Today's Top Indie for the Week Ending May 11, 2026

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Number
1

The Great Divide
Noah Kahan
From the album: The Great Divide
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2

All I Did Was Dream of You
beabadoobee featuring The Marías
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
3 Up by 6

Carry On
Jungle
From the album: Sunshine
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
4 Down by 1

if you wanna party, come over to my house
Fcukers
From the album: Ö
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
5 Down by 1

Freakin' Out
Dexter And The Moonrocks
Peak
4
Weeks
5
Number
6 Down by 1

Fool's Gold
Buffalo Traffic Jam
From the album: Take Me Home - EP
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
7 Down by 1

Heavy Foot
Mon RovÎa
From the album: Bloodline
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
8 Down by 1

In My Room
Julia Wolf
From the album: PRESSURE
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
9 Down by 1

Go Away
Weezer featuring Bethany Cosentino
From the album: Everything Will Be Alright in the End
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
10

Going Shopping
The Strokes
From the album: Reality Awaits
Peak
10
Weeks
4
Number
11

Porch Light
Noah Kahan
From the album: The Great Divide
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12

She Knows Too Much
Thundercat featuring Mac Miller
From the album: Distracted
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13 Up by 11

Back in Love
Suki Waterhouse
From the album: Loveland
Peak
13
Weeks
5
Number
14 Down by 1

Orange County
Gorillaz featuring Bizarrap, Kara Jackson, & Anoushka Shankar
From the album: The Mountain
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
15 Up by 14

Fabienk
Angine de Poitrine
From the album: Vol.II
Peak
15
Weeks
2
Number
16 Debut

iloveitiloveitiloveit
Bella Kay
From the album: a couple minutes out
Peak
16
Weeks
1
Number
17 Debut

drop dead
Olivia Rodrigo
From the album: you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
Peak
17
Weeks
1
Number
18 Down by 4

I'll Change for You
Mitski
From the album: Nothing's About to Happen to Me
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
19 Down by 3

If I Leave
Mitski
From the album: Nothing's About to Happen to Me
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
20 Down by 3

Lucky Again
Lykke Li
From the album: The Afterparty
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
21 Down by 2

Earrings
Malcolm Todd
From the album: Sweet Boy
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
22 Down by 2

tower of memories
ivri
From the album: the theory of you
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
23 Down by 2

Lovebomb
The Neighbourhood
From the album: (((((ultraSOUND)))))
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
24 Down by 2

You got time and I got money
Smerz
From the album: Big city life
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
25 Down by 3

Sweet Hallelujah
Royel Otis
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
26

Riptides
Death Cab for Cutie
From the album: I Built You A Tower
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27

The Moon Cave
Gorillaz featuring Asha Puthli, Black Thought, Bobby Womack, Jalen Ngonda, & Trugoy the Dove
From the album: The Mountain
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
28

Do You Really Love Her
Spacey Jane
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
29 Down by 13

Truth of Pursuit
Sarah Kinsley
From the album: Fleeting - EP
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
30 Debut

Different Kind Of Love
Young The Giant
From the album: Victory Garden
Peak
30
Weeks
1
Number
31 Up by 1

You and Forever
Bleachers
From the album: everyone for ten minutes
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
32 Up by 2

Talk to Me
Robyn
From the album: Sexistential
Peak
27
Weeks
11
Number
33

You Got To Lose
The Black Keys
From the album: Peaches!
Peak
27
Weeks
12
Number
34 Up by 2

Dancing On The Wall
MUNA
From the album: Dancing on the Wall
Peak
31
Weeks
11
Number
35 Down by 17

LOOK OUT FOR ME
Turnstile
From the album: NEVER ENOUGH
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
36 Up by 3

Dancing with your eyes closed
Jane Remover
From the album: Revengeseekerz
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Down by 14

Will I See You Again?
Thee Sacred Souls
Peak
10
Weeks
5
Number
38 Debut

Doors
Noah Kahan
From the album: The Great Divide
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 2

Ache
Not for Radio
From the album: Bloom
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
40

Planting Tomatoes
Lucy Dacus
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41

come on home
Royel Otis
From the album: hickey
Peak
16
Weeks
21
Number
42

Buckle
Florence + the Machine
From the album: Everybody Scream
Peak
13
Weeks
21
Number
43

White Keys
Dominic Fike
Peak
2
Weeks
23
Number
44

Au Pays du Cocaine
Geese
From the album: Getting Killed
Peak
2
Weeks
27
Number
45

Sideways
Balu Brigada
From the album: Portal
Peak
20
Weeks
27
Number
46

My Old Ways
Tame Impala
From the album: Deadbeat
Peak
5
Weeks
28
Number
47

Private
The Neighbourhood
From the album: (((((ultraSOUND)))))
Peak
5
Weeks
28
Number
48

