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Alternative Weekly 2026 / Best New Indie Music 2026 / 🚀

Best songs of the alternative music scene 2026 Updated every NEW MUSIC FRIDAY with NEW releases on the top. Best new songs, best new bands & artists.

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200 tracks

#	Track	Album	⏱
1	F.O.O.L Pictures of You	Pictures of You	3:34
2	Aldous Harding Coats	Coats	3:29
3	Michigander Freaking Out	Freaking Out	3:03
4	Gabriella Rose Think About Me	Think About Me	2:39
5	Any Young Mechanic Captain And Compass	Captain And Compass	2:52
6	Iceage The Weak Lyrics	The Weak	3:16
7	Ray Bull Under Your Eyelid	Please Stop Laughing	3:42
8	Chinese American Bear I Wanna Go Home (我想回家)	Dim Sum & Then Some	3:42
9	JW Francis Jeffrey	Jeffrey	3:36
10	Lykke Li Happy Now Lyrics	The Afterparty	2:42
11	Alfie Templeman Only One	Happiness in Liquid Form (Deluxe Anniversary Edition)	3:32
12	BODEGA Pick up the Check	Pick up the Check	4:39
13	Xander Ward Familiar	Familiar	2:41
14	hey, nothing Boat Garage	Boat Garage	2:59
15	Walter The Producer Memphis	Memphis	3:48
16	Chelan NEW DEVICE	NEW DEVICE	3:04
17	The Last Dinner Party Big Dog Lyrics	Big Dog	2:59
18	Prodii small	small	2:04
19	Cassia lemon gelato	lemon gelato	2:34
20	Min Taka Find My!	Find My!	3:23
21	Will Baker Mr Gunslinger	Disc 2	3:07
22	Debbii Dawson Where Have All The Good Men Gone?	Where Have All The Good Men Gone?	3:14
23	Tim Atlas Reverso	Reverso	3:11
24	Broken Social Scene Only The Good I Keep	Remember The Humans	3:27
25	Chance Peña The Voyager	The Voyager	4:37
26	Katie Gavin, MUNA Eastside Girls Lyrics	Dancing On The Wall	3:51
27	Electric Guest ETR	ETR	2:51
28	Deb Never How to Forget Lyrics	ARCADE	4:02
29	Troy Javelona DON'T GET MAD	DON'T GET MAD	3:27
30	After Promise (When You Go)Lyrics	Promise (When You Go)	3:07
31	Pete Yorn All The Beauty	All The Beauty	3:58
32	Bleachers i'm not joking	i'm not joking	3:55
33	Mikaela (4) HOTLINE	HOTLINE	2:46
34	Love Spells Crutch	Crutch	3:32
35	Modern Woman Blessed Day	Johnny’s Dreamworld	3:29
36	Junior Varsity Lost and Found	Ready	2:53
37	Nia Archives Boys In Blue	Boys In Blue	2:33
38	Divers The Mouse	Odd Dog in the Capital	3:40
39	Death Cab For Cutie Punching the Flowers	Punching the Flowers	3:12
40	almost monday no more regrets	no more regrets	2:58
41	Oliver Malcolm Mexico	Mexico	3:02
42	GRMLN Scum	Scum	2:25
43	Maya Hawke Lioness	Lioness	3:32
44	The Black Keys She Does It Right	Peaches!	3:43
45	m4x Saviour	Saviour	2:31
46	Bliss Samsa Good Questions	Good Questions	2:15
47	Chanel Beads Song for the Messenger	Song for the Messenger	3:03
48	ashnymph 47	Childhood	3:52
49	Young the Giant Evergreen	Victory Garden	3:41
50	The Beaches Should've Known Better	Should've Known Better	3:16
51	corook Banana peel	Banana peel	2:36
52	Lucy Dacus Planting Tomatoes	Planting Tomatoes	3:36
53	jigitz car crash	car crash	2:41
54	Metric Tremolo Lyrics	Romanticize The Dive	3:43
55	Suki Waterhouse Tiny Raisin Lyrics	Tiny Raisin	2:59
56	Hot Flash Heat Wave Dog	Dog	2:47
57	Angus Maude Coda	Coda	3:07
58	Genesis Owusu LIFE KEEPS GOING	LIFE KEEPS GOING	3:39
59	Houndmouth Tiger Blood	Tiger Blood	3:53
60	Nxdia Lovemesick	Lovemesick	3:50
61	Sunnan Blue	Blue	3:50
62	Blossoms Joke About Divorce Lyrics	Joke About Divorce	4:15
63	George Erith Live Wire	Live Wire	3:40
64	Niko Rubio Pink Starburst	Sunday Girl	3:40
65	Swapmeet Sand	Sand	3:24
66	The Flints Don’t Wanna Be Your Drug	Don’t Wanna Be Your Drug	3:51
67	Friko Something Worth Waiting For Lyrics	Something Worth Waiting For	5:54
