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:

Lana Del Rey - First Light [7]

Kodaline - We Were Only Young [4]

sombr - Potential [3]

Cassyette - Oops (it's a bad idea) [2]

MUNA - Wannabeher [2]

ROSALÍA - Focu 'Ranni [2]

Massive Attack & Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground [1]

M.I.A. (feat. Kala) - Sacred Heart [1]

Hard-Fi - Looking For Fun [0]

The Pretty Reckless - Love Me [0]

N/A [0]

Tiebreak results:

The Strokes - Going Shopping [12]

Cruz Beckham - waste your pain [6]

N/A [4]

Total votes: 22

Here are this week's contenders:

Beck - Ride Lonesome

Blossoms - Joke About Divorce

Foo Fighters - Window

Lucy Dacus - Planting Tomatoes

Malcolm Todd - I Saw Your Face

mgk (feat. Fred Durst) - FIX UR FACE

Muse - Cryogen

Noah Kahan - Doors

Pulp - Open Strings

Suki Waterhouse - Tiny Raisin

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: The Strokes - Going Shopping

Week 16: Lana Del Rey - First Light

Voted for Blossoms this week!

Voted for Noah, another of his that needed a few listens to click.

Side note: songs in this poll titled 'Window' and 'Doors'

More votes please!

Last day to vote - it's a close one!

Final call for voters!

Blossoms - best thing they've done in quite a while!