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:

Fontaines D.C. - Tongue [5]

Michael Kiwanuka - Summer Clothes [4]

Placebo - HELLEN KELLER [3]

Fat Dog - Heart of Darkness [2]

Rachel Chinouriri - Broken chair [2]

Kings of Leon - Cold Blue Dawn [1]

Noah Kahan - Draw You Out [1]

The Big Moon - F.O.R.E.V.E.R [0]

Bleach 9:3 - Tourniquet [0]

Blossoms - The Kardashians [0]

Total votes: 18

Here are this week's contenders:

Arlo Parks - waiting for me

Cameron Winter - If You Turn Back Now [Live at Carnegie Hall]

Enter Shikari - Higher Ground

Florence Road - Wish Upon You

girl in red- blue

Grimes & VADAKIN - ACCELERANDO

Jamie T - Waist 36 Leg 32

Paul McCartney - Chelsea Boots

Remi Wolf - Champagne

Royal Blood - Dead Company

I wouldn't ordinarily include live songs, but this is the first release of If You Turn Back Now - there is no studio version.

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

Week 31: Rachel Chinouriri - One song away from crying
Week 32: The Big Moon - Fun

Week 33: Phoebe Bridgers - I Can't Wait

Week 34: Fontaines D.C. - Marianne

Week 35: Olivia Rodrigo - serena joy

Week 36: Fat Dog - Call It What You Want

Week 37: Working Men's Club - Devout

Week 38: beabadoobee - Write Me A Letter

Week 39: CHVRCHES - Roses

Week 40: Fontaines D.C. - Tongue

1 hour ago, WhoOdyssey said:

I wouldn't ordinarily include live songs, but this is the first release of If You Turn Back Now - there is no studio version.

…and now I’ll have to vote for it!

Just to confirm that for last week's results, 'Heart of Darkness' from Fat Dog received 2 votes.

44 minutes ago, AKP said:

Just to confirm that for last week's results, 'Heart of Darkness' from Fat Dog received 2 votes.

Ah yes - good spot!

From this it is clearly Girl In Red, but Ane Brun & Royksopp - Eat The Fruit is my favourite new ALT song this week.

Cameron Winter for me this week!

More votes please!

Last day to vote!