68	The Moss Big Blue Moon	Big Blue Moon	3:06
69	Whitmore Deep Water	Deep Water	2:33
70	Daydreamer (6) I Expect Better	I Expect Better	2:20
71	Rec Hall Back To Us	Back To Us	4:10
72	lavender wake up:arms too long	wake up:arms too long	3:20
73	Charlie Burg I Think About You (i wrote this an hour ago)	I Think About You (i wrote this an hour ago)	2:28
74	Sleepy Soul Only You	indiemono \| in this small world (VOL.11)	4:01
75	Not For Radio Ache	Bloom	4:26
76	The Band Camino Holly!Lyrics	Holly!	3:11
77	W. LINDH someone sober	indiemono \| in this small world (VOL.11)	3:41
78	slimdan Lifetimes	Lifetimes	2:34
79	Broken Social Scene The Call	The Call	4:13
80	Miki Fiki Theo	indiemono \| in this small world (VOL.11)	3:27
81	Hanbee city time	city time	3:54
82	This Is Lorelei Where’s Your Love Now - Waxahatchee Version	Where’s Your Love Now (Waxahatchee Version)	5:21
83	Yot Club Make It Easy	Simpleton	4:22
84	Ryn Kid JUKEBOX	indiemono \| in this small world (VOL.11)	2:32
85	TAPE TOY Mess	Mess	2:36
86	oxis Grey Mullet	Grey Mullet / Scup	2:27
87	Whitworth IM STILL STUCK...Pls help lol	indiemono \| in this small world (VOL.11)	1:58
88	Beddy Rays Morning Light	Morning Light	2:38
89	Sean Solomon Finish Line	Finish Line	3:20
90	See You Next Year, Oliver Malcolm, Graham Bright, Seago Vendetta	SYNY 3 ACT III	2:10
91	None the Younger Westerly	indiemono \| in this small world (VOL.11)	4:42
92	m4x T.I.A.	T.I.A.	2:14
93	Big Special ONLY FREE WHEN SLEEPING	ONLY FREE WHEN SLEEPING	2:59
94	Jaco Jaco Levee	Levee	3:32
95	DD Island All the Same	indiemono \| in this small world (VOL.11)	2:49
96	The Revivalists Heart Stop	Heart Stop	4:19
97	The S.O.J Going Shopping	Going Shopping	4:22
98	Royel Otis Sweet Hallelujah	Sweet Hallelujah	3:02
99	Alabama Shakes American Dream	American Dream	4:28
100	Master P Love Hate (feat. Thomas Day)	Love Hate (feat. Thomas Day)	3:12
101	Modern Woman Johnny's Dreamworld	Johnny's Dreamworld	4:09
102	Aldous Harding Venus in the Zinnia	Venus in the Zinnia	3:17
103	Iceage Ember	Ember	3:26
104	Bye Parula I don't know	I don't know	3:01
105	JW Francis Watery Road	Watery Road	2:48
106	Lime Garden Cross My Heart	Maybe Not Tonight	2:41
107	54 Ultra Turnaround	Turnaround / I'm Hooked	3:14
108	The Moss Devil's Lettuce	Devil's Lettuce	3:54
109	Chinese American Bear Turn Up The Radio (把收音机开大点)	Turn up The Radio (把收音机开大点)	2:42
110	Any Young Mechanic Pretty Strange World	Pretty Strange World	2:56
111	Lykke Li Sick Of Love	Sick Of Love	3:37
112	DESTIN CONRAD DIAMOND GOLD	wHIMSY!	3:15
113	Nectar Woode Naturally	Naturally	2:32
114	Frost Children WHAT IS FOREVER FOR (The Dare Remix)	SISTER (remixed)	3:01
115	INOHA Checking Out	Checking Out	3:04
116	American Football No Feeling	No Feeling	4:49
117	Maya Hawke Bring Home My Man	Bring Home My Man	4:22
118	Thee Sacred Souls Any Old Fool	Any Old Fool	3:05
119	CARR P.T.	CARRGIRRL	2:43
120	POND Two Hands	Two Hands	4:25
121	Tiny Habits Right In Front Of Me	Right In Front Of Me	2:46
122	Devvy Dub Vision	Vision	2:15
123	Body Type And What Else?	And What Else?	3:14
124	Bleachers the van	the van	2:58
125	Robber Robber New Year's Eve	New Year's Eve	3:05
126	Surf Trash Do It All Again	Do It All Again	3:26
127	Kasabian, The Prodigy GREAT PRETENDER	GREAT PRETENDER	2:38
128	Oliver Malcolm Ghosts	Ghosts	3:27
129	Ray Bull Please Stop Laughing	Please Stop Laughing	2:47
130	Jack White G.O.D. And The Broken Ribs Lyrics	G.O.D. And The Broken Ribs / Derecho Demonico	3:44
