Today's Top Indie for the Week Ending January 20, 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

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
20
Number
2

Better In The Dark
Jordana & TV Girl
From the album: Summer's Over
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
3

Disco
Surf Curse
From the album: Heaven Surrounds You
Peak
3
Weeks
49
Number
4

WILDFLOWER
Billie Eilish
From the album: HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5

Maps
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
From the album: Fever To Tell
Peak
5
Weeks
11
Number
6

My Kind of Woman
Mac DeMarco
From the album: 2
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7

Chandelier
Will Paquin
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
8

Messy
Lola Young
From the album: This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9

Headlock
Imogen Heap
From the album: Speak for Yourself
Peak
9
Weeks
2
Number
10 Up by 1

Girls
The Dare
From the album: The Sex EP, What's Wrong With New York?
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
11 Up by 1

Beaches
beabadoobee
From the album: This Is How Tomorrow Moves
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
12 Up by 1

Are You Looking Up
Mk.gee
From the album: Two Star & the Dream Police
Peak
12
Weeks
20
Number
13 Up by 1

Sofa King
Royel Otis
From the album: Sofa Kings (EP), PRATTS & PAIN (It Ain't Over Til It Ends Edition)
Peak
13
Weeks
19
Number
14 Up by 1

Image
Magdalena Bay
From the album: Imaginal Disk
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
15 Up by 1

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
14
Number
16 Up by 1

Let's Go Back
Jungle
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
17 Up by 1

OMG
Suki Waterhouse
From the album: Memoir of a Sparklemuffin
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
18 Up by 1

Look At That Woman
ROLE MODEL
From the album: Kansas Anymore
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Up by 1

Pretty Boy
The Neighbourhood
From the album: Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20 Up by 1

People Watching
Sam Fender
From the album: People Watching
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Up by 2

S P E Y S I D E
Bon Iver
From the album: SABLE,, SABLE, fABLE
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Up by 2

Bug
Fontaines D.C.
From the album: Romance
Peak
22
Weeks
2
Number
23 Debut

No Other Heart
Mac DeMarco
From the album: Another One
Peak
23
Weeks
1
Number
24 Debut

Your face
Wisp
From the album: Pandora
Peak
24
Weeks
1
Number
25 Down by 15

People Everywhere (Still Alive)
Khruangbin
From the album: The universe smiles upon you
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
26 Down by 1

Wristwatch
MJ Lenderman
From the album: Manning Fireworks
Peak
25
Weeks
15
Number
27 Down by 1

A Fragile Thing
The Cure
From the album: Songs Of A Lost World
Peak
23
Weeks
14
Number
28 Down by 1

Eusexua
FKA twigs
From the album: EUSEXUA
Peak
27
Weeks
11
Number
29 Down by 1

Like I Say (I runaway)
Nilüfer Yanya
From the album: My Method Actor
Peak
28
Weeks
11
Number
30 Down by 1

If Our Love Is Dead
Royel Otis
From the album: PRATTS & PAIN (It Ain't Over Til It Ends Edition)
Peak
29
Weeks
10
Number
31 Up by 2

Death & Romance
Magdalena Bay
From the album: Imaginal Disk
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 2

Love Songs
Clairo
From the album: Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 2

Right Back to It
Waxahatchee featuring MJ Lenderman
From the album: Tigers Blood
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 11

Sadness as a Gift
Adrianne Lenker
From the album: Bright Future
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 2

Love Me Not
Ravyn Lenae
From the album: Bird's Eye
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 2

Alesis
Mk.gee
From the album: Two Star & the Dream Police
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 2

Louie
Arcy Drive
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Orlando in Love
Japanese Breakfast
From the album: For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39

Pink Pony Club
Chappell Roan
From the album: The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
40

Velvet Ring
Big Thief
From the album: Masterpiece
Peak
2
Weeks
22
Number
41

Nobody's Soldier
Hozier
From the album: Unreal Unearth, Unaired
Peak
10
Weeks
22
Number
42

Home
Good Neighbours
From the album: Good Neighbours - EP, Blue Sky Mentality
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
43

Juna
Clairo
From the album: Charm
Peak
2
Weeks
23
Number
44

Oysters In My Pocket
Royel Otis
From the album: Bar & Grill
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
45

Waiting Room
Phoebe Bridgers
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
46

