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A deep dive into suitably great music

Lauren's got the finest music to motivate your Thursday, with the best tunes old and new. Plus in People’s Playlist - we choose theme and you choose the tunes.

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Thu 21 May 2026 10:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Burning

    • Secretly Canadian.

  • Father John Misty

    The Payoff

    • Sub Pop.

  • The Bucketheads

    The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)

    • Big Beat.

  • Antony Szmierek

    Chalk

  • TSHA

    Dancing In The Shadows

    • Ninja Tune.

  • IZCO

    Wonderluv

    • Brownswood Recordings.

  • Lime Garden

    Maybe Not Tonight

    • So Young.

  • Yard Act

    Redeemer

    • Island.

  • My Bloody Valentine

    Soon

    • Creation Records.

  • Pale Saints

    Sight Of You

    • 4AD.

  • Ride

    Vapour Trail

    • Creation.

  • deary

    Alma

    • Bella Union.

  • Slowdive

    Souvlaki Space Station

    • Souvlaki.
    • Sony Music UK.
    • 6.

  • Chapterhouse

    Pearl

    • WHIRLPOOL.
    • DEDICATED.

  • Jayda G

    All I Need

    • !K7.

  • Olof Dreijer

    Makwande (feat. Toya Delazy)

    • DH2.

  • Genesis Owusu

    LIFE KEEPS GOING

    • Ourness.

  • Man/Woman/Chainsaw

    Nosedive

    • Fiction Records.

  • Joy Anonymous

    JOY (Light In The Dark)

    • From Concentrate.

  • Jessica Winter

    L.O.V.E.

    • Lucky Number.

  • Bloc Party

    Coming On Strong

    • cOnTAGIOUS LTD.

  • Knats

    Carpet Doctor (6 Music Session, 19 May 2026)

  • Bleachers

    the van

    • Dirty Hit.

  • Ambulance LTD

    Heavy Lifting

    • The Orchard.

  • Angelo De Augustine

    Goodbye Baby Blue

    • ANGEL IN PLAINCLOTHES.
    • ASTHMATIC KITTY.

  • Tara Clerkin Trio

    Somewhere Good

    • World of Echo.

  • Kim Gordon

    PLAY ME

    • Matador.

  • Minnie Riperton

    Les Fleurs

    • Distinctive.

  • Durand Jones & The Indications

    Flower Moon

    • Flower Moon.
    • Dead Oceans.
    • 1.

  • Radiohead

    Lotus Flower

    • The King of Limbs.
    • Ticker Tape Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Talking Heads

    (Nothing But) Flowers

    • EMI.

  • Anna Erhard

    Botanical Garden

    • Radicalis Music.

  • The Kinks

    The Village Green Preservation Society

    • Castle.

  • Cat Power

    Manhattan

    • MATADOR RECORDS.

  • Beck

    Ride Lonesome

    • Island/EMI.

  • Paris Angels

    All On You (Perfume)

    • ISLAND.

  • Boards of Canada

    Prophecy At 1420 MHz

    • Warp.

  • Mitski

    Washing Machine Heart

    • Be the Cowboy.
    • Dead Oceans.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Thu 21 May 2026 10:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music