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The ultimate focused indie mix

Three hours of focused sounds to clear your mind. Presented by Lauren Laverne.

Expect the best tunes from alt-J, Gorillaz, The xx and more.

Produced in Salford by Audio Always for BBC Radio 6 Music Indie Forever.

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Music Played

  • Bloc Party

    So Here We Are

    • Wichita.

  • The Verve

    Slide Away

    • This Is Music: The Singles 92–98.
    • Virgin.
    • 002.

  • DIIV

    Under the Sun

    • Is the Is Are.
    • Captured Tracks.
    • 2.

  • Stereolab

    French Disko

    • Duophonic Ultra High Fre.

  • Beach House

    Space Song

    • Depression Cherry.
    • Bella Union.
    • 3.

  • This Is the Kit

    Moonshine Freeze

    • Rough Trade.

  • Massive Attack

    Safe From Harm

    • Virgin.

  • alt‐J

    3WW

    • Relaxer.
    • Infectious Music.
    • 1.

  • The xx

    Crystalised

    • Young Turks.

  • Gorillaz

    On Melancholy Hill

    • Plastic Beach.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • 1.

  • Foals

    2 Trees

    • Total Life Forever.
    • Warner Bros. Records.
    • 010.

  • Yeasayer

    2080

    • All Hour Cymbals.
    • We Are Free.
    • 003.

  • Khruangbin

    White Gloves

    • The Universe Smiles Upon You.
    • Khruangbin.
    • 5.

  • Air & Beth Hirsch

    All I Need - Edit

    • Moon Safari.
    • Parlophone (France), Downtown Music Publishing.

  • M83

    Go!

    • Naïve Records.

  • Washed Out

    Floating By

    • Stones Throw Records.

  • Bon Iver

    Hey, Ma

    • Jagjaguwar.

  • Daughter

    How

    • Not to Disappear.
    • 4AD.
    • 004.

  • Portishead

    Wandering Star

    • Dummy.
    • Polydor Associated Labels.
    • 5.

  • Warpaint

    Biggy

    • Warpaint.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 5.

  • Slowdive

    Alison

    • Souvlaki.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Cocteau Twins

    Iceblink Luck

    • 4 A.D.

  • Radiohead, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway & Thom Yorke

    Reckoner

    • In Rainbows.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 007.

  • Maribou State

    Feel Good (feat. Khruangbin)

    • Counter Records.

  • The 1975

    A Change of Heart

    • I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 4.

  • The Avalanches

    Since I Left You

    • XL.

  • Röyksopp

    Eple

    • WALL OF SOUND RECORDINGS.

  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra

    So Good At Being In Trouble

    • JAGJAGUWAR.

  • Empire of the Sun

    Walking On A Dream

    • CD SINGLE.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 1.

  • The War on Drugs

    Up All Night

    • Up All Night.
    • Atlantic Records.
    • 1.

  • The Coral

    Jacqueline

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Deltasonic.

  • The National

    Guilty Party

    • Sleep Well Beast.
    • 4AD.
    • C3.

  • Michael Kiwanuka

    Solid Ground

    • KIWANUKA.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 13.

  • Laura Marling

    Soothing

    • Semper Femina.
    • More Alarming Records / Kobalt.

  • Groove Armada

    At The River

    • Pepper.

  • Tame Impala

    Patience

    • Fiction Records.

  • Rahim Redcar (AKA: Christine and the Queens)

    Tilted

    • Because Music.

  • Broadcast

    I Found The F

    • Warp Records.

  • Interpol

    Untitled

    • Turn On The Bright Lights.
    • Matador.
    • 1.

  • Kurt Vile

    Pretty Pimpin

    • Matador Records.

  • Beck

    Hotwax

    • Odelay (deluxe edition).
    • Geffen Records.
    • 102.

  • Stereophonics

    Maybe Tomorrow

    • V2.

  • Mazzy Star

    Ride It On

    • SHE HANGS BRIGHTLY.
    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Big Thief

    Velvet Ring

    • Masterpiece.
    • Saddle Creek.
    • 9.

  • Super Furry Animals

    Hello Sunshine

    • EPIC.

  • Real Estate

    It's Real

    • DOMINO.

  • Wolf Alice

    Heavenly Creatures

    • Creature Songs.
    • Dirty Hit.

  • Oasis

    Gas Panic!

    • Big Brother Recordings Ltd.

Broadcasts

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