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:

Fat Dog - Go F*** Urself [4]

Mystery Jets - Black Sage [4]

Genesis Owusu - BIG DOG [2]

Bloc Party - Coming On Strong [1]

Eartheater - Paradise Rains [1]

Modest Mouse - Third Side of the Moon [1]

Anthrax - It's For The Kids [0]

Holding Absence - Reflection [0]

The Strokes - Falling out of Love [0]

Total votes: 15

It's a tie!

Here are this week's contenders:

Charli xcx - SS26

The Coral - Let The Music Play

The Darkness - Masters Of The Universe

Lola Young - From Down Here

Olivia Rodrigo - the cure

Muse - Hexagons

Mystery Jets - A Hole To See The Sky Through I

PRESIDENT - DOOM LOOP

Nothing But Thieves - Evolution

Westside Cowboy - Kick Stones (The Boys)

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

Week 19: Lykke Li - Happy Now

Week 20: TBC

Muse and Fat Dog FTW (the tiebreak poll seems to have been forgot about)

23 minutes ago, danG said:

Muse and Fat Dog FTW (the tiebreak poll seems to have been forgot about)

Added!

Voted Nothing But Thieves and in the tie break Fat Dog but would have voted Mystery Jets if that was the choice 🧐

8 hours ago, Steve201 said:

Voted Nothing But Thieves and in the tie break Fat Dog but would have voted Mystery Jets if that was the choice 🧐

Ah damn, I messed that up! Holiday head still on. I’ll run the tiebreak as a separate poll to start fresh.

I thought as much but thought I had looked at something wrongly lol

Voted for Charli (+ Mystery Jets in the separate poll)

Last day to vote!

Last chance to vote + break the tie!

I broke the tie!