Today's Top Indie for the Week Ending May 17, 2021

The new and new-ish songs we are sharing with the world from WBRU Providence. For a fun-to-listen-to mix of all the new and not-as-new indie (and alternative) songs you check out WBRU 24/7 at wbru.com or on the WBRU app for iOS and coming soon for Android. WBRU's Retro Lunch airs daily at noon Eastern Time. WBRU's current chart is always available as an updated-weekly Spotify playlist and YouTube playlist, too.

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Number
1 Up by 1

Violent
carolesdaughter
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
2 Up by 1

Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
From the album: Chemtrails Over the Country Club
Peak
2
Weeks
18
Number
3 Up by 1

Remember That Night?
Sara Kays
From the album: Struck By Lightning
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
4 Up by 1

Freaks
Surf Curse
From the album: Buds
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
5 Up by 1

Hayloft
Mother Mother
From the album: O My Heart
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Up by 12

Washing Machine Heart
Mitski
From the album: Be the Cowboy
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7 Re-Entry

Cloud 9
Beach Bunny
From the album: Honeymoon
Peak
7
Weeks
5
Number
8

Serotonin
girl in red
From the album: if i could make it go quiet
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9

Runaway
Aurora
From the album: All My Demons Greeting Me As a Friend
Peak
9
Weeks
4
Number
10

The Adults Are Talking
The Strokes
From the album: The New Abnormal
Peak
7
Weeks
56
Number
11

Ashes
Stellar
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
12

Drugs
UPSAHL
Peak
12
Weeks
19
Number
13

Close To You
Dayglow
From the album: Harmony House
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
14

affection
BETWEEN FRIENDS
From the album: we just need some time together (EP)
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
15

Show Me How
Men I Trust
From the album: Oncle Jazz
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
16

Devil Town
Cavetown
From the album: Cavetown
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
17

help herself
bbno$ & Diamond Pistols featuring BENEE
From the album: my oh my
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
18 Up by 13

Till Forever Falls Apart
Ashe & FINNEAS
From the album: Ashlyn
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19

Leave The Door Open
Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, & Silk Sonic
From the album: An Evening With Silk Sonic
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20

SUPERBLOOM
MisterWives
From the album: SUPERBLOOM
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21

White Dress
Lana Del Rey
From the album: Chemtrails Over the Country Club
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22

Keep Moving
Jungle
From the album: Loving in Stereo
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23

Jealous
EYEDRESS
From the album: Let's Skip to the Wedding
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24

You Stupid Bitch
girl in red
From the album: if i could make it go quiet
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25

Your Power
Billie Eilish
From the album: Happier Than Ever
Peak
25
Weeks
2
Number
26

Eugene
Arlo Parks
From the album: Collapsed in Sunbeams
Peak
25
Weeks
32
Number
27

Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Holly Humberstone
From the album: Falling Asleep at the Wheel
Peak
24
Weeks
19
Number
28

XS
Rina Sawayama
From the album: SAWAYAMA
Peak
28
Weeks
18
Number
29 Up by 1

Rocky
Still Woozy
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
30 Up by 2

The Kiss Of Venus (Dominic Fike)
Paul McCartney & Dominic Fike
From the album: McCartney III Imagined
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
31 Up by 2

Dragonball Durag
Thundercat
From the album: It Is What It Is
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32 Up by 3

Shy Away
Twenty One Pilots
From the album: Scaled And Icy
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 4

Tulsa Jesus Freak
Lana Del Rey
From the album: Chemtrails Over the Country Club
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 4

Crawling Kingsnake
The Black Keys
From the album: Delta Kream
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 4

Body And Mind
girl in red
From the album: if i could make it go quiet
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Debut

I Know the End
Phoebe Bridgers
From the album: Punisher
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

Higher Power
Coldplay
From the album: Music of the Spheres
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

A-O-K
Tai Verdes
From the album: TV
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Kenny
Still Woozy
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 39

Stargazing
The Neighbourhood
From the album: Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
41 Re-Entry

Space Girl
Frances Forever featuring chloe moriondo
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
42 Down by 1

Sensitive
Dreamer Isioma
Peak
11
Weeks
22
Number
43 Down by 1

Campus
Vampire Weekend
From the album: Vampire Weekend
Peak
11
Weeks
23
Number
44

Rät
Penelope Scott
From the album: Public Void
Peak
10
Weeks
26
Number
45

Michelle
Sir Chloe
From the album: Party Favors
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
46 Down by 3

DRUGS
Tai Verdes
From the album: TV
Peak
2
Weeks
23
Number
47 Down by 1

Me and My Husband
Mitski
From the album: Be the Cowboy
Peak
10
Weeks
26
Number
48

Stuck in the Middle
Tai Verdes
From the album: TV
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
49 Up by 1

Put Your Records On
Ritt Momney
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
50 Down by 1

Freakin' out on the Interstate
Briston Maroney
From the album: Carnival
Peak
8
Weeks
29
Number
51

Funny Thing
Thundercat
From the album: It Is What It Is
Peak
3
Weeks
32
Number
52

survivin'
Bastille
From the album: Goosebumps (EP)
Peak
12
Weeks
32
Number
53

Backyard Boy
Claire Rosinkranz
From the album: BeVerly Hills BoYfRiEnd
Peak
3
Weeks
27
Number
54
Fire For You
Cannons
Peak
40
Weeks
7
Number
55

