The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Alternative Rock Song Chart
for the Week of May 9, 2026
| TW | LW | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | - | Even Mountains Erode | Lala Lala |
| ▲ | 2 | 5 | I Want You (Fever) | Momma |
| *NEW* | 3 | - | Going Shopping | The Strokes |
| ▲ | 4 | - | Doctrine of Love | Jalen Ngonda |
| ▲ | 5 | 17 | Trickle Down | Sprints |
| ▲ | 6 | - | Anywhere | Ratboys |
| ▲ | 7 | - | Memory Be a Blade | Waterbaby |
| ▼ | 8 | 1 | Everybody Laughs | David Byrne |
| ▼ | 9 | 2 | Taxes | Geese |
| ▼ | 10 | 6 | Bloom Baby Bloom | Wolf Alice |
| ▼ | 11 | 7 | Float (feat. Jim Adkins) | Jay Som |
| ▼ | 12 | 8 | Everybody Scream | Florence + the Machine |
| ▼ | 13 | 9 | Guess I'm Fallin in Love | Spoon |
| ▲ | 14 | - | Maybe Not Tonight | Lime Garden |
| ▲ | 15 | - | Fever Trying to Blow | Almost Heaven |
| ▼ | 16 | 14 | Javelin | Kevin Morby |
| ▼ | 17 | 13 | Chateau Blues | Spoon |
| ▲ | 18 | - | Dance with a Stranger | Lake Street Dive |
| ▼ | 19 | 3 | Dead End | Snail Mail |
| ▼ | 20 | 10 | Back of My Hand | The Belair Lip Bombs |
| ▼ | 21 | 18 | If You Know Me | Hudson Freeman |
| ▲ | 22 | - | Time Waited | My Morning Jacket |
| ▲ | 23 | - | Nothing I Need | Lord Huron |
| ▲ | 24 | - | Same Old Song | The Lumineers |
| ▲ | 25 | - | Break Up with Everything | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| ▼ | 26 | 15 | Tumbleweed | Twen |
| ▼ | 27 | 21 | White Horses | Wolf Alice |
| ▼ | 28 | 20 | To Space | Kings of Leon |
| ▼ | 29 | 24 | Berghain | ROSALÍA |
| ▼ | 30 | 22 | Opening Night | Arctic Monkeys |
| ▼ | 31 | 4 | You Got to Lose | The Black Keys |
| ▼ | 32 | 12 | Battlebots | Keepsake |
| ▲ | 33 | - | Metal | The Beths |
| ▲ | 34 | - | Hey Rose | Son Little |
| ▲ | 35 | - | This I Know | Nané |
| *NEW* | 36 | - | People Everywhere (Still Alive) | Khruangbin |
| *NEW* | 37 | - | Even It out | Fever Ray |
| ▲ | 38 | - | Wind's Gonna Blow | West Texas Exiles |
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