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:

Lola Young - From Down Here [5]

Nothing But Thieves - Evolution [4]

Charli xcx - SS26 [3]

Olivia Rodrigo - the cure [3]

Westside Cowboy - Kick Stones (The Boys) [2]

The Darkness - Masters Of The Universe [1]

Muse - Hexagons [1]

The Coral - Let The Music Play [0]

PRESIDENT - DOOM LOOP [0]

Total votes: 19

Tiebreak results:

Mystery Jets - Black Sage [8]

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

Here are this week's contenders:

Bella Kay - STOP

Blood Orange - Essex_Honey.mp3

Gilla Band - Giraffe

Greta Van Fleet - Play Your Games

Julia Wolf - Deep End

Jungle - The Wave

Kingfishr - The Sun Will Never Settle

Paul McCartney - Come Inside

Twin Atlantic - Don't Quit It

WILLOW - Talk On The Hill

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: Mystery Jets - Black Sage

Week 21: Lola Young - From Down Here

Kingfishr for me.

Gilla Band!

Gilla Band for me as well!

sorry Paul I'm still a Beatles stan 😢

Jungle

Went for Kingfishr!

think it's Jungle for me

Last day to vote!