Each week, 10 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 2026.

Last week's results:

Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Minneapolis [8]

Noah Kahan - The Great Divide [5]

Paris Paloma - Good Girl [5]

Melanie Martinez - POSSESSION [3]

Embrace - Road to Nowhere [2]

Skindred - This Is The Sound [1]

Artemas - professional heartbreaker [0]

The Snuts - Summer Rain [0]

Total votes: 24

Here are this week's contenders:

There's so many options, and we're getting more votes than ever - so I've increased the songs to 10.

Arlo Parks - Heaven

The Black Keys - You Got to Lose

Ladytron - A Death in London

Mandy, Indiana (feat. billy woods) - Sicko!

Metric - Victim Of Luck

Mitski - I'll Change for You

Morrissey - Notre-Dame

Peter Gabriel - Put the Bucket Down

Power Snatch - ASSIGNMENT

sombr - Homewrecker

2026 Indie/Rock/Alt Track of the Week Winners

Week 1: Ladytron - Caught in the Blink of an Eye

Week 2: Mandy, Indiana - Cursive

Week 3: Gorillaz (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson & Anoushka Shankar) - Orange County

Week 4: James Blake - Death of Love

Week 5: Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Minneapolis

Went for the great new Black Keys track this week!

Voted Sombr, but the Ladytron track is also massive.

sombr for sure, no competition this week

Metric

My personal rankings for Week 6;

1. Ladytron – A Death in London

2. sombr – Homewrecker

3. The Black Keys – You Got to Lose

4. Peter Gabriel – Put the Bucket Down

5. Mitski – I'll Change for You

6. Power Snatch – ASSIGNMENT

7. Arlo Parks – Heaven

8. Morrissey – Notre-Dame

9. Metric – Victim Of Luck

10. Mandy, Indiana feat. billy woods – Sicko!

10 hours ago, awardinary said:

My personal rankings for Week 6;

10. Mandy, Indiana feat. billy woods – Sicko!

1. Mandy, Indiana feat. billy woods – Sicko!*

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Unsurprisingly voted for Mandy, Indiana this week too with yet another abrasive banger 💙