Today's Top Indie for the Week Ending January 27, 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 1

Better In The Dark
Jordana & TV Girl
From the album: Summer's Over
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
2 Up by 1

Disco
Surf Curse
From the album: Heaven Surrounds You
Peak
2
Weeks
50
Number
3 Up by 1

WILDFLOWER
Billie Eilish
From the album: HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
4 Up by 1

Maps
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
From the album: Fever To Tell
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5 Up by 1

My Kind of Woman
Mac DeMarco
From the album: 2
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6 Up by 1

Chandelier
Will Paquin
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7 Up by 1

Messy
Lola Young
From the album: This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
8 Up by 1

Headlock
Imogen Heap
From the album: Speak for Yourself
Peak
8
Weeks
3
Number
9 Debut

Real Man
beabadoobee
From the album: This Is How Tomorrow Moves
Peak
9
Weeks
1
Number
10 Up by 2

Are You Looking Up
Mk.gee
From the album: Two Star & the Dream Police
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
11 Up by 2

Sofa King
Royel Otis
From the album: Sofa Kings (EP), PRATTS & PAIN (It Ain't Over Til It Ends Edition)
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
12 Up by 2

Image
Magdalena Bay
From the album: Imaginal Disk
Peak
12
Weeks
19
Number
13 Up by 2

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
15
Number
14 Up by 2

Let's Go Back
Jungle
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
15 Up by 3

Look At That Woman
ROLE MODEL
From the album: Kansas Anymore
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16 Up by 3

Pretty Boy
The Neighbourhood
From the album: Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Up by 3

People Watching
Sam Fender
From the album: People Watching
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Up by 3

S P E Y S I D E
Bon Iver
From the album: SABLE,, SABLE, fABLE
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19 Up by 3

Bug
Fontaines D.C.
From the album: Romance
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20 Up by 14

Love Me Not
Ravyn Lenae
From the album: Bird's Eye
Peak
20
Weeks
3
Number
21 Up by 2

No Other Heart
Mac DeMarco
From the album: Another One
Peak
21
Weeks
2
Number
22 Up by 2

Your face
Wisp
From the album: Pandora
Peak
22
Weeks
2
Number
23 Debut

Same Old Song
The Lumineers
From the album: Automatic
Peak
23
Weeks
1
Number
24 Debut

Ankles
Lucy Dacus
From the album: Forever Is a Feeling
Peak
24
Weeks
1
Number
25

People Everywhere (Still Alive)
Khruangbin
From the album: The universe smiles upon you
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
26

Wristwatch
MJ Lenderman
From the album: Manning Fireworks
Peak
25
Weeks
16
Number
27

A Fragile Thing
The Cure
From the album: Songs Of A Lost World
Peak
23
Weeks
15
Number
28 Down by 11

OMG
Suki Waterhouse
From the album: Memoir of a Sparklemuffin
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
29 Down by 1

Eusexua
FKA twigs
From the album: EUSEXUA
Peak
27
Weeks
12
Number
30

If Our Love Is Dead
Royel Otis
From the album: PRATTS & PAIN (It Ain't Over Til It Ends Edition)
Peak
29
Weeks
11
Number
31

Death & Romance
Magdalena Bay
From the album: Imaginal Disk
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32

Love Songs
Clairo
From the album: Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33

Right Back to It
Waxahatchee featuring MJ Lenderman
From the album: Tigers Blood
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34

Sadness as a Gift
Adrianne Lenker
From the album: Bright Future
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
35

Alesis
Mk.gee
From the album: Two Star & the Dream Police
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36

Louie
Arcy Drive
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 1

Orlando in Love
Japanese Breakfast
From the album: For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Audacious
Franz Ferdinand
From the album: The Human Fear
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 38

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
21
Number
40 Down by 30

Girls
The Dare
From the album: The Sex EP, What's Wrong With New York?
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
41 Down by 2

Pink Pony Club
Chappell Roan
From the album: The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
42 Down by 2

Velvet Ring
Big Thief
From the album: Masterpiece
Peak
2
Weeks
23
Number
43 Down by 2

Nobody's Soldier
Hozier
From the album: Unreal Unearth, Unaired
Peak
10
Weeks
23
Number
44 Down by 2

Home
Good Neighbours
From the album: Good Neighbours - EP, Blue Sky Mentality
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
45 Down by 2

