The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Alternative Rock Song Chart
for the Week of May 16, 2026
| TW | LW | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Even Mountains Erode | Lala Lala |
| ▲ | 2 | 9 | Taxes | Geese |
| - | 3 | 3 | Going Shopping | The Strokes |
| - | 4 | 4 | Doctrine of Love | Jalen Ngonda |
| - | 5 | 5 | Trickle Down | Sprints |
| ▼ | 6 | 2 | I Want You (Fever) | Momma |
| ▲ | 7 | 8 | Everybody Laughs | David Byrne |
| ▲ | 8 | 10 | Bloom Baby Bloom | Wolf Alice |
| ▲ | 9 | 11 | Float (feat. Jim Adkins) | Jay Som |
| ▲ | 10 | 12 | Everybody Scream | Florence + the Machine |
| ▲ | 11 | 13 | Guess I'm Fallin in Love | Spoon |
| ▼ | 12 | 7 | Memory Be a Blade | Waterbaby |
| ▲ | 13 | 15 | Fever Trying to Blow | Almost Heaven |
| - | 14 | 14 | Maybe Not Tonight | Lime Garden |
| ▲ | 15 | 16 | Javelin | Kevin Morby |
| *NEW* | 16 | - | Home Recording | Mount Kimbie |
| - | 17 | 17 | Chateau Blues | Spoon |
| ▲ | 18 | 20 | Back of My Hand | The Belair Lip Bombs |
| ▲ | 19 | 21 | If You Know Me | Hudson Freeman |
| ▼ | 20 | 19 | Dead End | Snail Mail |
| ▼ | 21 | 6 | Anywhere | Ratboys |
| ▲ | 22 | 24 | Same Old Song | The Lumineers |
| ▼ | 23 | 22 | Time Waited | My Morning Jacket |
| ▲ | 24 | 25 | Break Up with Everything | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| ▼ | 25 | 23 | Nothing I Need | Lord Huron |
| ▲ | 26 | - | Everyday Magic | My Morning Jacket |
| - | 27 | 27 | White Horses | Wolf Alice |
| - | 28 | 28 | To Space | Kings of Leon |
| - | 29 | 29 | Berghain | ROSALÍA |
| ▼ | 30 | 26 | Tumbleweed | Twen |
| ▼ | 31 | 30 | Opening Night | Arctic Monkeys |
| ▼ | 32 | 18 | Dance with a Stranger | Lake Street Dive |
| ▲ | 33 | 38 | Wind's Gonna Blow | West Texas Exiles |
| ▼ | 34 | 32 | Battlebots | Keepsake |
| ▼ | 35 | 31 | You Got to Lose | The Black Keys |
| ▲ | 36 | - | Queen | Perfume Genius |
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