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Tame Impala recently too!

New single being teased on socials - sounds like their most commercial sounding single in some time!

It did chart, credited to the actual artists in the end. And higher than JLS’ actual comeback song later that year!

As far as drama goes, that's pretty tame.

‘Pokemon’ has been added to the Radio 1 playlist today - great choice!

Each week, 8 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 2025. Last week's results: ROSALÍA (feat. Yahritza Y Su Esencia) - La Perla [5] Holly Humberstone - Die Happy [3] Skindred - You Got This [2] Gorillaz (feat. IDLES) - The God of Lying [1] The Lottery Winners - Your Last Song [1] Hayley Williams - Showbiz [0] Kings of Leon - To Space [0] Marmozets - A Kiss From A Mother [0] Here are this week's contenders: Charli xcx (feat. John Cale) - House Dominic Fike - White Keys Dry Cleaning - Cruise Ship Designer FKA twigs - HARD Megadeth - I Don't Care! Oliver Tree - Joyride Poppy - Bruised Sky Squeeze - Trixies, Pt. 1 2025 Indie/Rock/Alt Track of the Week Winners Week 1: N/A Week 2: Ethel Cain – Amber Waves Week 3: Mumford & Sons – Rushmere Week 4: Nova Twins – Monsters Week 5: SOFIA ISELLA – Dog's Dinner Week 6: Oklou – blade bird Week 7: Sam Fender – Remember My Name Week 8: Fontaines D.C. – It's Amazing To Be Young Week 9: Doves - A Drop In The Ocean Week 10: Black Country, New Road – Happy Birthday Week 11: Sleep Token – Emergence Week 12: SOFT PLAY (feat. Kate Nash) – Slushy Week 13: Linkin Park - Up From The Bottom Week 14: Wet Leg - catch these fists Week 15: Lana Del Rey - Henry, come on Week 16: Lana Del Rey – Bluebird Week 17: Lorde – What Was That Week 18: Nilüfer Yanya - Cold Heart Week 19: Sleep Token - Even In Arcadia Week 20: Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom Week 21: Pulp - Got to Have Love Week 22: Pendulum - Save The Cat Week 23: Ethel Cain - Nettles Week 24: Twenty One Pilots - The Contract Week 25: Muse - Unravelling Week 26: Lorde - Shapeshifter Week 27: Ethel Cain - F*ck Me Eyes Week 28: Wolf Alice - The Sofa Week 29: The Last Dinner Party - This is the Killer Speaking Week 30: Tame Impala - End Of Summer Week 31: Fat Dog - Pray To That Week 32: Wolf Alice - White Horses Week 33: Steve Lacy - Nice Shoes Week 34: Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream Week 35: Hayley Williams - Parachute Week 36: Tame Impala - Losers Week 37: Gorillaz (feat. Sparks) - The Happy Dictator Week 38: Nine Inch Nails - Who Wants To Live Forever? Week 39: Tame Impala - Dracula Week 40: Dry Cleaning - Hit My Head All Day Week 41: Of Monsters and Men - Fruit Bat Week 42: Sam Fender (feat. Elton John) - Talk to You Week 43: Mumford & Sons & Hozier - Rubber Band Man Week 44: ROSALÍA (feat. Björk & Yves Tumor) - Berghain Week 45: ROSALÍA (feat. Yahritza Y Su Esencia) - La Perla

Not since 1990!

Squeeze are back with their first album since 2017! ‘Trixies’ is out on 6th March 2026, and lead single ‘Trixies, Pt. 1’ is out now:

Poppy has announced a new album! 'Empty Hands' is out on 23rd Jan, and includes previous single 'Unravel' and new one 'Bruised Sky':

Last day to vote!

‘Cruise Ship Designer’ released on Tuesday:

A few notes: Best Night is credited to Joe Jonas Home Alone is credited to Nick Jonas & Andrew Barth Feldman Feel Something is credited to Joe Jonas and Chloe Bennet

I don’t think the rise was fishy, it’s been huge on TikTok - but it was based on an unreleased Jorja Smith song.

More votes please!

Nothing other than a potential teaser image!

Interesting to see F+TM's Buckle new in at #193.

Also “artist” campaigns I suppose - but The Kunts a few years ago, and ‘Freezing This Christmas’ last year.

