Ever since 2010 I’ve kept track of the music I listen to each month. It’s fascinating to see how some bands stay with me over the years whilst others have their moment on my stereo before vanishing from my mind… well, until years later when I check out to see what I was listening to way back when in any case!

Anyway, I ran a Top 50 (which turned in to a Top 100) bands of the month chart on various social media platforms recording my listening habits for posterity and to share my earworms of the month. I listen to a lot of music when working, and also when relaxing. My tastes are fairly broad and I love discovering new bands, as well as new sounds and genres.

April saw 11 new entries hit my Top 100 for the first time. Leading that pack are punk group Grail Guard at 34. The other new enteries this month were Love Spirals Downwards (40), Oklou (43), The Godfathers (62), Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers (64), The Mysterines (67), Amy Winehouse (74), Art School Girlfriend (77), Palmistry (90), Ecca Vandal (96) and All Them Witches (100).

There were also 20 re-entries this month, with Pop Will Eat Itself making a comeback at 23. Some of the other re-enteries included The Wonder Stuff (37), Clannad (38), Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine (49), levellers (54), Bob Vylan (85), Enter Shikari (92) and Gang of Four (97).

Several of April bands have appeared courtesy of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book group I’m in, where one random album is selected from the book each day for us to listen to and review. Some have been great – either new finds or beloved classics – others less so. But it has meant that a few of those artists have started appearing in the monthly Top 100s.

Anyway, here’s my Top 100 for April 2026…

Nine Inch Noize – Heresy (Live at Coachella 2026)

Top 100 Bands – April 2026

Position	Last Month	Band
1	3	Nine Inch Nails
2	7	New Model Army
3	2	Puscifer
4	11	Dame Area
5	9	HEALTH
6	55	Holly Humberstone
7	8	Taylor Swift
8	37	Ms*Gloom
9	31	The Sisters of Mercy
10	1	Fields of the Nephilim

Dame Area – Di No Es Hoy, Cuando Es (Live on KEXP)

11	43	Conjure One
12	52	Kiss Facility
13	14	The Mission
14	10	Snakes of Russia
15	4	Metric
16	24	The Joy Thieves
17	30	13th Floor Elevators
18	19	Michael Kiwanuka
19	16	Castle Rat
20	27	Chalk

Conjure One – Under The Gun

21	36	Gunship
22	20	The Raveonettes
23	RE	Pop Will Eat Itself
24	21	Ghost
25	33	Elsiane
26	23	Sleep Token
27	35	The Last Shadow Puppets
28	6	Somewhere off Jazz Street
29	32	Dear Rouge
30	22	Ritualz

Pop Will Eat Itself – Wise Up Sucker

31	38	Diary of Dreams
32	71	Diorama
33	34	Goldrfrapp
34	NE	Grail Guard
35	69	The Clockworks
36	44	The Pretty Reckless
37	RE	The Wonder Stuff
38	RE	Clannad
39	RE	Fat Dog
40	NE	Love Spirals Downwards

Grail Guard – People Just Like You

41	RE	Pendulum
42	RE	Sofia Isella
43	NE	Oklou
44	74	Timecop1983
45	45	Zeal & Ardor
46	48	Machines of Loving Grace
47	64	Marillion
48	49	The Birthday Massacre
49	RE	Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
50	51	In the Nursery

Pendulum – Propane Nightmares

51	47	Ladytron
52	77	The Midnight
53	53	Yeah Yeah Yeahs
54	RE	Levellers
55	56	Red Mecca
56	15	Toni Castells
57	57	White Ring
58	59	Green Day
59	5	Heartworms
60	60	Iron Maiden
61	61	KARP
62	NE	The Godfathers
63	17	Paris Paloma
64	NE	Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
65	62	YUNGBLUD
66	RE	God Is an Astronaut
67	NE	The Mysterines
68	73	The Pentangle
69	RE	Collapse Under the Empire
70	70	Dead Can Dance
71	13	Olivia Dean
72	75	Paul Revere & The Raiders
73	88	Ali Farka Toure
74	NE	Amy Winehouse
75	RE	U2

Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – Go Waste My Time

76	84	Ari Mason
77	NE	Art School Girlfriend
78	RE	Depeche Mode
79	83	Empathy Test
80	RE	Lana Del Rey
81	RE	Pixies
82	89	David Bowie
83	85	MS MR
84	95	Aleister Crowley
85	RE	Bob Vylan
86	RE	Def Leppard
87	91	Killing Joke
88	65	Massive Attack
89	92	Nirvana
90	NE	Palmistry
91	94	Stabbing Westward
92	RE	Enter Shikari
93	54	HIM
94	96	The Who
95	98	ZOMBIE HYPERDRIVE
96	NE	Ecca Vandal
97	RE	Gang of Four
98	RE	Kite
99	RE	Wolfclub
100	NE	All Them Witches

Art School Girlfriend – Doing Laps