Today's Top Indie for the Week Ending May 31, 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

The Adults Are Talking
The Strokes
From the album: The New Abnormal
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
58
Number
2

Remember That Night?
Sara Kays
From the album: Struck By Lightning
Peak
2
Weeks
18
Number
3

Freaks
Surf Curse
From the album: Buds
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
4

Hayloft
Mother Mother
From the album: O My Heart
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
5

Washing Machine Heart
Mitski
From the album: Be the Cowboy
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6

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

Serotonin
girl in red
From the album: if i could make it go quiet
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8

Runaway
Aurora
From the album: All My Demons Greeting Me As a Friend
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9

Your Power
Billie Eilish
From the album: Happier Than Ever
Peak
9
Weeks
4
Number
10 Up by 1

Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
From the album: Chemtrails Over the Country Club
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
11 Up by 1

Close To You
Dayglow
From the album: Harmony House
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
12 Up by 1

affection
BETWEEN FRIENDS
From the album: we just need some time together (EP)
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
13 Up by 1

Show Me How
Men I Trust
From the album: Oncle Jazz
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
14 Up by 1

Devil Town
Cavetown
From the album: Cavetown
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
15 Up by 1

help herself
bbno$ & Diamond Pistols featuring BENEE
From the album: my oh my
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
16 Up by 1

Till Forever Falls Apart
Ashe & FINNEAS
From the album: Ashlyn
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
17 Up by 1

Leave The Door Open
Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, & Silk Sonic
From the album: An Evening With Silk Sonic
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
18 Up by 1

SUPERBLOOM
MisterWives
From the album: SUPERBLOOM
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19 Up by 2

Keep Moving
Jungle
From the album: Loving in Stereo
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20 Up by 2

Jealous
EYEDRESS
From the album: Let's Skip to the Wedding
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Up by 11

Crawling Kingsnake
The Black Keys
From the album: Delta Kream
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Up by 2

A-O-K
Tai Verdes
From the album: TV
Peak
22
Weeks
3
Number
23 Up by 14

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
23
Weeks
2
Number
24 Up by 14

Motorbike
Leon Bridges
From the album: Gold-Diggers Sound
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Up by 1

XS
Rina Sawayama
From the album: SAWAYAMA
Peak
25
Weeks
20
Number
26 Up by 1

Rocky
Still Woozy
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
27 Up by 1

The Kiss Of Venus (Dominic Fike)
Paul McCartney & Dominic Fike
From the album: McCartney III Imagined
Peak
27
Weeks
11
Number
28 Up by 1

Dragonball Durag
Thundercat
From the album: It Is What It Is
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
29 Down by 9

White Dress
Lana Del Rey
From the album: Chemtrails Over the Country Club
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
30

Shy Away
Twenty One Pilots
From the album: Scaled And Icy
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Down by 8

You Stupid Bitch
girl in red
From the album: if i could make it go quiet
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
32 Down by 1

Tulsa Jesus Freak
Lana Del Rey
From the album: Chemtrails Over the Country Club
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
33

Body And Mind
girl in red
From the album: if i could make it go quiet
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34

I Know the End
Phoebe Bridgers
From the album: Punisher
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35

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

Kenny
Still Woozy
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Debut

The Melting Of The Sun
St. Vincent
From the album: Daddy's Home
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

We Are Between
Modest Mouse
From the album: The Golden Casket
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 29

Drugs
UPSAHL
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
39

Violent
carolesdaughter
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
40

Kilby Girl
The Backseat Lovers
From the album: When We Were Friends
Peak
13
Weeks
22
Number
42 Down by 1

Stargazing
The Neighbourhood
From the album: Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
43 Re-Entry

Space Girl
Frances Forever
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
44 Down by 1

Sensitive
Dreamer Isioma
Peak
11
Weeks
24
Number
45 Down by 1

Campus
Vampire Weekend
From the album: Vampire Weekend
Peak
11
Weeks
25
Number
46 Down by 1

Rät
Penelope Scott
From the album: Public Void
Peak
10
Weeks
28
Number
47 Down by 1

Michelle
Sir Chloe
From the album: Party Favors
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
48 Down by 1

DRUGS
Tai Verdes
From the album: TV
Peak
2
Weeks
25
Number
49 Down by 1

Me and My Husband
Mitski
From the album: Be the Cowboy
Peak
10
Weeks
28
Number
50 Down by 1

Stuck in the Middle
Tai Verdes
From the album: TV
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
51 Down by 1

Put Your Records On
Ritt Momney
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
34
Number
52 Down by 1

Freakin' out on the Interstate
Briston Maroney
From the album: Carnival
Peak
8
Weeks
31
Number
53 Down by 1

Funny Thing
Thundercat
From the album: It Is What It Is
Peak
3
Weeks
34
Number
54 Down by 1

survivin'
Bastille
From the album: Goosebumps (EP)
Peak
12
Weeks
34
Number
55 Down by 1

Eugene
Arlo Parks
From the album: Collapsed in Sunbeams
Peak
25
Weeks
34
Number
57 Down by 1

Fire for You
Cannons
From the album: Shadows
Peak
10
Weeks
33
Number
58 Down by 1

