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:

Charli xcx - Camera [8]

Paris Paloma - Pre-Raphaelite [3]

Martin Garrix & U2 - Fireflies [2]

The Strokes - Lonely in the Future [2]

Beartooth - Eyes Closed [0]

Johnny Marr – Ophelia [0]

Lizzy McAlpine - The light in the painting [0]

Protomartyr - Sounds We Cannot Hear [0]

The Snuts - In Motion [0]

WILLOW - Bone Collector [0]

Tiebreak results:

Queens of the Stone Age - Easy Street [4]

Echo & The Bunnymen - Brussels Is Haunted [3]

Steve Lacy - doom [3]

Brandon Flowers - Paradise [2]

Total votes: 16

Here are this week's contenders:

Cruz Beckham - Seeing Red

Electric Callboy - The Way You Are
Fat Dog - Sh*t Love

Greta Van Fleet - Saw You Stand
HMLTD - Blitzkrieg

PRESIDENT - dark heaven
Rachel Chinouriri - One song away from crying

Remi Wolf - Twiggy
Tony Iommi - World Alone

Wolf Alice - Hammond 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

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

Week 28: Jungle - Someday, Somwhere

Week 29: Queens of the Stone Age - Easy Street

Week 30: Charli xcx - Camera

3 I really like: Greta Fleet, Rachel and Remi Wolf. Remi slightly in front.

Rachel Chinouriri for me this week!