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:

Wolf Alice - The Sofa [7]

The Hives - Legalize Living [2]

mgk - vampire diaries [2]

Deftones - my mind is a mountain [1]

All Time Low - The Weather [0]

The Hunna - Hide & Seek [0]

Wet Leg - mangetout [0]

Tiebreak:

Ethel Cain - F*ck Me Eyes [7]

The Lathums - Cobblestones [4]

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Total Votes: 12

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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:

Good Charlotte - Stepper

The Last Dinner Party - This is the Killer Speaking

Nine Inch Nails - As Alive As You Need Me

PRESIDENT - RAGE

The Reytons - Guilt Trip

WARGASM - Small World Syndrome

YUNGBLUD (feat. Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II) - Changes (Live From Villa Park)

Zach Bryan (feat. Gabriella Rose) - Madeline

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

Week 24: Twenty One Pilots - The Contract

Week 25: Muse - Unravelling

Week 26: Lorde - Shapeshifter

Week 27: Ethel Cain - F*ck Me Eyes

Week 28: Wolf Alice - The Sofa

My personal rankings for Week 29;

1. The Last Dinner Party – This is the Killer Speaking

2. The Reytons – Guilt Trip

3. Nine Inch Nails – As Alive As You Need Me

4. Good Charlotte – Stepper

5. YUNGBLUD feat. Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II – Changes [Live From Villa Park]

6. PRESIDENT – RAGE

7. Zach Bryan feat. Gabriella Rose – Madeline

8. WARGASM – Small World Syndrome

Easily the Last Dinner Party for me this week!

Found all the songs I hadn't already heard - YUNGBLUD covering 'Changes' is some sort of Venn diagram of Buzzajck faves Edit: RIP Ozzy 😢

Voting Zach / Gabriella again in this poll, not as good as Zach's previous one but still enough for me, The Last Dinner Party's hasn't really hit me yet.

In the absence of Panic Shack - Lipgloss and White Lies - In The Middle it's an easy win for NIN this week.

The best new song this week isn't listed: Wisp - Breathe Onto Me

From the list above nothing spots my attention.

Voted for NIN

Other stuff I'm liking this week -

Last Dinner party - This is The Killer Speaking

PROJECTOR - It Surely Has Been Hell

Die Spitz- Throw Yourself On The Sword

Pop WIll Eat Itself - Disco Misfits

HotWax - Tell Me Everything's Alright

Calva Louise - Tunnel Vision

WARGASM - Small World Syndrome

Panic Shack - Pockets

In This Moment (w/ Kim Dracula) - Heretic

Alkaline Trio - Oblivion

Avatar - In The Airwaves

17 hours ago, Steve201 said:

Easily the Last Dinner Party for me this week!

Ditto