Something Like Alt Rock: Best of May 2026

We're cutting the May list short so that you can take the best of May with you on your Memorial Day weekend. If this is your first rodeo with us - we build up a list of new music each month, then we cut it back at the end of the month. The May list peaked at 78 songs (4 hr 33 min), which have all been moved over the Smells Like Alt Rock 2026-2030 playlist. But as we do, it's time to cut the May list back, this month is a big final cut with 25 top picks and 5 honorable mentions. Theory of a Deadman captured the top spot this month with Barricade. 



Check out the Best of May 2026 below or just give it a listen. 

  1. Theory of a Deadman - Barricade
  2. Citizen Soldier - Only One
  3. Atreyu - Wait My Love, I'll Be Home
  4. Black Stone Cherry - Deep
  5. The Cab - Sweet Kerosene
  6. Mayday Parade - Blame It On The Youth
  7. Oliver Tree - Fuck The Whole World
  8. Switchfoot - Absolution
  9. Des Rocs - Fall Together
  10. Broadside - What Are You Leaving Behind
  11. Out In Front - The Sound
  12. Foo Fighters - Window
  13. As It Is - Do You Remember?
  14. Letdown. - Do It For The Love
  15. Movements - Dissolve Me
  16. Metric - Tremolo
  17. Black Veil Brides - Cut
  18. Halsey - Carry The Weight
  19. Health - Ruin
  20. The Haunt - Favorite Way To Die
  21. Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - Go Waste My Time
  22. The Menzingers - Chance Encounters
  23. Young the Giant - Evergreen
  24. Sawyer Hill - Jimmy's Gone Numb
  25. Untitled - Say It Again
Honorable Mention:
  • Daisy Grenade - Emily
  • Bilmuri - Honest
  • Like Roses - Wrist
  • Papa Roach - See U In Hell
  • Tigercub - Stuck In The Melancholy

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