131	common goldfish Dream Beam Fever	Dream Beam Fever	3:18
132	Metric Crush Forever	Crush Forever	4:32
133	My Precious Bunny KookieCannibal	KookieCannibal	3:47
134	Ray Laurél Lila, The Girl With Three Eyes	Music For Lovers	2:59
135	Getdown Services The Radiator	The Radiator	3:38
136	1000 Rabbits Rubik's Cube	Rubik’s Cube	3:45
137	Wasia Project 2515	2515	4:01
138	flowerovlove American Wedding Lyrics	American Wedding	3:12
139	Active Child Needed You	Needed You	3:18
140	Good Kid Ginger Lemonade	Can We Hang Out Sometime?	3:00
141	Girli Squirm	Squirm	2:28
142	Weezer Shine Again	Shine Again	4:06
143	King Tulipe The Loom	The Loom	3:26
144	Lambri Cult of Celebrity	Cult of Celebrity	2:14
145	The Temper Trap Sungazer Lyrics	Sungazer	4:34
146	corook Kleptomaniac	Kleptomaniac	3:34
147	livingthing collagen	juniper ring	3:29
148	Bavé Crayons	Crayons	2:43
149	Brenn! Somehow Made It Out	Somehow Made It Out	3:43
150	Dry Cleaning Sliced by a Fingernail	Sliced by a Fingernail	4:09
151	Rick Montgomery Some Kind of Man	Montgomery Ricky (Plus 3)	3:26
152	JUNGLE Carry On	Carry On	2:49
153	Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile One Thing At A Time Lyrics	One Thing At A Time	4:42
154	Suki Waterhouse Back in Love	Back in Love	3:14
155	Snail Mail Tractor Beam Lyrics	Tractor Beam	3:34
156	Giant Rooks Want It Back Lyrics Credits	Want It Back	3:28
157	Jessie Ware Automatic	Automatic	2:57
158	The Undercover Dream Lovers you	atomic house	3:42
159	Mt. Joy Is Joy Easy	Is Joy Easy	3:30
160	m4x Caroline	Caroline	1:58
161	Florence Rose Hanging Out To Dry Lyrics	Spring Forward	3:33
162	Towa Bird Dirty Habit	Dirty Habit	3:36
163	Marshmello & Amr Diab Phoenix Lyrics Credits	Phoenix	2:25
164	Evening Elephants Simple Things	Simple Things	3:46
165	Lava La Rue GIRL IS A KNIFE Lyrics Credits	Do You Know Everything?	2:57
166	Whitmore Kingdom of Fear	Kingdom of Fear	2:41
167	Momo Boyd, Infinity Song She's A Sweetheart	She's A Sweetheart	3:36
168	The Moss Your Way	Your Way	2:38
169	Georgia Gets By Dream For You	Dream For You	5:37
170	Indigo De Souza Come To God	Come To God	2:37
171	Leith Make You Smile	Make You Smile	2:36
172	Nia Archives Danger Lyrics Credits	Danger	2:20
173	Jackson Marshall my apartment	my apartment	3:03
174	YES AND MAYBE Gut Feeling	Gut Feeling	3:24
175	José González, Bibio You & We	Against The Dying Of The Light	4:28
176	ella jane We Were Just Dancing	We Were Just Dancing	4:11
177	Lamb Fort	Fort	2:28
178	Jaguar Sun Flutter	Daisy	3:14
179	Bladee Love Is A State	Love Is A State	3:52
180	Little Image THE REAPER	KILL THE GHOST	3:32
181	Divers Head Chef	Head Chef	3:04
182	Death Cab For Cutie Riptides	Riptides	3:17
183	Lime Garden Downtown Lover	Downtown Lover	2:37
184	The Black Keys Where There's Smoke, There's Fire	Where There's Smoke, There's Fire	5:01
185	Girl Scout Simple Life	Brink	3:08
186	Muse Be With You	Be With You	3:35
187	Florence Rose Rabbits Can Swim	Rabbits Can Swim	4:14
188	Kilu verden	PRINT	3:23
189	Modern Olympia Confirmation	Confirmation	3:08
190	Anna Calvi Is This All There Is?	Is This All There Is?	4:55
191	POND Terrestrials	Terrestrials	3:59
192	Old Mervs Heavy In The Morning	Heavy In The Morning	2:52
193	King Tulipe Run Along	Run Along	3:42
194	Haute & Freddy Dance The Pain Away Lyrics	Big Disgrace	3:40
195	Sure Sure Telephone	Soft Landing	3:54
196	Grace Ives Trouble	Girlfriend	3:17
197	DMA's My Baby's Place	My Baby's Place	3:55
198	CARR Alien Rat Boyfriend	CARRGIRRL	2:11
199	mustbejohn From The Start	From The Start	2:40
200	Betty Wings	Wings	4:09

