Today's Top Indie for the Week Ending January 6, 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

Pink Pony Club
Chappell Roan
From the album: The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
2 Up by 2

Velvet Ring
Big Thief
From the album: Masterpiece
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
3 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
3
Weeks
18
Number
4 Up by 10

Better In The Dark
Jordana & TV Girl
From the album: Summer's Over
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
5 Up by 1

Disco
Surf Curse
From the album: Heaven Surrounds You
Peak
5
Weeks
47
Number
6 Up by 1

WILDFLOWER
Billie Eilish
From the album: HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7 Up by 12

Maps
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
From the album: Fever To Tell
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
8

My Kind of Woman
Mac DeMarco
From the album: 2
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9

Messy
Lola Young
From the album: This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10

Nobody's Soldier
Hozier
From the album: Unreal Unearth, Unaired
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
11

Girls
The Dare
From the album: The Sex EP, What's Wrong With New York?
Peak
11
Weeks
18
Number
12

Beaches
beabadoobee
From the album: This Is How Tomorrow Moves
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
13

Are You Looking Up
Mk.gee
From the album: Two Star & the Dream Police
Peak
13
Weeks
18
Number
14 Up by 1

Sofa King
Royel Otis
From the album: Sofa Kings (EP)
Peak
14
Weeks
17
Number
15 Up by 1

Image
Magdalena Bay
From the album: Imaginal Disk
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
16 Up by 1

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
12
Number
17 Up by 1

Let's Go Back
Jungle
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
18 Up by 2

Look At That Woman
ROLE MODEL
From the album: Kansas Anymore
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 2

Pretty Boy
The Neighbourhood
From the album: Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Up by 2

Chandelier
Will Paquin
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Up by 2

People Watching
Sam Fender
From the album: People Watching
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Up by 2

Merry Christmas, Please Don't Call
Bleachers
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Up by 12

S P E Y S I D E
Bon Iver
From the album: SABLE,, SABLE, fABLE
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24 Debut

Sadness as a Gift
Adrianne Lenker
From the album: Bright Future
Peak
24
Weeks
1
Number
25

People Everywhere (Still Alive)
Khruangbin
From the album: The universe smiles upon you
Peak
11
Weeks
18
Number
26

Wristwatch
MJ Lenderman
From the album: Manning Fireworks
Peak
26
Weeks
13
Number
27

OMG
Suki Waterhouse
From the album: Memoir of a Sparklemuffin
Peak
27
Weeks
12
Number
28

A Fragile Thing
The Cure
From the album: Songs Of A Lost World
Peak
23
Weeks
12
Number
29

Eusexua
FKA twigs
From the album: EUSEXUA
Peak
29
Weeks
9
Number
30

Like I Say (I runaway)
Nilüfer Yanya
From the album: My Method Actor
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
31

If Our Love Is Dead
Royel Otis
From the album: PRATTS & PAIN (It Ain't Over Til It Ends Edition)
Peak
31
Weeks
8
Number
32

Petals On The Moon
Wasia Project
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33

Time Shrinks
Arcy Drive
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34

Summer 2000 Baby
TV Girl & George Clanton
From the album: Fauxllennium
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 1

Caesar on a TV Screen
The Last Dinner Party
From the album: Prelude to Ecstasy
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 1

Death & Romance
Magdalena Bay
From the album: Imaginal Disk
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 1

Love Songs
Clairo
From the album: Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Right Back to It
Waxahatchee featuring MJ Lenderman
From the album: Tigers Blood
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 38

Home
Good Neighbours
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
40 Down by 38

Juna
Clairo
From the album: Charm
Peak
2
Weeks
21
Number
41 Down by 2

Oysters In My Pocket
Royel Otis
From the album: Bar & Grill
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
42 Down by 2

Waiting Room
Phoebe Bridgers
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
43 Down by 2

X's
Cigarettes After Sex
From the album: X's
Peak
10
Weeks
24
Number
44 Down by 2

Add Up My Love
Clairo
From the album: Charm
Peak
16
Weeks
25
Number
45 Down by 2

Easier Said Than Done
Thee Sacred Souls
From the album: Thee Sacred Souls
Peak
11
Weeks
26
Number
46 Down by 2

not a lot, just forever
Adrianne Lenker
From the album: songs
Peak
12
Weeks
26
Number
47 Down by 2

