Number
10 Up by 15

People Everywhere (Still Alive)
Khruangbin
From the album: The universe smiles upon you
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
11

Girls
The Dare
From the album: The Sex EP, What's Wrong With New York?
Peak
11
Weeks
19
Number
12

Beaches
beabadoobee
From the album: This Is How Tomorrow Moves
Peak
12
Weeks
19
Number
13

Are You Looking Up
Mk.gee
From the album: Two Star & the Dream Police
Peak
13
Weeks
19
Number
14

Sofa King
Royel Otis
From the album: Sofa Kings (EP)
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
15

Image
Magdalena Bay
From the album: Imaginal Disk
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
16

Talk talk featuring troye sivan
Charli xcx & Troye Sivan
From the album: Brat and it's completely different but also still brat
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
17

Let's Go Back
Jungle
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18 Up by 9

OMG
Suki Waterhouse
From the album: Memoir of a Sparklemuffin
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
19 Down by 1

Look At That Woman
ROLE MODEL
From the album: Kansas Anymore
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
20 Down by 1

Pretty Boy
The Neighbourhood
From the album: Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
21

People Watching
Sam Fender
From the album: People Watching
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
23

S P E Y S I D E
Bon Iver
From the album: SABLE,, SABLE, fABLE
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
23 Up by 1

Sadness as a Gift
Adrianne Lenker
From the album: Bright Future
Peak
23
Weeks
2
Number
24 Debut

Bug
Fontaines D.C.
From the album: Romance
Peak
24
Weeks
1
Number
25 Up by 1

Wristwatch
MJ Lenderman
From the album: Manning Fireworks
Peak
25
Weeks
14
Number
26 Up by 2

A Fragile Thing
The Cure
From the album: Songs Of A Lost World
Peak
23
Weeks
13
Number
27 Up by 2

Eusexua
FKA twigs
From the album: EUSEXUA
Peak
27
Weeks
10
Number
28 Up by 2

Like I Say (I runaway)
Nilüfer Yanya
From the album: My Method Actor
Peak
28
Weeks
10
Number
29 Up by 2

If Our Love Is Dead
Royel Otis
From the album: PRATTS & PAIN (It Ain't Over Til It Ends Edition)
Peak
29
Weeks
9
Number
30 Up by 2

Petals On The Moon
Wasia Project
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 3

Summer 2000 Baby
TV Girl & George Clanton
From the album: Fauxllennium
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 3

Caesar on a TV Screen
The Last Dinner Party
From the album: Prelude to Ecstasy
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 3

Death & Romance
Magdalena Bay
From the album: Imaginal Disk
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 3

Love Songs
Clairo
From the album: Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 3

Right Back to It
Waxahatchee featuring MJ Lenderman
From the album: Tigers Blood
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Debut

Love Me Not
Ravyn Lenae
From the album: Bird's Eye
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

Alesis
Mk.gee
From the album: Two Star & the Dream Police
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Louie
Arcy Drive
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 38

Pink Pony Club
Chappell Roan
From the album: The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
40 Down by 38

Velvet Ring
Big Thief
From the album: Masterpiece
Peak
2
Weeks
21
Number
41 Down by 31

Nobody's Soldier
Hozier
From the album: Unreal Unearth, Unaired
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
42 Down by 3

Home
Good Neighbours
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
43 Down by 3

Juna
Clairo
From the album: Charm
Peak
2
Weeks
22
Number
44 Down by 3

Oysters In My Pocket
Royel Otis
From the album: Bar & Grill
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
45 Down by 3

Waiting Room
Phoebe Bridgers
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
46 Down by 3

X's
Cigarettes After Sex
From the album: X's
Peak
10
Weeks
25
Number
47 Down by 3

Add Up My Love
Clairo
From the album: Charm
Peak
16
Weeks
26
Number
48 Down by 3

Easier Said Than Done
Thee Sacred Souls
From the album: Thee Sacred Souls
Peak
11
Weeks
27
Number
49 Down by 3

not a lot, just forever
Adrianne Lenker
From the album: songs
Peak
12
Weeks
27
Number
50 Down by 3