Tangerine
Glass Animals
From the album: Dreamland
Peak
5
Weeks
42
Number
59 Down by 1

Colors
Black Pumas
From the album: Black Pumas
Peak
10
Weeks
45
Number
59

Kyoto
Phoebe Bridgers
From the album: Punisher
Peak
11
Weeks
44
Number
60

Heat Waves
Glass Animals
From the album: Dreamland
Peak
2
Weeks
47
Number
61

Freak
Sub Urban featuring REI AMI
From the album: Thrill Seeker
Peak
2
Weeks
48
Number
62

Mariposa
Peach Tree Rascals
From the album: I can't wait for you to come my way - EP
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
49

Dropouts

Number
25 Dropout

Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Holly Humberstone
From the album: Falling Asleep at the Wheel
Peak
24
Weeks
20
Number
42 Dropout

Space Girl
Frances Forever featuring chloe moriondo
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
55 Dropout

Backyard Boy
Claire Rosinkranz
From the album: BeVerly Hills BoYfRiEnd
Peak
3
Weeks
28

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Date

May 25, 2021

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1 1 The Strokes – “The Adults Are Talking” 1(×2) 58

2 2 Sara Kays – “Remember That Night?” 2 18

3 3 Surf Curse – “Freaks” 3 17

4 4 Mother Mother – “Hayloft” 4 15

5 5 Mitski – “Washing Machine Heart” 5 13

6 6 Beach Bunny – “Cloud 9” 6 7

7 7 girl in red – “Serotonin” 7 12

8 8 Aurora – “Runaway” 8 6

9 9 Billie Eilish – “Your Power” 9 4

11 10 Lana Del Rey – “Chemtrails Over The Country Club” 2 20

12 11 Dayglow – “Close To You” 7 19

13 12 BETWEEN FRIENDS – “affection” 12 17

14 13 Men I Trust – “Show Me How” 13 16

15 14 Cavetown – “Devil Town” 14 14

16 15 bbno$ & Diamond Pistols ft. BENEE – “help herself” 15 14

17 16 Ashe & FINNEAS – “Till Forever Falls Apart” 16 12

18 17 Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, & Silk Sonic – “Leave The Door Open” 17 11

19 18 MisterWives – “SUPERBLOOM” 18 10

21 19 Jungle – “Keep Moving” 19 9

22 20 EYEDRESS – “Jealous” 20 8

32 21 The Black Keys – “Crawling Kingsnake” 21 5

24 22 Tai Verdes – “A-O-K” 22 3

37 23 WILLOW ft. Travis Barker – “t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l” 23 2

38 24 Leon Bridges – “Motorbike” 24 2

26 25 Rina Sawayama – “XS” 25 20

27 26 Still Woozy – “Rocky” 20 14

28 27 Paul McCartney & Dominic Fike – “The Kiss Of Venus (Dominic Fike)” 27 11

29 28 Thundercat – “Dragonball Durag” 28 9

20 29 Lana Del Rey – “White Dress” 20 9

30 30 Twenty One Pilots – “Shy Away” 30 7

23 31 girl in red – “You Stupid Bitch” 23 6

31 32 Lana Del Rey – “Tulsa Jesus Freak” 31 5

33 33 girl in red – “Body And Mind” 33 4

34 34 Phoebe Bridgers – “I Know the End” 34 3

35 35 Coldplay – “Higher Power” 35 3

36 36 Still Woozy – “Kenny” 36 3

NE 37 St. Vincent – “The Melting Of The Sun” 37 1

NE 38 Modest Mouse – “We Are Between” 38 1

10 39 UPSAHL – “Drugs” 10 21

39 39 carolesdaughter – “Violent” 1(×1) 22

40 40 The Backseat Lovers – “Kilby Girl” 13 22

41 42 The Neighbourhood – “Stargazing” 1(×1) 23

RE 43 Frances Forever – “Space Girl” 1(×3) 12

43 44 Dreamer Isioma – “Sensitive” 11 24

44 45 Vampire Weekend – “Campus” 11 25

45 46 Penelope Scott – “Rät” 10 28

46 47 Sir Chloe – “Michelle” 1(×3) 28

47 48 Tai Verdes – “DRUGS” 2 25

48 49 Mitski – “Me and My Husband” 10 28

49 50 Tai Verdes – “Stuck in the Middle” 1(×5) 31

50 51 Ritt Momney – “Put Your Records On” 1(×1) 34

51 52 Briston Maroney – “Freakin' out on the Interstate” 8 31

52 53 Thundercat – “Funny Thing” 3 34

53 54 Bastille – “survivin'” 12 34

54 55 Arlo Parks – “Eugene” 25 34

56 57 Cannons – “Fire for You” 10 33

57 58 Glass Animals – “Tangerine” 5 42

58 59 Black Pumas – “Colors” 10 45

59 59 Phoebe Bridgers – “Kyoto” 11 44

60 60 Glass Animals – “Heat Waves” 2 47

61 61 Sub Urban ft. REI AMI – “Freak” 2 48

62 62 Peach Tree Rascals – “Mariposa” 1(×3) 49

DROPOUTS:

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

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

55 -- Claire Rosinkranz – “Backyard Boy” 3 28

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