X's
Cigarettes After Sex
From the album: X's
Peak
10
Weeks
26
Number
47

Add Up My Love
Clairo
From the album: Charm
Peak
16
Weeks
27
Number
48

Easier Said Than Done
Thee Sacred Souls
From the album: Thee Sacred Souls
Peak
11
Weeks
28
Number
49

not a lot, just forever
Adrianne Lenker
From the album: songs
Peak
12
Weeks
28
Number
50

Blondie
Current Joys
From the album: Wild Heart
Peak
10
Weeks
29

Dropouts

Number
30 Dropout

Petals On The Moon
Wasia Project
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Dropout

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

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

A chart by

Date

January 14, 2025

Songs

50

https://www.crownnote.com/charts/wbru/todays-top-indie-for-the-week-ending-january-20-2025

1 1 Charli xcx ft. Billie Eilish – "Guess billie eilish" 1(×2) 20

2 2 Jordana & TV Girl – "Better In The Dark" 2 19

3 3 Surf Curse – "Disco" 3 49

4 4 Billie Eilish – "WILDFLOWER" 4 11

5 5 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Maps" 5 11

6 6 Mac DeMarco – "My Kind of Woman" 6 9

7 7 Will Paquin – "Chandelier" 7 8

8 8 Lola Young – "Messy" 8 7

9 9 Imogen Heap – "Headlock" 9 2

11 10 The Dare – "Girls" 10 20

12 11 beabadoobee – "Beaches" 11 20

13 12 Mk.gee – "Are You Looking Up" 12 20

14 13 Royel Otis – "Sofa King" 13 19

15 14 Magdalena Bay – "Image" 14 18

16 15 Charli xcx ft. Troye Sivan – "Talk talk troye sivan" 9 14

17 16 Jungle – "Let's Go Back" 16 14

18 17 Suki Waterhouse – "OMG" 17 14

19 18 ROLE MODEL – "Look At That Woman" 18 9

20 19 The Neighbourhood – "Pretty Boy" 19 8

21 20 Sam Fender – "People Watching" 20 8

23 21 Bon Iver – "S P E Y S I D E" 21 5

24 22 Fontaines D.C. – "Bug" 22 2

NE 23 Mac DeMarco – "No Other Heart" 23 1

NE 24 Wisp – "Your face" 24 1

10 25 Khruangbin – "People Everywhere (Still Alive)" 10 20

25 26 MJ Lenderman – "Wristwatch" 25 15

26 27 The Cure – "A Fragile Thing" 23 14

27 28 FKA twigs – "Eusexua" 27 11

28 29 Nilüfer Yanya – "Like I Say (I runaway)" 28 11

29 30 Royel Otis – "If Our Love Is Dead" 29 10

33 31 Magdalena Bay – "Death & Romance" 31 4

34 32 Clairo – "Love Songs" 32 4

35 33 Waxahatchee ft. MJ Lenderman – "Right Back to It" 33 3

23 34 Adrianne Lenker – "Sadness as a Gift" 23 3

36 34 Ravyn Lenae – "Love Me Not" 34 2

37 35 Mk.gee – "Alesis" 35 2

38 36 Arcy Drive – "Louie" 36 2

NE 38 Japanese Breakfast – "Orlando in Love" 38 1

39 39 Chappell Roan – "Pink Pony Club" 1(×1) 22

40 40 Big Thief – "Velvet Ring" 2 22

41 41 Hozier – "Nobody's Soldier" 10 22

42 42 Good Neighbours – "Home" 1(×2) 23

43 43 Clairo – "Juna" 2 23

44 44 Royel Otis – "Oysters In My Pocket" 1(×1) 25

45 45 Phoebe Bridgers – "Waiting Room" 1(×3) 26

46 46 Cigarettes After Sex – "X's" 10 26

47 47 Clairo – "Add Up My Love" 16 27

48 48 Thee Sacred Souls – "Easier Said Than Done" 11 28

49 49 Adrianne Lenker – "not a lot, just forever" 12 28

50 50 Current Joys – "Blondie" 10 29

DROPOUTS:

30 -- Wasia Project – "Petals On The Moon" 30 8

31 -- TV Girl & George Clanton – "Summer 2000 Baby" 31 5

32 -- The Last Dinner Party – "Caesar on a TV Screen" 32 4

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