Tangerine
Glass Animals
From the album: Dreamland
Peak
5
Weeks
40
Number
56

Colors
Black Pumas
From the album: Black Pumas
Peak
10
Weeks
43
Number
57

Kyoto
Phoebe Bridgers
From the album: Punisher
Peak
11
Weeks
42
Number
58

Heat Waves
Glass Animals
From the album: Dreamland
Peak
2
Weeks
45
Number
59

Freak
Sub Urban featuring REI AMI
From the album: Thrill Seeker
Peak
2
Weeks
46
Number
60

Mariposa
Peach Tree Rascals
From the album: I can't wait for you to come my way - EP
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
47
Number
61

Hell n Back
Bakar
From the album: Will You Be My Yellow?
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
52

Dropouts

Number
7 Dropout

Cloud 9
Beach Bunny featuring Tegan and Sara
Peak
7
Weeks
5
Number
29 Dropout

The Bandit
Kings of Leon
From the album: When You See Yourself
Peak
29
Weeks
15
Number
34 Dropout

Feels Right
Biig Piig
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
36 Dropout

Cool Colorado
La Femme
From the album: Paradigmes
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
40 Dropout

Space Girl
Frances Forever
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
47 Dropout

Little Dark Age
MGMT
From the album: Little Dark Age
Peak
2
Weeks
26

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Date

May 11, 2021

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2 1 carolesdaughter – “Violent” 1(×1) 20

3 2 Lana Del Rey – “Chemtrails Over The Country Club” 2 18

4 3 Sara Kays – “Remember That Night?” 3 16

5 4 Surf Curse – “Freaks” 4 15

6 5 Mother Mother – “Hayloft” 5 13

18 6 Mitski – “Washing Machine Heart” 6 11

RE 7 Beach Bunny – “Cloud 9” 7 5

8 8 girl in red – “Serotonin” 8 10

9 9 Aurora – “Runaway” 9 4

10 10 The Strokes – “The Adults Are Talking” 7 56

11 11 Stellar – “Ashes” 11 20

12 12 UPSAHL – “Drugs” 12 19

13 13 Dayglow – “Close To You” 7 17

14 14 BETWEEN FRIENDS – “affection” 14 15

15 15 Men I Trust – “Show Me How” 15 14

16 16 Cavetown – “Devil Town” 16 12

17 17 bbno$ & Diamond Pistols ft. BENEE – “help herself” 17 12

31 18 Ashe & FINNEAS – “Till Forever Falls Apart” 18 10

19 19 Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, & Silk Sonic – “Leave The Door Open” 19 9

20 20 MisterWives – “SUPERBLOOM” 20 8

21 21 Lana Del Rey – “White Dress” 21 7

22 22 Jungle – “Keep Moving” 22 7

23 23 EYEDRESS – “Jealous” 23 6

24 24 girl in red – “You Stupid Bitch” 24 4

25 25 Billie Eilish – “Your Power” 25 2

26 26 Arlo Parks – “Eugene” 25 32

27 27 Holly Humberstone – “Falling Asleep At The Wheel” 24 19

28 28 Rina Sawayama – “XS” 28 18

30 29 Still Woozy – “Rocky” 20 12

32 30 Paul McCartney & Dominic Fike – “The Kiss Of Venus (Dominic Fike)” 30 9

33 31 Thundercat – “Dragonball Durag” 31 7

35 32 Twenty One Pilots – “Shy Away” 32 5

37 33 Lana Del Rey – “Tulsa Jesus Freak” 33 3

38 34 The Black Keys – “Crawling Kingsnake” 34 3

39 35 girl in red – “Body And Mind” 35 2

NE 36 Phoebe Bridgers – “I Know the End” 36 1

NE 37 Coldplay – “Higher Power” 37 1

NE 38 Tai Verdes – “A-O-K” 38 1

NE 39 Still Woozy – “Kenny” 39 1

1 40 The Neighbourhood – “Stargazing” 1(×1) 21

RE 41 Frances Forever ft. chloe moriondo – “Space Girl” 1(×1) 11

41 42 Dreamer Isioma – “Sensitive” 11 22

42 43 Vampire Weekend – “Campus” 11 23

44 44 Penelope Scott – “Rät” 10 26

45 45 Sir Chloe – “Michelle” 1(×3) 26

43 46 Tai Verdes – “DRUGS” 2 23

46 47 Mitski – “Me and My Husband” 10 26

48 48 Tai Verdes – “Stuck in the Middle” 1(×5) 29

50 49 Ritt Momney – “Put Your Records On” 1(×1) 32

49 50 Briston Maroney – “Freakin' out on the Interstate” 8 29

51 51 Thundercat – “Funny Thing” 3 32

52 52 Bastille – “survivin'” 12 32

53 53 Claire Rosinkranz – “Backyard Boy” 3 27

54 54 Cannons – “Fire For You” 40 7

55 55 Glass Animals – “Tangerine” 5 40

56 56 Black Pumas – “Colors” 10 43

57 57 Phoebe Bridgers – “Kyoto” 11 42

58 58 Glass Animals – “Heat Waves” 2 45

59 59 Sub Urban ft. REI AMI – “Freak” 2 46

60 60 Peach Tree Rascals – “Mariposa” 1(×3) 47

61 61 Bakar – “Hell n Back” 1(×1) 52

DROPOUTS:

7 -- Beach Bunny ft. Tegan and Sara – “Cloud 9” 7 5

29 -- Kings of Leon – “The Bandit” 29 15

34 -- Biig Piig – “Feels Right” 34 5

36 -- La Femme – “Cool Colorado” 36 4

40 -- Frances Forever – “Space Girl” 1(×3) 11

47 -- MGMT – “Little Dark Age” 2 26

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