Juna
Clairo
From the album: Charm
Peak
2
Weeks
24
Number
46 Down by 2

Oysters In My Pocket
Royel Otis
From the album: Bar & Grill
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
47 Down by 2

Waiting Room
Phoebe Bridgers
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
48

Easier Said Than Done
Thee Sacred Souls
From the album: Thee Sacred Souls
Peak
11
Weeks
29
Number
49 Up by 1

Blondie
Current Joys
From the album: Wild Heart
Peak
10
Weeks
30
Number
50 Re-Entry

misses
Dominic Fike
From the album: 14 minutes
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
28

Dropouts

Number
11 Dropout

Beaches
beabadoobee
From the album: This Is How Tomorrow Moves
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
29 Dropout

Like I Say (I runaway)
Nilüfer Yanya
From the album: My Method Actor
Peak
28
Weeks
11
Number
46 Dropout

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

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

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

A chart by

Date

January 21, 2025

Songs

50

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2 1 Jordana & TV Girl – "Better In The Dark" 1(×1) 20

3 2 Surf Curse – "Disco" 2 50

4 3 Billie Eilish – "WILDFLOWER" 3 12

5 4 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Maps" 4 12

6 5 Mac DeMarco – "My Kind of Woman" 5 10

7 6 Will Paquin – "Chandelier" 6 9

8 7 Lola Young – "Messy" 7 8

9 8 Imogen Heap – "Headlock" 8 3

NE 9 beabadoobee – "Real Man" 9 1

12 10 Mk.gee – "Are You Looking Up" 10 21

13 11 Royel Otis – "Sofa King" 11 20

14 12 Magdalena Bay – "Image" 12 19

15 13 Charli xcx ft. Troye Sivan – "Talk talk troye sivan" 9 15

16 14 Jungle – "Let's Go Back" 14 15

18 15 ROLE MODEL – "Look At That Woman" 15 10

19 16 The Neighbourhood – "Pretty Boy" 16 9

20 17 Sam Fender – "People Watching" 17 9

21 18 Bon Iver – "S P E Y S I D E" 18 6

22 19 Fontaines D.C. – "Bug" 19 3

34 20 Ravyn Lenae – "Love Me Not" 20 3

23 21 Mac DeMarco – "No Other Heart" 21 2

24 22 Wisp – "Your face" 22 2

NE 23 The Lumineers – "Same Old Song" 23 1

NE 24 Lucy Dacus – "Ankles" 24 1

25 25 Khruangbin – "People Everywhere (Still Alive)" 10 21

26 26 MJ Lenderman – "Wristwatch" 25 16

27 27 The Cure – "A Fragile Thing" 23 15

17 28 Suki Waterhouse – "OMG" 17 15

28 29 FKA twigs – "Eusexua" 27 12

30 30 Royel Otis – "If Our Love Is Dead" 29 11

31 31 Magdalena Bay – "Death & Romance" 31 5

32 32 Clairo – "Love Songs" 32 5

33 33 Waxahatchee ft. MJ Lenderman – "Right Back to It" 33 4

34 34 Adrianne Lenker – "Sadness as a Gift" 23 4

35 35 Mk.gee – "Alesis" 35 3

36 36 Arcy Drive – "Louie" 36 3

38 37 Japanese Breakfast – "Orlando in Love" 37 2

NE 38 Franz Ferdinand – "Audacious" 38 1

1 39 Charli xcx ft. Billie Eilish – "Guess billie eilish" 1(×2) 21

10 40 The Dare – "Girls" 10 21

39 41 Chappell Roan – "Pink Pony Club" 1(×1) 23

40 42 Big Thief – "Velvet Ring" 2 23

41 43 Hozier – "Nobody's Soldier" 10 23

42 44 Good Neighbours – "Home" 1(×2) 24

43 45 Clairo – "Juna" 2 24

44 46 Royel Otis – "Oysters In My Pocket" 1(×1) 26

45 47 Phoebe Bridgers – "Waiting Room" 1(×3) 27

48 48 Thee Sacred Souls – "Easier Said Than Done" 11 29

50 49 Current Joys – "Blondie" 10 30

RE 50 Dominic Fike – "misses" 1(×1) 28

DROPOUTS:

11 -- beabadoobee – "Beaches" 11 20

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

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

47 -- Clairo – "Add Up My Love" 16 27

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

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