Featured artists

Acts Dork covers

The Last Dinner Party

1 track · 44 articles

Blossoms

1 track · 41 articles

Master Peace

1 track · 35 articles

MUNA

1 track · 35 articles

flowerovlove

1 track · 30 articles

Alfie Templeman

1 track · 30 articles

Lime Garden

2 tracks · 27 articles

Bleachers

2 tracks · 26 articles

Lambrini Girls

1 track · 23 articles

Big Special

1 track · 22 articles

Lucy Dacus

1 track · 20 articles

Dry Cleaning

1 track · 19 articles

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On tour

Upcoming shows

Alabama Shakes · 1 Jul 2026
Millennium Square Leeds, Leeds, GB
1000 Rabbits · 30 Jun 2026
Moth Club, London, GB
Lykke Li · 11 Jun 2026
KOKO, London, GB
Royel Otis · 25 Jun 2026
The Piece Hall, Halifax, GB
Getdown Services · 25 Jul 2026
Henham Park, Suffolk, GB
Florence Road · 26 May 2026
The Limelight 1, Belfast, GB
Anna Calvi · 18 Jul 2026
The Piece Hall, Halifax, GB
Royel Otis · 25 Jun 2026
The Piece Hall, Halifax, GB

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Lime Garden
Peddler Warehouse, Sheffield · · 13 songs
The Last Dinner Party
Utah State Fairpark, Salt Lake City · · 13 songs

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