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:

Cameron Winter - If You Turn Back Now [Live at Carnegie Hall] [5]

Arlo Parks - waiting for me [3]

Florence Road - Wish Upon You [2]

Jamie T - Waist 36 Leg 32 [2]

Paul McCartney - Chelsea Boots [2]

Remi Wolf - Champagne [2]

Enter Shikari - Higher Ground [0]

Grimes & VADAKIN - ACCELERANDO [0]

Royal Blood - Dead Company [0]

Total votes: 17

Here are this week's contenders:

Blondie - Spectral Eyes

Fontaines D.C. & ROSALÍA - Where Is Gone?

Jake Bugg - Day By Day

James Marriott - Lovestruck

Justice (feat. Tame Impala, SZA & King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard) - Flower In A Hurricane

Kings Of Leon - KOYSAR

Michael Kiwanuka - Sing

Phoebe Bridgers - Life In The Dark

U2 - The Greatest Show On Earth
Zach Bryan (feat. Lana Del Rey) - Lies

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
Week 41: Cameron Winter - If You Turn Back Now [Live at Carnegie Hall]

Great to see Cameron Winter winning last weeks vote.

Easy vote for me this week - Fontalia!

More votes please!

A strong week but has to be Fontalía my beloved 🖤

Why did so much good stuff have to be released at once - it's as if the record companies all woke up and realised the Christmas songs would be here in a fortnight so they'd better release while fresh hits are still possible!

Blondie, U2, Zach / Lana and Justice / Tame Impala / SZA / King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard would all have had my vote in more weeks than not, but it has to be Fontalía.