Indie/Rock/Alt Track of the Week 2026: Week 18

1. Vote for your favourite!
- American Football (feat. Wisp) - Wake Her Up
  
  1
- The Beaches - Should've Known Better
  
  2
- Bella Kay - Promise?
  
  2
- The Black Keys - She Does It Right
  
  1
- Bleachers - i'm not joking
  
  0
- Death Cab for Cutie - Punching the Flowers
  
  2
- DMA'S - Heatin Park
  
  3
- Halsey - Carry the Weight
  
  1
- Loathe (feat. NOWHERE2RUN) - Revenant
  
  1
- Self Esteem - Maggie's Song
  
  0

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Posted May 2May 2

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:

Blossoms - Joke About Divorce [5]

Muse - Cryogen [4]

Noah Kahan - Doors [3]

Beck - Ride Lonesome [1]

Lucy Dacus - Planting Tomatoes [1]

mgk (feat. Fred Durst) - FIX UR FACE [1]

Pulp - Open Strings [1]

Suki Waterhouse - Tiny Raisin [1]

Foo Fighters - Window [0]

Malcolm Todd - I Saw Your Face [0]

Total votes: 18

Here are this week's contenders:

American Football (feat. Wisp) - Wake Her Up

The Beaches - Should've Known Better

Bella Kay - Promise?

The Black Keys - She Does It Right

Bleachers - i'm not joking

Death Cab for Cutie - Punching the Flowers

DMA'S - Heatin Park

Halsey - Carry the Weight

Loathe (feat. NOWHERE2RUN) - Revenant

Self Esteem - Maggie's Song

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

Week 17: Blossoms - Joke About Divorce