Blondie
Current Joys
From the album: Wild Heart
Peak
10
Weeks
27
Number
48 Down by 2

misses
Dominic Fike
From the album: 14 minutes
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
49 Down by 2

Champagne Coast
Blood Orange
From the album: Coastal Grooves
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
50 Down by 2

Linger (SiriusXM Session)
Royel Otis
Peak
2
Weeks
28

Dropouts

Number
49 Dropout

No One Noticed
The Marías
From the album: Submarine
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
50 Dropout

Lost
Frank Ocean
From the album: channel ORANGE
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
30

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3 1 Chappell Roan – “Pink Pony Club” 1(×1) 20

4 2 Big Thief – “Velvet Ring” 2 20

5 3 Charli xcx & Billie Eilish – “Guess billie eilish” 3 18

14 4 Jordana & TV Girl – “Better In The Dark” 4 17

6 5 Surf Curse – “Disco” 5 47

7 6 Billie Eilish – “WILDFLOWER” 6 9

19 7 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Maps” 7 9

8 8 Mac DeMarco – “My Kind of Woman” 8 7

9 9 Lola Young – “Messy” 9 5

10 10 Hozier – “Nobody's Soldier” 10 20

11 11 The Dare – “Girls” 11 18

12 12 beabadoobee – “Beaches” 12 18

13 13 Mk.gee – “Are You Looking Up” 13 18

15 14 Royel Otis – “Sofa King” 14 17

16 15 Magdalena Bay – “Image” 15 16

17 16 Charli xcx & Troye Sivan – “Talk talk troye sivan” 9 12

18 17 Jungle – “Let's Go Back” 17 12

20 18 ROLE MODEL – “Look At That Woman” 18 7

21 19 The Neighbourhood – “Pretty Boy” 19 6

22 20 Will Paquin – “Chandelier” 20 6

23 21 Sam Fender – “People Watching” 21 6

24 22 Bleachers – “Merry Christmas, Please Don't Call” 22 5

35 23 Bon Iver – “S P E Y S I D E” 23 3

NE 24 Adrianne Lenker – “Sadness as a Gift” 24 1

25 25 Khruangbin – “People Everywhere (Still Alive)” 11 18

26 26 MJ Lenderman – “Wristwatch” 26 13

27 27 Suki Waterhouse – “OMG” 27 12

28 28 The Cure – “A Fragile Thing” 23 12

29 29 FKA twigs – “Eusexua” 29 9

30 30 Nilüfer Yanya – “Like I Say (I runaway)” 30 9

31 31 Royel Otis – “If Our Love Is Dead” 31 8

32 32 Wasia Project – “Petals On The Moon” 32 7

33 33 Arcy Drive – “Time Shrinks” 33 4

34 34 TV Girl & George Clanton – “Summer 2000 Baby” 34 4

36 35 The Last Dinner Party – “Caesar on a TV Screen” 35 3

37 36 Magdalena Bay – “Death & Romance” 36 2

38 37 Clairo – “Love Songs” 37 2

NE 38 Waxahatchee ft. MJ Lenderman – “Right Back to It” 38 1

1 39 Good Neighbours – “Home” 1(×2) 21

2 40 Clairo – “Juna” 2 21

39 41 Royel Otis – “Oysters In My Pocket” 1(×1) 23

40 42 Phoebe Bridgers – “Waiting Room” 1(×3) 24

41 43 Cigarettes After Sex – “X's” 10 24

42 44 Clairo – “Add Up My Love” 16 25

43 45 Thee Sacred Souls – “Easier Said Than Done” 11 26

44 46 Adrianne Lenker – “not a lot, just forever” 12 26

45 47 Current Joys – “Blondie” 10 27

46 48 Dominic Fike – “misses” 1(×1) 27

47 49 Blood Orange – “Champagne Coast” 1(×1) 28

48 50 Royel Otis – “Linger (SiriusXM Session)” 2 28

DROPOUTS:

49 -- The Marías – “No One Noticed” 1(×7) 29

50 -- Frank Ocean – “Lost” 1(×4) 30

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