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Cage the Elephant take No. 1 on The Alternative One’s Indie Rock Top 20 for October 2026 with “Beaches in Tennessee”. Fontaines D.C. and The Strokes round out the top three, and both bands, along with beabadoobee, Westside Cowboy and Phoebe Bridgers, land two songs on the list. Here are the 20 indie rock songs our programming team can’t stop playing this month.
| Rank | Artist | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cage the Elephant | Beaches in Tennessee |
| 2 | Fontaines D.C. | Marianne |
| 3 | The Strokes | Going Shopping |
| 4 | Phoebe Bridgers | Lost Boys |
| 5 | The Beaches | Edge of the Earth |
| 6 | beabadoobee | Sun Has Set |
| 7 | almost monday | no more regrets |
| 8 | ROLE MODEL | High Hopes 3000 |
| 9 | Westside Cowboy | Kick Stones (The Boys) |
| 10 | Interpol | See Out Loud |
| 11 | Slow Pulp | Better Man |
| 12 | The Linda Lindas | Burning Out |
| 13 | Fontaines D.C. | Tongue |
| 14 | beabadoobee | Write Me A Letter |
| 15 | Westside Cowboy | Well Done Kid, You Did It |
| 16 | Jungle | Someday, Somewhere |
| 17 | Clarion | Hello Juliet |
| 18 | The Strokes | Lonely in the Future |
| 19 | girl in red | blue |
| 20 | Phoebe Bridgers | The Governor’s Waltz |
The chart is our programming team’s monthly pick of the indie rock songs getting the most love on The Alternative One. It reflects our streaming data.
Send a request on our Song Dedications page. Our team hears every one.
On The Alternative One’s chart, it’s “Beaches in Tennessee” by Cage the Elephant.
Every month. Past charts stay online in the Top of the Month archive.
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