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I've only seen a few comments on the internet mention it, but I swear Dave sounds much more gruff on this album. Like he's been smoking 20 a day.

New in at #22!

Go on James!

Agree with that!

Unsurprisingly, Skye Newman has won.

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 2026. Our 2025 winner is still to be decided! Vote in Quarter Final 4 now. Last week's results: Ladytron - Caught in the Blink of an Eye [4] Artemas - time alone w u [3] Seafret - Signal Fire [2] Cavetown (feat. chloe moriondo) - Sailboat [1] James Marriott - California Rain [1] Joji - LOVE YOU LESS [1] Kula Shaker - Lucky Number [1] mgk - times of my life [0] Total votes: 13 Here are this week's contenders: A$AP Rocky - Punk Rocky Dry Cleaning - Joy Mandy, Indiana - Cursive The Molotovs - Get A Life Morrissey - Make-up is a Lie Mumford & Sons - The Banjo Song The Twilight Sad - DESIGNED TO LOSE Zach Bryan - Plastic Cigarette 2026 Indie/Rock/Alt Track of the Week Winners Week 1: Ladytron - Caught in the Blink of an Eye

Luke Combs’ new single is new in on the Apple chart at #165.

I was guessing that also, but it seems not! From an article about a year ago (so who knows if anything will be included still), Morrissey was “writing, producing, and contributing vocals” to ASAP’s album.

'The Banjo Song' is out tomorrow.

Last day to vote!

I don’t think they’ve ever nominated artists specifically for live stuff (aside from live specific categories years ago), so I think/hope Oasis won’t be nominated in the main awards. I expect they’ll get some sort of special recognition though.

Preview of the new song:

Morrissey is back with new single ‘Make-Up Is A Lie’ on Friday - the lead single from his new album and his first new music since 2022. He’s also rumoured to have a feature on ASAP Rocky’s new album next week. https://www.instagram.com/p/DSqnzP5jZX3/?igsh=MW5qaDZsaWF1NzhtaA==

Very close between him and Taylor for the #1!

First performed in 2022, back to his more chilled out vibe compared to his last album:

Hopefully Djo’s album The Crux can get a new peak in the coming weeks, it charted on release at #54.

I’m pleasantly surprised how well James Marriott has held up!

Djo!

New album ‘The Way I Am’ is out on 20th March. New single ‘Sleepless in a Hotel Room’ is out now, it seems to have some TikTok hype so perhaps it’ll do something.

Fantastic to see Basic Being Basic & Delete Ya enter the Spotify chart today!

Very happy with this prediction 😂

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Out on Friday! https://www.instagram.com/p/DTJBS9YDJtR/

It’s shame this doesn’t seem to be getting a reset :(

Delete Ya, Charlie’s Garden & Basic Being Basic are all in the Apple Music Alternative Top 200 - with Basic Being Basic probably not a million miles off the main 200. End of Beginning is slightly stronger on Spotify than Apple, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see Basic enter there soon.