Indie/Rock/Alt Track of the Week 2026: Week 16

1. Main poll - vote for your favourite!
- Cassyette - Oops (it's a bad idea)
  
  2
- Hard-Fi - Looking For Fun
  
  0
- Kodaline - We Were Only Young
  
  4
- Lana Del Rey - First Light
  
  7
- Massive Attack & Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground
  
  1
- M.I.A. (feat. Kala) - Sacred Heart
  
  1
- MUNA - Wannabeher
  
  2
- The Pretty Reckless - Love Me
  
  0
- ROSALÍA - Focu 'Ranni
  
  2
- sombr - Potential
  
  3
- N/A
  
  0
2. Tiebreak - vote for your favourite!
- Cruz Beckham - waste your pain
  
  6
- The Strokes - Going Shopping
  
  12
- N/A
  
  4

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Posted April 17Apr 17

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:

Cruz Beckham - waste your pain [4]

The Strokes - Going Shopping [4]

Evanscence - Who Will You Follow [2]

Royel Otis - Sweet Hallelujah [2]

Courteeners - The Luckiest Man Alive [1]

Lykke Li - Sick Of Love [1]

South Arcade - SUPERMAN [1]

Enter Shikari - LOSE YOUR SELF [0]

Foo Fighters - Of All People [0]

M.I.A. - EVERYTHING [0]

Total votes: 15

It's a tie!

Here are this week's contenders:

Cassyette - Oops (it's a bad idea)

Hard-Fi - Looking For Fun

Kodaline - We Were Only Young

Lana Del Rey - First Light

Massive Attack & Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground

M.I.A. (feat. Kala) - Sacred Heart

MUNA - Wannabeher
The Pretty Reckless - Love Me

ROSALÍA - Focu 'Ranni

sombr - Potential

Tiebreak:

Cruz Beckham - waste your pain

The Strokes - Going Shopping

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

Week 14: U2 - Song For Hal

Week 15: TBC