Blondie
Current Joys
From the album: Wild Heart
Peak
10
Weeks
28

Dropouts

Number
22 Dropout

Merry Christmas, Please Don't Call
Bleachers
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
33 Dropout

Time Shrinks
Arcy Drive
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
48 Dropout

misses
Dominic Fike
From the album: 14 minutes
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
49 Dropout

Champagne Coast
Blood Orange
From the album: Coastal Grooves
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
50 Dropout

Linger (SiriusXM Session)
Royel Otis
Peak
2
Weeks
28

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Date

January 7, 2025

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3 1 Charli xcx & Billie Eilish – “Guess billie eilish” 1(×1) 19

4 2 Jordana & TV Girl – “Better In The Dark” 2 18

5 3 Surf Curse – “Disco” 3 48

6 4 Billie Eilish – “WILDFLOWER” 4 10

7 5 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Maps” 5 10

8 6 Mac DeMarco – “My Kind of Woman” 6 8

20 7 Will Paquin – “Chandelier” 7 7

9 8 Lola Young – “Messy” 8 6

NE 9 Imogen Heap – “Headlock” 9 1

25 10 Khruangbin – “People Everywhere (Still Alive)” 10 19

11 11 The Dare – “Girls” 11 19

12 12 beabadoobee – “Beaches” 12 19

13 13 Mk.gee – “Are You Looking Up” 13 19

14 14 Royel Otis – “Sofa King” 14 18

15 15 Magdalena Bay – “Image” 15 17

16 16 Charli xcx & Troye Sivan – “Talk talk troye sivan” 9 13

17 17 Jungle – “Let's Go Back” 17 13

27 18 Suki Waterhouse – “OMG” 18 13

18 19 ROLE MODEL – “Look At That Woman” 18 8

19 20 The Neighbourhood – “Pretty Boy” 19 7

21 21 Sam Fender – “People Watching” 21 7

23 23 Bon Iver – “S P E Y S I D E” 23 4

24 23 Adrianne Lenker – “Sadness as a Gift” 23 2

NE 24 Fontaines D.C. – “Bug” 24 1

26 25 MJ Lenderman – “Wristwatch” 25 14

28 26 The Cure – “A Fragile Thing” 23 13

29 27 FKA twigs – “Eusexua” 27 10

30 28 Nilüfer Yanya – “Like I Say (I runaway)” 28 10

31 29 Royel Otis – “If Our Love Is Dead” 29 9

32 30 Wasia Project – “Petals On The Moon” 30 8

34 31 TV Girl & George Clanton – “Summer 2000 Baby” 31 5

35 32 The Last Dinner Party – “Caesar on a TV Screen” 32 4

36 33 Magdalena Bay – “Death & Romance” 33 3

37 34 Clairo – “Love Songs” 34 3

38 35 Waxahatchee ft. MJ Lenderman – “Right Back to It” 35 2

NE 36 Ravyn Lenae – “Love Me Not” 36 1

NE 37 Mk.gee – “Alesis” 37 1

NE 38 Arcy Drive – “Louie” 38 1

1 39 Chappell Roan – “Pink Pony Club” 1(×1) 21

2 40 Big Thief – “Velvet Ring” 2 21

10 41 Hozier – “Nobody's Soldier” 10 21

39 42 Good Neighbours – “Home” 1(×2) 22

40 43 Clairo – “Juna” 2 22

41 44 Royel Otis – “Oysters In My Pocket” 1(×1) 24

42 45 Phoebe Bridgers – “Waiting Room” 1(×3) 25

43 46 Cigarettes After Sex – “X's” 10 25

44 47 Clairo – “Add Up My Love” 16 26

45 48 Thee Sacred Souls – “Easier Said Than Done” 11 27

46 49 Adrianne Lenker – “not a lot, just forever” 12 27

47 50 Current Joys – “Blondie” 10 28

DROPOUTS:

22 -- Bleachers – “Merry Christmas, Please Don't Call” 22 5

33 -- Arcy Drive – “Time Shrinks” 33 4

48 -- Dominic Fike – “misses” 1(×1) 27

49 -- Blood Orange – “Champagne Coast” 1(×1) 28

50 -- Royel Otis – “Linger (SiriusXM Session)” 2 28

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