Today's Top Indie for the Week Ending May 24, 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 9

The Adults Are Talking
The Strokes
From the album: The New Abnormal
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
57
Number
2 Up by 1

Remember That Night?
Sara Kays
From the album: Struck By Lightning
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
3 Up by 1

Freaks
Surf Curse
From the album: Buds
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
4 Up by 1

Hayloft
Mother Mother
From the album: O My Heart
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Up by 1

Washing Machine Heart
Mitski
From the album: Be the Cowboy
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
6 Up by 1

Cloud 9
Beach Bunny
From the album: Honeymoon
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
7 Up by 1

Serotonin
girl in red
From the album: if i could make it go quiet
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
8 Up by 1

Runaway
AURORA
From the album: All My Demons Greeting Me As a Friend
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
9 Up by 16

Your Power
Billie Eilish
From the album: Happier Than Ever
Peak
9
Weeks
3
Number
10 Up by 2

Drugs
UPSAHL
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
11 Down by 9

Chemtrails Over the Country Club
Lana Del Rey
From the album: Chemtrails Over the Country Club
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
12 Up by 1

Close To You
Dayglow
From the album: Harmony House
Peak
7
Weeks
18
Number
13 Up by 1

affection
BETWEEN FRIENDS
From the album: we just need some time together (EP)
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
14 Up by 1

Show Me How
Men I Trust
From the album: Oncle Jazz
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
15 Up by 1

Devil Town
Cavetown
From the album: Cavetown
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 1

help herself
bbno$ & Diamond Pistols featuring BENEE
From the album: my oh my
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
17 Up by 1

Till Forever Falls Apart
Ashe & FINNEAS
From the album: Ashlyn
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
18 Up by 1

Leave The Door Open
Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, & Silk Sonic
From the album: An Evening With Silk Sonic
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19 Up by 1

SUPERBLOOM
MisterWives
From the album: SUPERBLOOM
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20 Up by 1

White Dress
Lana Del Rey
From the album: Chemtrails Over the Country Club
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Up by 1

Keep Moving
Jungle
From the album: Loving in Stereo
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Up by 1

Jealous
EYEDRESS
From the album: Let's Skip to the Wedding
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Up by 1

You Stupid Bitch
girl in red
From the album: if i could make it go quiet
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 14

A-O-K
Tai Verdes
From the album: TV
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Up by 2

Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Holly Humberstone
From the album: Falling Asleep at the Wheel, Can You Afford To Lose Me?
Peak
24
Weeks
20
Number
26 Up by 2

XS
Rina Sawayama
From the album: SAWAYAMA
Peak
26
Weeks
19
Number
27 Up by 2

Rocky
Still Woozy
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
28 Up by 2

The Kiss Of Venus (Dominic Fike)
Paul McCartney & Dominic Fike
From the album: McCartney III Imagined
Peak
28
Weeks
10
Number
29 Up by 2

Dragonball Durag
Thundercat
From the album: It Is What It Is
Peak
29
Weeks
8
Number
30 Up by 2

Shy Away
Twenty One Pilots
From the album: Scaled And Icy
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 2

Tulsa Jesus Freak
Lana Del Rey
From the album: Chemtrails Over the Country Club
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 2

Crawling Kingsnake
The Black Keys
From the album: Delta Kream
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 2

Body And Mind
girl in red
From the album: if i could make it go quiet
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 2

I Know the End
Phoebe Bridgers
From the album: Punisher
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 2

Higher Power
Coldplay
From the album: Music of the Spheres
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 3

Kenny
Still Woozy
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l
WILLOW featuring Travis Barker
From the album: lately I feel EVERYTHING
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Motorbike
Leon Bridges
From the album: Gold-Diggers Sound
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 38

Violent
carolesdaughter
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
40 Re-Entry

Kilby Girl
The Backseat Lovers
From the album: When We Were Friends
Peak
13
Weeks
21
Number
41 Down by 1

Stargazing
The Neighbourhood
From the album: Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
42 Down by 1

Space Girl
Frances Forever featuring chloe moriondo
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
43 Down by 1

Sensitive
Dreamer Isioma
Peak
11
Weeks
23
Number
44 Down by 1

Campus
Vampire Weekend
From the album: Vampire Weekend
Peak
11
Weeks
24
Number
45 Down by 1

Rät
Penelope Scott
From the album: Public Void
Peak
10
Weeks
27
Number
46 Down by 1

Michelle
Sir Chloe
From the album: Party Favors
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
47 Down by 1

DRUGS
Tai Verdes
From the album: TV
Peak
2
Weeks
24
Number
48 Down by 1

Me and My Husband
Mitski
From the album: Be the Cowboy
Peak
10
Weeks
27
Number
49 Down by 1

Stuck in the Middle
Tai Verdes
From the album: TV
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
50 Down by 1

Put Your Records On
Ritt Momney
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
33
Number
51 Down by 1

Freakin' out on the Interstate
Briston Maroney
From the album: Carnival
Peak
8
Weeks
30
Number
52 Down by 1

Funny Thing
Thundercat
From the album: It Is What It Is
Peak
3
Weeks
33
Number
53 Down by 1

survivin'
Bastille
From the album: Goosebumps (EP)
Peak
12
Weeks
33
Number
54 Down by 28

Eugene
Arlo Parks
From the album: Collapsed in Sunbeams
Peak
25
Weeks
33
Number
55 Down by 2

