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:

Jungle - Carry On [4]

Paul McCartney - Days We Left Behind [3]

Florence Road - Hanging Out To Dry [2]

Pulp - Marrying For Love [2]

DON BROCO (feat. Sam Carter) - True Believers [1]

PRESIDENT - Mercy [1]

The Snuts - Motherlands [1]

Suki Waterhouse - Back in Love [1]

Against The Current - Heavenly [0]

Melanie Martinez - UNCANNY VALLEY [0]

Total votes: 15

Here are this week's contenders:

Arlo Parks - Beams

Bleachers - the van

Dermot Kennedy - Turnstile

Dry Cleaning - Sliced by a Fingernail

Jack White - G.O.D. And The Broken Ribs

Kasabian - GREAT PRETENDER

Lambrini Girls - Cult of Celebrity

Metric - Crush Forever

U2 - Song For Hal

Weezer - Shine Again

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

Week 12: Muse - Be With You

Week 13: Jungle - Carry On

Lambrini Girls of course

Surprisingly enjoy the Kasabian one so went for that!

Pity Paul Mc just missed out last week!

Quite average stuff overally, so gone for punky Lambrini Girls.

More votes please!

I like the Metric song although prefer their two before, but that classic guitar sound from The Edge means U2 get my vote.

Last day to vote!

Final call!

My "late" personal rankings for Week 14 (I realise this ranking does not count for anything at this stage);

1. U2 – Song For Hal

2. Weezer – Shine Again

3. Dermot Kennedy – Turnstile

4. Jack White – G.O.D. And The Broken Ribs

5. Lambrini Girls – Cult of Celebrity

6. Kasabian – GREAT PRETENDER

7. Arlo Parks – Beams

8. Metric – Crush Forever

9. Bleachers – the van

10. Dry Cleaning – Sliced by a Fingernail