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:

Snow Patrol & Kylie Minogue - These Alarms [6]

Fat Dog - Cancel Me (I'm Tired) [3]

The Big Moon - Gravity [2]

Against The Current - Always You & I [1]

Marmozets - Closer To You [1]

Westside Cowboy - Pin Up Boys [1]

Bloc Party - Love Bombs [0]

DMA'S - Killing Time [0]

Shed Seven - Stand Together [0]

Wolf Alice - Gospel Oak [0]

Total votes: 14

Here are this week's contenders:

Courteeners - Plus One Forever

Green Day - I'm Never Gonna R.I.P.

Jungle - Someday, Somewhere

The Last Dinner Party - Knocking at the Sky

Malcolm Todd - I Just Got Mad

Nothing But Thieves - Stray Dogs

ROLE MODEL - Joy

The Rolling Stones - Mr Charm

U2 - Street Of Dreams

Wet Leg - hi from me

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

Week 22: Jungle - The Wave

Week 23: Evanescence - Tell Me When You've Had Enough

Week 24: Olivia Rodrigo & Robert Smith - what's wrong with me

Week 25: FKA twigs (feat. Lil Yachty) - On Your Mind

Week 26: Muse (feat. Ellie Goulding) - Hush

Week 27: Snow Patrol & Kylie Minogue - These Alarms

Just bumping this up ahead of last week's!

Jungle the best of a middling bunch I think

Enjoying the new U2 song!

More votes please!

Another bump for votes ;)

Last day to vote!