Backyard Boy
Claire Rosinkranz
From the album: BeVerly Hills BoYfRiEnd
Peak
3
Weeks
28
Number
56 Re-Entry

Fire for You
Cannons
From the album: Shadows
Peak
10
Weeks
32
Number
57 Down by 2

Tangerine
Glass Animals
From the album: Dreamland
Peak
5
Weeks
41
Number
58 Down by 2

Colors
Black Pumas
From the album: Black Pumas
Peak
10
Weeks
44
Number
59 Down by 2

Kyoto
Phoebe Bridgers
From the album: Punisher
Peak
11
Weeks
43
Number
60 Down by 2

Heat Waves
Glass Animals
From the album: Dreamland
Peak
2
Weeks
46
Number
61 Down by 2

Freak
Sub Urban featuring REI AMI
From the album: Thrill Seeker
Peak
2
Weeks
47
Number
62 Down by 2

Mariposa
Peach Tree Rascals
From the album: I can't wait for you to come my way - EP
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
48

Dropouts

Number
11 Dropout

Ashes
Stellar
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
54 Dropout
Fire For You
Cannons
Peak
40
Weeks
7
Number
61 Dropout

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

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Date

May 18, 2021

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10 1 The Strokes – “The Adults Are Talking” 1(×1) 57

3 2 Sara Kays – “Remember That Night?” 2 17

4 3 Surf Curse – “Freaks” 3 16

5 4 Mother Mother – “Hayloft” 4 14

6 5 Mitski – “Washing Machine Heart” 5 12

7 6 Beach Bunny – “Cloud 9” 6 6

8 7 girl in red – “Serotonin” 7 11

9 8 AURORA – “Runaway” 8 5

25 9 Billie Eilish – “Your Power” 9 3

12 10 UPSAHL – “Drugs” 10 20

2 11 Lana Del Rey – “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” 2 19

13 12 Dayglow – “Close To You” 7 18

14 13 BETWEEN FRIENDS – “affection” 13 16

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

16 15 Cavetown – “Devil Town” 15 13

17 16 bbno$ & Diamond Pistols ft. BENEE – “help herself” 16 13

18 17 Ashe & FINNEAS – “Till Forever Falls Apart” 17 11

19 18 Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, & Silk Sonic – “Leave The Door Open” 18 10

20 19 MisterWives – “SUPERBLOOM” 19 9

21 20 Lana Del Rey – “White Dress” 20 8

22 21 Jungle – “Keep Moving” 21 8

23 22 EYEDRESS – “Jealous” 22 7

24 23 girl in red – “You Stupid Bitch” 23 5

38 24 Tai Verdes – “A-O-K” 24 2

27 25 Holly Humberstone – “Falling Asleep At The Wheel” 24 20

28 26 Rina Sawayama – “XS” 26 19

29 27 Still Woozy – “Rocky” 20 13

30 28 Paul McCartney & Dominic Fike – “The Kiss Of Venus (Dominic Fike)” 28 10

31 29 Thundercat – “Dragonball Durag” 29 8

32 30 Twenty One Pilots – “Shy Away” 30 6

33 31 Lana Del Rey – “Tulsa Jesus Freak” 31 4

34 32 The Black Keys – “Crawling Kingsnake” 32 4

35 33 girl in red – “Body And Mind” 33 3

36 34 Phoebe Bridgers – “I Know the End” 34 2

37 35 Coldplay – “Higher Power” 35 2

39 36 Still Woozy – “Kenny” 36 2

NE 37 WILLOW ft. Travis Barker – “t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l” 37 1

NE 38 Leon Bridges – “Motorbike” 38 1

1 39 carolesdaughter – “Violent” 1(×1) 21

RE 40 The Backseat Lovers – “Kilby Girl” 13 21

40 41 The Neighbourhood – “Stargazing” 1(×1) 22

41 42 Frances Forever ft. chloe moriondo – “Space Girl” 1(×1) 12

42 43 Dreamer Isioma – “Sensitive” 11 23

43 44 Vampire Weekend – “Campus” 11 24

44 45 Penelope Scott – “Rät” 10 27

45 46 Sir Chloe – “Michelle” 1(×3) 27

46 47 Tai Verdes – “DRUGS” 2 24

47 48 Mitski – “Me and My Husband” 10 27

48 49 Tai Verdes – “Stuck in the Middle” 1(×5) 30

49 50 Ritt Momney – “Put Your Records On” 1(×1) 33

50 51 Briston Maroney – “Freakin' out on the Interstate” 8 30

51 52 Thundercat – “Funny Thing” 3 33

52 53 Bastille – “survivin'” 12 33

26 54 Arlo Parks – “Eugene” 25 33

53 55 Claire Rosinkranz – “Backyard Boy” 3 28

RE 56 Cannons – “Fire for You” 10 32

55 57 Glass Animals – “Tangerine” 5 41

56 58 Black Pumas – “Colors” 10 44

57 59 Phoebe Bridgers – “Kyoto” 11 43

58 60 Glass Animals – “Heat Waves” 2 46

59 61 Sub Urban ft. REI AMI – “Freak” 2 47

60 62 Peach Tree Rascals – “Mariposa” 1(×3) 48

DROPOUTS:

11 -- Stellar – “Ashes” 11 20

54 -- Cannons – “Fire For You” 40 7

61 -- Bakar – “Hell n Back” 1(×1) 52

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