Looks like a Christmas song could be on the way? https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ5HpcmgL66/?igsh=MXE2ZmpsY3JvdGN4dA==

Maneskin guitarist Thomas Raggi has announced his debut album 'Masquerade' out on 5th December. It's just a fun album of collabs (possible all covers?) by the looks of it: Getcha! - with Nick Cester (Jet), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine) Keep The Pack - with Matt Sorum (Guns 'N Roses), Tom Morello Lucy - with UPSAHL, Hama Okamoto (Okamoto's), Chad Smith Cat Got Your Tongue - with Sergio Pizzorno (Kasabian) For Nothing - with Matt Sorum You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - with Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand) The Ritz - with Luke Spiller (The Struts) Fallaway - with Maxim (The Prodigy) No single just yet.

Ooh good to know!

Go on Wings!

I imagine The Beatles’ Anthology 4 will do pretty well that week too. Yungblud & Aerosmith’s EP is out that week too. I think it’s long enough to chart as an album, and they seem to be pushing the pre-orders a lot.

He’s a headliner or nothing now though, but isn’t really pop enough to headline this sort of event. So he just won’t be there at all.

It’s a solo project now based on press releases, and the Spotify bio says it’s the “stage name of Florence Welch”.

Each week, 8 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 2025. Last week's results: ROSALÍA (feat. Björk & Yves Tumor) - Berghain [5] Oklou - what's good [3] The Enemy - Not Going Your Way [2] Florence + The Machine - Sympathy Magic [2] Inhaler - Hole In The Ground [2] Lankum - Ghost Town [1] The Cribs - A Point Too Hard To Make [0] Pale Waves - Zombie [0] Total votes: 15 Here are this week's contenders: Gorillaz (feat. IDLES) - The God of Lying Hayley Williams - Showbiz Holly Humberstone - Die Happy Kings of Leon - To Space The Lottery Winners - Your Last Song Marmozets - A Kiss From A Mother ROSALÍA (feat. Yahritza Y Su Esencia) - La Perla Skindred - You Got This 2025 Indie/Rock/Alt Track of the Week Winners Week 1: N/A Week 2: Ethel Cain – Amber Waves Week 3: Mumford & Sons – Rushmere Week 4: Nova Twins – Monsters Week 5: SOFIA ISELLA – Dog's Dinner Week 6: Oklou – blade bird Week 7: Sam Fender – Remember My Name Week 8: Fontaines D.C. – It's Amazing To Be Young Week 9: Doves - A Drop In The Ocean Week 10: Black Country, New Road – Happy Birthday Week 11: Sleep Token – Emergence Week 12: SOFT PLAY (feat. Kate Nash) – Slushy Week 13: Linkin Park - Up From The Bottom Week 14: Wet Leg - catch these fists Week 15: Lana Del Rey - Henry, come on Week 16: Lana Del Rey – Bluebird Week 17: Lorde – What Was That Week 18: Nilüfer Yanya - Cold Heart Week 19: Sleep Token - Even In Arcadia Week 20: Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom Week 21: Pulp - Got to Have Love Week 22: Pendulum - Save The Cat Week 23: Ethel Cain - Nettles Week 24: Twenty One Pilots - The Contract Week 25: Muse - Unravelling Week 26: Lorde - Shapeshifter Week 27: Ethel Cain - F*ck Me Eyes Week 28: Wolf Alice - The Sofa Week 29: The Last Dinner Party - This is the Killer Speaking Week 30: Tame Impala - End Of Summer Week 31: Fat Dog - Pray To That Week 32: Wolf Alice - White Horses Week 33: Steve Lacy - Nice Shoes Week 34: Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream Week 35: Hayley Williams - Parachute Week 36: Tame Impala - Losers Week 37: Gorillaz (feat. Sparks) - The Happy Dictator Week 38: Nine Inch Nails - Who Wants To Live Forever? Week 39: Tame Impala - Dracula Week 40: Dry Cleaning - Hit My Head All Day Week 41: Of Monsters and Men - Fruit Bat Week 42: Sam Fender (feat. Elton John) - Talk to You Week 43: Mumford & Sons & Hozier - Rubber Band Man Week 44: ROSALÍA (feat. Björk & Yves Tumor) - Berghain