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:

sombr - Homewrecker [8]

Mandy, Indiana (feat. billy woods) - Sicko! [5]

Metric - Victim Of Luck [3]

Arlo Parks - Heaven [2]

Ladytron - A Death in London [1]

Mitski - I'll Change for You [1]

The Black Keys - You Got to Lose [0]

Morrissey - Notre-Dame [0]

Peter Gabriel - Put the Bucket Down [0]

Power Snatch - ASSIGNMENT [0]

Total votes: 20

Here are this week's contenders:

Bella Kay - Steady

Bleachers - you and forever

Charli xcx - Always Everywhere

Damon Albarn, Grian Chatten & Kae Tempest - Flags

DON BROCO (feat. Nickelback) - Nightmare Tripping

James Blake - I Had a Dream She Took My Hand

Knocked Loose (feat. Denzel Curry) - Hive Mind

Lykke Li - Lucky Again

MUNA - Dancing On The Wall

YONAKA - Eat You Alive

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

Week 6: sombr - Homewrecker

Has to be Charli this week!

Went for Bleachers this week, shout out to for Albarn/Grattan/Tespest too!

More votes please!

Voted for Charli xcx this week

Bleachers for me this week.

1 Bleachers

2 Charli xcx

3 Knocked Loose

4 YONAKA

5 James Blake

6 Bella Kay

7 DON BROCO

8 MUNA

9 Damon Albarn

10 Lykke Li

Did not expect to be voting for Bleachers from this line-up but that is a really good song from them! Lovely stuff from Charli as well and the Knocked Loose/Denzel song slaps and is a lot of fun. Some disappointing songs elsewhere on the list, still excited for James Blake's album as ever but this song was just ok, hope it'll grow on me. The MUNA song is also one of their more middling efforts, didn't really feel like there was much chemistry between the artists on 'Flags' and the Lykke Li song just did nothing for me at all unfortunately. Bella Kay's song also is not as good as her 2 chart hits but still decent. DON BROCO/Nickelback was better than I expected though, a decent enough metalcore tune and I don't think I'd have known that was Chad Kroeger if it wasn't written down, he sounds quite different these days.

Last day to vote!

The lone champion of MUNA here 👋

My personal rankings for Week 7;

1. Charli xcx – Always Everywhere

2. MUNA – Dancing On The Wall

3. Bleachers – you and forever

4. YONAKA – Eat You Alive

5. Lykke Li – Lucky Again

6. James Blake – I Had a Dream She Took My Hand

7. Bella Kay – Steady

8. DON BROCO feat. Nickelback – Nightmare Tripping

9. Damon Albarn, Grian Chatten & Kae Tempest – Flags

10. Knocked Loose feat. Denzel Curry – Hive Mind

On 19/02/2026 at 17:42, RobBot said:

The lone champion of MUNA here 👋

We really were spoilt for choice this week.