The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Alternative Rock Album Chart
for the Week of Feb 21, 2026
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Getting Killed | Geese | Partisan |
| - | 2 | 2 | Singin' to an Empty Chair | Ratboys | New West |
| ▲ | 3 | 6 | Twilight Override | Jeff Tweedy | dBpm |
| ▼ | 4 | 3 | Snocaps | Snocaps | Anti |
| ▲ | 5 | 7 | Welcome to My Blue Sky | Momma | 2025 Polyviny |
| *NEW* | 6 | - | Blizzard | Dove Ellis | Black Butter |
| ▲ | 7 | 9 | Is | My Morning Jacket | ATO |
| ▲ | 8 | 10 | Belong | Jay Som | Polyvinyl |
| ▼ | 9 | 8 | The Clearing | Wolf Alice | Columbia |
| ▲ | 10 | 14 | It's a Beautiful Place | Water From Your Eyes | Matador |
| ▲ | 11 | 12 | Nothing's About to Happen to Me | Mitski | Dead Oceans |
| ▲ | 12 | 13 | Everybody Scream | Florence + the Machine | Polydor |
| ▼ | 13 | 11 | For the First Time, Again | Tyler Ballgame | Rough Trade |
| ▲ | 14 | 15 | Masquerade | Cardinals | So Young |
| ▼ | 15 | 4 | SHISH | Portugal. The Man | KNIK |
| ▲ | 16 | 18 | The Mountain | Gorillaz | Kong |
| *NEW* | 17 | - | The Things You Don't Know Yet | Adult Leisure | Self-Release |
| *NEW* | 18 | - | Peaches! | The Black Keys | Easy Eye Sound |
| ▼ | 19 | 5 | EP #2 | Kings of Leon | Love Tap |
| ▲ | 20 | 25 | Straight Line Was a Lie | The Beths | Anti |
| ▼ | 21 | 20 | Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime | Beck | Universal |
| ▼ | 22 | 21 | The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 | Lord Huron | Mercury |
| ▼ | 23 | 16 | More - EP | Hannah Jadagu | Sub Pop Records |
| ▼ | 24 | 17 | Yume | Yukimi | Ninja Tune |
| ▲ | 25 | 31 | Anything to Get It | Blah Spa | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 26 | 19 | RAW CRANIUM | Almost Heaven | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 27 | 24 | Moisturizer | Wet Leg | Domino |
| ▲ | 28 | 42 | SABLE, FABLE | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar |
| ▼ | 29 | 27 | 8000 Days | West Texas Exiles | Floating Mesa |
| - | 30 | 30 | Muscle Shoals Record Shop | Copperhead Six Project | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 31 | 32 | This Far South | Tommy Prine | Nameless Knight |
| ▼ | 32 | 28 | Waking Up | Annabelle Chairlegs | TODO |
| - | 33 | 33 | PLAY ME | Kim Gordon | Matador |
| - | 34 | 34 | Who is the Sky? | David Byrne | Matador |
| ▼ | 35 | 23 | Shy Bairns Get Nowt | Bartees Strange | 4AD |
| ▼ | 36 | 26 | Panorama | HELENE BARBIER | Bonsound |
| ▼ | 37 | 22 | Again | The Belair Lip Bombs | Third Man |
| - | 38 | 38 | Hickey | Royel Otis | UMG |
| ▼ | 39 | 29 | Heaven 2 | Lala Lala | Sub Pop |
| ▼ | 40 | 36 | Loose Tooth and a Short Skirt | Freak Slug | Future Classic |
| ▼ | 41 | 39 | Paradise Pop. 10 (Deluxe) | Christian Lee Hutson | Anti |
| ▼ | 42 | 40 | Face Down in the Garden | Tennis | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 43 | 41 | Holo Boy | This Is Lorelei | Double Double Whammy |
| ▲ | 44 | 55 | Hangover Terrace | Ron Sexsmith | Cooking Vinyl |
| ▼ | 45 | 43 | Fathers, Sons and Brothers | David Lowery | Cooking Vinyl |
| ▼ | 46 | 45 | Aperture | The Head and The Heart | Every Shade of Music |
| ▼ | 47 | 46 | More | Pulp | Rough Trade |
| ▼ | 48 | 47 | 2 | Foxwarren | Anti |
| ▲ | 49 | 50 | Thee Black Boltz | Tunde Adebimpe | Sub Pop |
| ▼ | 50 | 48 | Hope We Have Fun | Mt. Joy | Dualtone |
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