The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Alternative Rock Song Chart
for the Week of May 23, 2026
| TW | LW | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Even Mountains Erode | Lala Lala |
| ▲ | 2 | - | Penny in the Lake | Ratboys |
| - | 3 | 3 | Going Shopping | The Strokes |
| ▼ | 4 | 2 | Taxes | Geese |
| ▲ | 5 | 6 | I Want You (Fever) | Momma |
| ▲ | 6 | 7 | Everybody Laughs | David Byrne |
| ▲ | 7 | 8 | Bloom Baby Bloom | Wolf Alice |
| ▲ | 8 | 9 | Float (feat. Jim Adkins) | Jay Som |
| ▲ | 9 | 10 | Everybody Scream | Florence + the Machine |
| ▲ | 10 | 11 | Guess I'm Fallin in Love | Spoon |
| ▲ | 11 | 12 | Memory Be a Blade | Waterbaby |
| ▲ | 12 | 14 | Maybe Not Tonight | Lime Garden |
| ▲ | 13 | 20 | Dead End | Snail Mail |
| ▼ | 14 | 4 | Doctrine of Love | Jalen Ngonda |
| ▼ | 15 | 5 | Trickle Down | Sprints |
| ▼ | 16 | 13 | Fever Trying to Blow | Almost Heaven |
| ▼ | 17 | 15 | Javelin | Kevin Morby |
| ▲ | 18 | 19 | If You Know Me | Hudson Freeman |
| ▲ | 19 | 30 | Tumbleweed | Twen |
| ▼ | 20 | 16 | Home Recording | Mount Kimbie |
| ▲ | 21 | 34 | Battlebots | Keepsake |
| ▲ | 22 | 31 | Opening Night | Arctic Monkeys |
| ▼ | 23 | 22 | Same Old Song | The Lumineers |
| ▲ | 24 | 26 | Everyday Magic | My Morning Jacket |
| ▼ | 25 | 24 | Break Up with Everything | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| ▼ | 26 | 25 | Nothing I Need | Lord Huron |
| ▼ | 27 | 21 | Anywhere | Ratboys |
| ▲ | 28 | - | Shiver | Fever Ray |
| *NEW* | 29 | - | Throw Yourself to the Sword | Die Spitz |
| *NEW* | 30 | - | Letter to a Friend | Tinvis |
| *NEW* | 31 | - | Anna | Tinvis |
| ▼ | 32 | 18 | Back of My Hand | The Belair Lip Bombs |
| ▼ | 33 | 28 | To Space | Kings of Leon |
| ▲ | 34 | 36 | Queen | Perfume Genius |
| ▼ | 35 | 27 | White Horses | Wolf Alice |
| ▼ | 36 | 29 | Berghain | ROSALÍA |
| ▼ | 37 | 32 | Dance with a Stranger | Lake Street Dive |
| ▼ | 38 | 33 | Wind's Gonna Blow | West Texas Exiles |
| ▼ | 39 | 35 | You Got to Lose | The Black Keys |
| ▲ | 40 | - | Down | St. Vincent |
| *NEW* | 41 | - | Homewrecker | Tune-Yards |
| *NEW* | 42 | - | Giddy Up | Jenny Lewis |
| ▲ | 43 | - | Walking at a Downtown Pace | Parquet Courts |
| ▼ | 44 | 23 | Time Waited | My Morning Jacket |
| ▲ | 45 | - | Two | Flock Of Dimes |
| ▲ | 46 | - | Mr. Prism | Psychedelic Porn Crumpets |
| ▲ | 47 | - | Come with Me Now | Kongos |
| *NEW* | 48 | - | I Know I'm Not Alone | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| *NEW* | 49 | - | Like the Weather | 10,000 Maniacs |
| ▲ | 50 | - | Take Me to the River | Talking Heads |
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