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:

Gorillaz (feat. Omar Souleyman & Yasiin Bey) - Damascus [4]

Mumford & Sons - Prizefighter [2]

Artemas - before we say goodbye [1]

Cast - Free Love [1]

Dry Cleaning - Let Me Grow and You'll See the Fruit [1]

Softcult - Queen Of Nothing [1]

N/A [1]

The Format - Boycott Heaven [0]

Michael Marcagi - Unlocks Me [0]

Tiebreak results:

Poppy - Guardian [7]

The Darkness - Mistletoe and Wine [3]

N/A [1]

Total votes: 11

Here are this week's contenders:

Alanis Morissette - Ave Maria

Arkells & Portugal. The Man - Money

Marmozets - You Want The Truth

Megadeth - Let There Be Shred

Richard Ashcroft - To Be Loved Again

Sleaford Mods (feat. Sue Tompkins) - No Touch

Tom Morello (feat. Beartooth) - Everything Burns

The Wombats - The Power of Love - triple j Like A Version

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

Week 29: The Last Dinner Party - This is the Killer Speaking
Week 30: Tame Impala - End Of Summer

Week 31: Fat Dog - Pray To That

Week 32: Wolf Alice - White Horses

Week 33: Steve Lacy - Nice Shoes

Week 34: Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream

Week 35: Hayley Williams - Parachute

Week 36: Tame Impala - Losers

Week 37: Gorillaz (feat. Sparks) - The Happy Dictator

Week 38: Nine Inch Nails - Who Wants To Live Forever?

Week 39: Tame Impala - Dracula

Week 40: Dry Cleaning - Hit My Head All Day

Week 41: Of Monsters and Men - Fruit Bat

Week 42: Sam Fender (feat. Elton John) - Talk to You

Week 43: Mumford & Sons & Hozier - Rubber Band Man

Week 44: ROSALÍA (feat. Björk & Yves Tumor) - Berghain

Week 45: ROSALÍA (feat. Yahritza Y Su Esencia) - La Perla

Week 46: FKA twigs - HARD

Week 47: Bastille - SAVE MY SOUL

Week 48: Bryan Adams & Friends - California Christmas

Week 49: Poppy - Guardian

Week 50: Gorillaz (feat. Omar Souleyman & Yasiin Bey) - Damascus

More votes please!

Went for The Wombats!

Marmozets for me this week

Haven't really been taken by the main album, or indeed his solo career in general, but that Richard Ashcroft song is really nice. Could still be a couple of minutes shorter though.

I don't think we've ever had the votes so spread out!

Christmas Day tomorrow, so I’ll do the final reminder to vote now!

Very close this week…

Megadeth wins!

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

Week 29: The Last Dinner Party - This is the Killer Speaking
Week 30: Tame Impala - End Of Summer

Week 31: Fat Dog - Pray To That

Week 32: Wolf Alice - White Horses

Week 33: Steve Lacy - Nice Shoes

Week 34: Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream

Week 35: Hayley Williams - Parachute

Week 36: Tame Impala - Losers

Week 37: Gorillaz (feat. Sparks) - The Happy Dictator

Week 38: Nine Inch Nails - Who Wants To Live Forever?

Week 39: Tame Impala - Dracula

Week 40: Dry Cleaning - Hit My Head All Day

Week 41: Of Monsters and Men - Fruit Bat

Week 42: Sam Fender (feat. Elton John) - Talk to You

Week 43: Mumford & Sons & Hozier - Rubber Band Man

Week 44: ROSALÍA (feat. Björk & Yves Tumor) - Berghain

Week 45: ROSALÍA (feat. Yahritza Y Su Esencia) - La Perla

Week 46: FKA twigs - HARD

Week 47: Bastille - SAVE MY SOUL

Week 48: Bryan Adams & Friends - California Christmas

Week 49: Poppy - Guardian

Week 50: Gorillaz (feat. Omar Souleyman & Yasiin Bey) - Damascus

Week 51: Megadeth - Let There Be Shred