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And Coleen Nolan/Jake from Rixton! 😂

Last day to vote!

The Darkness are releasing a song from the new He-Man movie - presumably out on Friday!

‘Let The Music Play’ premiered on 6 Music earlier, and now an entire album has just dropped on streaming!

‘The Wave’ is out on 27th May!

New single out on Friday:

Sounds really strong on first listen!

She was - now the break’s over!

New one out on Friday!

Apologies, was on holiday and meant to get it up but never got around to it. Thanks for standing in @seven. !

More votes please!

I’ll leave this up a bit longer :)

Nice to finally have a proper big release from them on the way!

More votes please!

more votes please!

Out now!

Not rock enough for the OCC’s rock chart though apparently!

Great to see this enter the Top 40 this week!

Finally new in at #95 this week!

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: DMA'S - Heatin Park [3] The Beaches - Should've Known Better [2] Bella Kay - Promise? [2] Death Cab for Cutie - Punching the Flowers [2] American Football (feat. Wisp) - Wake Her Up [1] The Black Keys - She Does It Right [1] Halsey - Carry the Weight [1] Loathe (feat. NOWHERE2RUN) - Revenant [1] Bleachers - i'm not joking [0] Self Esteem - Maggie's Song [0] Total votes: 14 Here are this week's contenders: Charli xcx - Rock Music The Last Dinner Party - Big Dog Lykke Li - Happy Now Motionless In White (feat. Corey Taylor) - Playing God MUNA - Eastside Girls Paris Paloma - Stem the Flow Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr - Home to Us The Reytons - Busker's Paradise The Rolling Stones - In The Stars Yard Act - Redeemer 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

Surprised Bleachers are 6 Music material, not complaining though.

I’ll be closing this one at midnight - so this is your last call!

Final call for votes!

Last day to vote!

Doesn't quite fit, but Loyle Carner's real name is Benjamin Coyle-Larner!