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:

DMA'S - Heatin Park [3]

The Beaches - Should've Known Better [2]

Bella Kay - Promise? [2]

Death Cab for Cutie - Punching the Flowers [2]

American Football (feat. Wisp) - Wake Her Up [1]

The Black Keys - She Does It Right [1]

Halsey - Carry the Weight [1]

Loathe (feat. NOWHERE2RUN) - Revenant [1]

Bleachers - i'm not joking [0]

Self Esteem - Maggie's Song [0]

Total votes: 14

Here are this week's contenders:

Charli xcx - Rock Music

The Last Dinner Party - Big Dog

Lykke Li - Happy Now

Motionless In White (feat. Corey Taylor) - Playing God

MUNA - Eastside Girls

Paris Paloma - Stem the Flow

Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr - Home to Us

The Reytons - Busker's Paradise

The Rolling Stones - In The Stars

Yard Act - Redeemer

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

Week 18: DMA'S - Heatin Park

Paul/Ringo and new Stones are both good but Lykke Li takes it for me this week!