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:

beabadoobee (feat. The Marías) - All I Did Was Dream of You [7]

Noah Kahan - Porch Light [3]

James Blake - Trying Times [2]

Arlo Parks - Get Go [1]

Bleachers - dirty wedding dress [1]

Lykke Li - Knife In The Heart [1]

Bruce Springsteen - A Rainy Night in Soho [0]

Modest Mouse - Look How Far... [0]

The Pretty Reckless - When I Wake Up [0]

Thundercat (feat. WILLOW) - ThunderWave [0]

Total votes: 16

Here are this week's contenders:

Artemas - More Than Just A Little Bit

The Black Keys - Where There's Smoke, There's Fire

Death Cab for Cutie - Riptides

Dermot Kennedy - Honest

DMA'S - My Baby's Place

Foo Fighters - Caught In The Echo

MUNA - So What

Muse - Be With You

Nickelback - Bones For The Crows
Paris Paloma - Miyazaki

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

Week 10: Cameron Winter - Warning

Week 11: beabadoobee (feat. The Marías) - All I Did Was Dream of You

Black Keys and DMA's not bad but after a couple of listens the Muse track has started hitting so I went for that this week.

It's Paris Paloma for me - the other did not do much for me on the first listen.

Voted for Muse, it's like they've gone back to 2006 (their best era for me!)

Not a vintage week for me but voted for MUNA!

Muse for me, strong Queen vibes for me!

More votes please! ;)

Last day to vote!

My personal rankings for Week 12;

1. Muse – Be With You

2. Foo Fighters – Caught In The Echo

3. DMA'S – My Baby's Place

4. The Black Keys – Where There's Smoke, There's Fire

5. Nickelback – Bones For The Crows

6. Dermot Kennedy – Honest

7. Artemas – more than just a little bit

8. Death Cab for Cutie – Riptides

9. MUNA – So What

10. Paris Paloma – Miyazaki

1 MUNA

2 Foo Fighters

3 Artemas

4 Dermot Kennedy

5 The Black Keys

6 DMA'S

7 Death Cab For Cutie

8 Muse

9 Paris Paloma

10 Nickelback

I did end up growing to quite like 'Dancing On The Wall' but 'So What' is instantly miiiiles better for me, easily my fave here and one that just gets better and better as it goes along <3 Otherwise Foo Fighters bringing another fuzzy banger and another good tune from Artemas although feels weird to be listening to this one from the Indie forum. The Dermot and The Black Keys songs are better than their previous releases this year but nothing too special. 6-8 are all ok, a bit of a disappointing one from Death Cab For Cutie as I'd been excited to hear a new song from them, likewise with Muse although they've been hit or miss for years really, I did think their last album was a bit overhated though. Also a disappointingly middling song from Paris Paloma after really enjoying her last single. And that sure is a Nickelback song (it's not terrible I guess).

Cannot say I was expecting that Muse would be winning this poll x