The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Alternative Rock Song Chart
for the Week of Oct 3, 2026
| TW | LW | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Sun and Moon | Danielle Ponder |
| - | 2 | 2 | Get Away from Me (I Think I'll Love You Soon) | Julia Jacklin |
| - | 3 | 3 | We Might As Well Be Strangers (ft. Wednesday) | Weezer |
| ▲ | 4 | 5 | First DAE | Holy Wave |
| ▲ | 5 | 6 | Featherweight | Skateland |
| ▲ | 6 | 7 | Hey There [i Have a Compulsive Complex] | Q |
| ▲ | 7 | 8 | Hurry Hurry | Ibeyi |
| ▲ | 8 | 11 | Daydream Unbeliever | Shearwater |
| ▲ | 9 | 10 | Rewind | feeble little horse |
| ▼ | 10 | 9 | Girl, Intentions | Freak Slug |
| ▲ | 11 | 13 | Twizzler | Cigarettes After Sex |
| ▲ | 12 | 14 | Masquerade | Cardinals |
| ▲ | 13 | 15 | You Will Go Far | Hovvdy |
| ▲ | 14 | 16 | Lay Back | Golden Dawn Arkestra |
| ▲ | 15 | 45 | Time Waited | My Morning Jacket |
| ▲ | 16 | 49 | Nothing I Need | Lord Huron |
| - | 17 | 17 | Chateau Blues | Spoon |
| - | 18 | 18 | God of You | Danielle Ponder |
| ▼ | 19 | 12 | See out Loud | Interpol |
| ▼ | 20 | 19 | Dead End | Snail Mail |
| ▲ | 21 | 30 | Home Recording | Mount Kimbie |
| ▲ | 22 | - | 5 AM | Hamilton Leithauser |
| ▲ | 23 | - | Homewrecker | Tune-Yards |
| ▲ | 24 | - | Giddy Up | Jenny Lewis |
| ▲ | 25 | - | Roman Holiday | Fontaines D.C. |
| *NEW* | 26 | - | It's Amazing to Be Young | Fontaines D.C. |
| ▲ | 27 | - | Caroline | Mumford & Sons |
| *NEW* | 28 | - | Suffer | Boy Golden |
| *NEW* | 29 | - | WAP (What a Predicament) | The Claypool Lennon Delirium |
| ▲ | 30 | - | It’s Like That | The Black Crowes |
| ▲ | 31 | - | Picture Window | Japanese Breakfast |
| *NEW* | 32 | - | Over You | Chet Faker |
| *NEW* | 33 | - | Afraid | Flock Of Dimes |
| ▲ | 34 | - | Psychos | Jenny Lewis |
| ▲ | 35 | - | I Know I'm Not Easy to Like | Pip Blom |
| ▲ | 36 | - | Don't Pass Me by | Laura Marling |
| ▼ | 37 | 32 | Give Me One Reason | Tracy Chapman |
| ▼ | 38 | 33 | Gotta Get Away | The Black Keys |
| ▼ | 39 | 34 | Weight of Love | The Black Keys |
| ▼ | 40 | 35 | Fever | The Black Keys |
| ▼ | 41 | 36 | Turn Blue | The Black Keys |
| ▼ | 42 | 37 | Waiting on Words | The Black Keys |
| ▼ | 43 | 41 | Authority Song | John Mellencamp |
| ▲ | 44 | - | Good Day for a Good Day | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| ▼ | 45 | 38 | In Our Prime | The Black Keys |
| ▼ | 46 | 40 | Bullet in the Brain | The Black Keys |
| ▼ | 47 | 43 | Year in Review | The Black Keys |
| ▲ | 48 | - | $20 | Boygenius |
| ▼ | 49 | 46 | 10 Lovers | The Black Keys |
| - | 50 | 50 | Break Up with Everything | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
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