Each week, 8 new releases are selected to go head to head, with one weekly winner which will then go up against future weekly winners later in the year at the end of each quarter of the year, and then again at the end of the year to determine the ultimate winner of 2025.

Last week's results:

Ethel Cain - Nettles [5]

Wunderhorse - The Rope [3]

Big Thief - Incomprehensible [2]

Creeper - Headstones [2]

Turnstile - I CARE [1]

Evanescence (feat. K.Flay) - Fight Like A Girl [0]

PRESIDENT - Fearless [0]

shame - Cutthroat [0]

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Total Votes: 13

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Each week, choose one song only that you feel is your favourite from the selection of releases that week. If you wish to post a rate of the selection of songs in the thread, please feel free to do so.

Here are this week's contenders:

All Time Low - SUCKERPUNCH

Biffy Clyro - A Little Love

David Byrne - Everybody Laughs

Japanese Breakfast - My Baby (Got Nothing At All)

Kevin Abstract & Dominic Fike - Geezer

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Aerodynamic

Nova Twins - Anxiety

Twenty One Pilots - The Contract

Results of this week's poll will be revealed in next week's thread. The poll will remain open until the following Friday.

2025 Indie/Rock/Alt Track of the Week Winners

Week 1: N/A

Week 2: Ethel Cain – Amber Waves

Week 3: Mumford & Sons – Rushmere

Week 4: Nova Twins – Monsters

Week 5: SOFIA ISELLA – Dog's Dinner

Week 6: Oklou – blade bird

Week 7: Sam Fender – Remember My Name

Week 8: Fontaines D.C. – It's Amazing To Be Young

Week 9: Doves - A Drop In The Ocean

Week 10: Black Country, New Road – Happy Birthday

Week 11: Sleep Token – Emergence

Week 12: SOFT PLAY feat. Kate Nash – Slushy

Week 13: Linkin Park - Up From The Bottom

Week 14: Wet Leg - catch these fists

Week 15: Lana Del Rey - Henry, come on

Week 16: Lana Del Rey – Bluebird

Week 17: Lorde – What Was That

Week 18: Nilüfer Yanya - Cold Heart

Week 19: Sleep Token - Even In Arcadia

Week 20: Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom

Week 21: Pulp - Got to Have Love

Week 22: Pendulum - Save The Cat

Week 23: Ethel Cain - Nettles

Playlists added @WhoOdyssey but I wasn't able to get a link to the Spotify exclusive on YouTube. I can't see any other suitable releases to replace Nova Twins with this week, so we can continue with that but probably best to avoid Spotify/Apple Music exclusives for anyone who uses alternative platforms.

Twenty One Pilots this week

I guess it would be obvious who I voted, but Twenty One Pilots.

Cracking song to lead the next album

On 13/06/2025 at 11:00, awardinary said:

I can't see any other suitable releases to replace Nova Twins with this week, so we can continue with that

This is depressing on a number of levels

More votes please!

My personal rankings for Week 24;

1. Twenty One Pilots – The Contract

2. Biffy Clyro – A Little Love

3. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Aerodynamic

4. All Time Low – SUCKERPUNCH

5. Nova Twins – Anxiety

6. Japanese Breakfast – My Baby (Got Nothing At All)

7. David Byrne – Everybody Laughs

8. Kevin Abstract & Dominic Fike – Geezer

Went for Biggy Clyro!

Went to Nova Twins

16 hours ago, Steve201 said:

Went for Biggy Clyro!

Is that some sort of genre-bending collab between Biffy Clyro and Biggie Smalls? 🤣

Edited June 17Jun 17 by Mangø

Oops, typing on a phone is not good. Sounds like an amazing colab though tbf!

1 21P

2 King Gizzard

3 Biffy

Looking good for Tyler and Josh here.

The taste 😀

Last day to vote!