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:

Gorillaz (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda & Black Thought) - The Moon Cave [5]

The Temper Trap - Into The Wild [4]

American Football - Bad Moons [2]

Artemas - psychokiller [2]

The Twilight Sad - ATTEMPTING A CRASH LANDING - THEME [2]

Kingfishr - The Blade [1]

Mitski - If I Leave [1]

Melanie Martinez - DISNEY PRINCESS [1]

Laufey - How I Get [0]

Morrissey - Amazona [0]

Total votes: 18

Here are this week's contenders:

Cameron Winter - Warning

Depeche Mode - Universal Soldier

Foals - When the War is Finally Done

Fontaines D.C. - Black Boys on Mopeds

Hard-Fi - They Ain't Your Friends

Marmozets - Running With The Sun In Your Eyes

Metric - Time Is A Bomb

Seafret (feat. James Morrison) - Driftwood

Skindred - Can I Get A

Wet Leg - Obvious

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

Week 7: Charli xcx - Always Everywhere

Week 8: Lana Del Rey - White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter
Week 9: Gorillaz (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda & Black Thought) - The Moon Cave

Fully half of these being from the 'HELP(2)' album

My personal rankings for Week 10;

1. Hard-Fi – They Ain't Your Friends

2. Fontaines D.C. – Black Boys on Mopeds

3. Skindred – Can I Get A

4. Marmozets – Running With The Sun In Your Eyes

5. Depeche Mode – Universal Soldier

6. Foals – When the War is Finally Done

7. Seafret feat. James Morrison – Driftwood

8. Wet Leg – Obvious

9. Cameron Winter – Warning

10. Metric – Time Is A Bomb

More votes please!

Last day to vote!

Not much longer left to vote! ;)

Metric out of these

Went for Depeche Mode. Can’t find that new Foals track anywhere??

41 minutes ago, Steve201 said:

Went for Depeche Mode. Can’t find that new Foals track anywhere??

It’s on the Help(2) album!

1 Cameron Winter

2 Metric

3 Depeche Mode

4 Foals

5 Marmozets

6 Fontaines D.C.

7 Hard-Fi

8 Wet Leg

9 Seafret

10 Skindred

Very good week, mostly buoyed by some great picks from the HELP(2) album (after being quite hit or miss on the actual singles). With each passing day I become more Geese pilled I fear. I did like the first Metric single of the year but this one is much more like it, a banger. The Hard-Fi song is probably better than I'd have expected from a 2026 Hard-Fi comeback, not bad. Wet Leg and Seafret were both nice but it's a nah from me on this Skindred song.

I won’t be able to get the next one up until tomorrow if anyone wants to break the tie 😂