Love Takes Miles
Cameron Winter
From the album: Heavy Metal
Peak
9
Weeks
29
Number
49

Cobra
Geese
From the album: Getting Killed
Peak
13
Weeks
30
Number
50

Slow Dance
Clairo
From the album: Charm
Peak
7
Weeks
31

Dropouts

Number
30 Dropout

Let's Do It Again!
The Last Dinner Party
From the album: HELP(2)
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
31 Dropout

Where's My Phone?
Mitski
From the album: Nothing's About to Happen to Me
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
35 Dropout

HEAVENLY FATHER - Mediolanum, Milan, IT. Nov 05 2022
Bon Iver
From the album: VOLUMES: ONE (SELECTIONS FROM MUSIC CONCERTS 2019-2023 BON IVER 6 PIECE BAND)
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
38 Dropout

White Horses
Wolf Alice
From the album: The Clearing
Peak
16
Weeks
14

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Date

May 5, 2026

Songs

50

https://www.crownnote.com/charts/wbru/todays-top-indie-for-the-week-ending-may-11-2026

1 1 Noah Kahan – "The Great Divide" 1(×9) 14

2 2 beabadoobee ft. The Marías – "All I Did Was Dream of You" 2 8

9 3 Jungle – "Carry On" 3 6

3 4 Fcukers – "if you wanna party, come over to my house" 3 6

4 5 Dexter And The Moonrocks – "Freakin' Out" 4 5

5 6 Buffalo Traffic Jam – "Fool's Gold" 3 16

6 7 Mon RovÎa – "Heavy Foot" 6 12

7 8 Julia Wolf – "In My Room" 7 9

8 9 Weezer ft. Bethany Cosentino – "Go Away" 8 6

10 10 The Strokes – "Going Shopping" 10 4

11 11 Noah Kahan – "Porch Light" 11 7

12 12 Thundercat ft. Mac Miller – "She Knows Too Much" 12 10

24 13 Suki Waterhouse – "Back in Love" 13 5

13 14 Gorillaz ft. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson, & Anoushka Shankar – "Orange County" 2 16

29 15 Angine de Poitrine – "Fabienk" 15 2

NE 16 Bella Kay – "iloveitiloveitiloveit" 16 1

NE 17 Olivia Rodrigo – "drop dead" 17 1

14 18 Mitski – "I'll Change for You" 10 13

16 19 Mitski – "If I Leave" 15 10

17 20 Lykke Li – "Lucky Again" 17 8

19 21 Malcolm Todd – "Earrings" 19 3

20 22 ivri – "tower of memories" 3 17

21 23 The Neighbourhood – "Lovebomb" 19 7

22 24 Smerz – "You got time and I got money" 21 7

22 25 Royel Otis – "Sweet Hallelujah" 22 4

26 26 Death Cab for Cutie – "Riptides" 26 7

27 27 Gorillaz ft. Asha Puthli, Black Thought, Bobby Womack, Jalen Ngonda, & Trugoy the Dove – "The Moon Cave" 11 9

28 28 Spacey Jane – "Do You Really Love Her" 27 5

16 29 Sarah Kinsley – "Truth of Pursuit" 16 8

NE 30 Young The Giant – "Different Kind Of Love" 30 1

32 31 Bleachers – "You and Forever" 11 11

34 32 Robyn – "Talk to Me" 27 11

33 33 The Black Keys – "You Got To Lose" 27 12

36 34 MUNA – "Dancing On The Wall" 31 11

18 35 Turnstile – "LOOK OUT FOR ME" 5 15

39 36 Jane Remover – "Dancing with your eyes closed" 36 3

23 37 Thee Sacred Souls – "Will I See You Again?" 10 5

NE 38 Noah Kahan – "Doors" 38 1

37 39 Not for Radio – "Ache" 37 2

40 40 Lucy Dacus – "Planting Tomatoes" 40 2

41 41 Royel Otis – "come on home" 16 21

42 42 Florence + the Machine – "Buckle" 13 21

43 43 Dominic Fike – "White Keys" 2 23

44 44 Geese – "Au Pays du Cocaine" 2 27

45 45 Balu Brigada – "Sideways" 20 27

46 46 Tame Impala – "My Old Ways" 5 28

47 47 The Neighbourhood – "Private" 5 28

48 48 Cameron Winter – "Love Takes Miles" 9 29

49 49 Geese – "Cobra" 13 30

50 50 Clairo – "Slow Dance" 7 31

DROPOUTS:

30 -- The Last Dinner Party – "Let's Do It Again!" 11 8

31 -- Mitski – "Where's My Phone?" 1(×2) 15

35 -- Bon Iver – "HEAVENLY FATHER - Mediolanum, Milan, IT. Nov 05 2022" 28 6

38 -- Wolf Alice – "White Horses" 16 14

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