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Zone in with the help of this indie mix

Lauren Laverne gives you the indie tunes you need to zone in on your to-do list for three hours.

Let the sounds of Doves, Mazzy Star and Alt-J help you focus.

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

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Music Played

  • Doves

    The Cedar Room

    • HEAVENLY.

  • Bombay Bicycle Club

    How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep

    • Island.

  • Yeasayer

    2080

    • All Hour Cymbals.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Jungle

    Time

  • Happy Mondays

    Hallelujah (Club Mix)

    • Factory Records.

  • Garbage

    Queer

    • Mushroom.

  • Moby

    Porcelain

    • Mute Records.

  • St. Vincent

    Los Ageless

    • Loma Vista/Caroline International.

  • CHVRCHES

    The Mother We Share

    • The Bones of What You Believe.
    • Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC.
    • 1.

  • Cocteau Twins

    Evangeline

    • Fontana.

  • Daft Punk

    Veridis Quo

    • Discovery.
    • Virgin.
    • 011.

  • Bon Iver

    Flume

    • Jagjaguwar.

  • Gorillaz

    Andromeda (feat. DRAM)

    • Parlophone.

  • Broken Social Scene

    All to All

    • City Slang Records.

  • Beck

    Deadweight

    • Geffen.

  • The Horrors

    Still Life

    • Skying.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 006.

  • Cigarettes After Sex

    Apocalypse

    • Partisan Records.

  • Local Natives

    Airplanes

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Infectious.
    • 1.

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Skeletons

    • It's Blitz! (Standard Digital Album).
    • Polydor Records.
    • 4.

  • First Aid Kit

    My Silver Lining

    • Stay Gold.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Mazzy Star

    Blue Flower

    • SHE HANGS BRIGHTLY.
    • Rough Trade.

  • Parcels

    Tieduprightnow

    • Parcels.
    • Because Music.
    • 10.

  • The National

    Fake Empire

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Beggars Banquet.
    • 1.

  • Pulp

    The Trees

    • Island.

  • Slowdive

    Star Roving

    • Dead Oceans Records.

  • Maribou State

    Vale

    • Blackoak.
    • Ninja Tune.
    • 4.

  • London Grammar

    Nightcall

    • If You Wait (Deluxe Version).
    • Ministry of Sound Recordings.
    • 7.

  • alt‐J

    Tessellate

    • Infectious.

  • Emma Smith, Sarah Jones & Hot Chip

    Love Is the Future

    • Why Make Sense?.
    • Domino.
    • 002.

  • Delays

    Long Time Coming

    • Nettwerk Records.

  • Johnny Marr

    Hi Hello

    • Call The Comet.
    • Sire.

  • Michael Kiwanuka

    Solid Ground

    • KIWANUKA.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 13.

  • Bat for Lashes

    Prescilla

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Parlophone.

  • Bloc Party

    I Still Remember

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Wichita.

  • Big Thief

    Not

    • 4AD.

  • La Roux

    Let Me Down Gently

    • Trouble In Paradise.
    • Polydor Records.

  • Toro y Moi

    Ordinary Pleasure

    • Carpark Records.

  • Broadcast

    Come On Let's Go

    • The Noise Made By People.
    • Warp.

  • Massive Attack

    Unfinished Sympathy

    • Virgin.

  • Foals

    Miami

    • CD SINGLE.
    • WARNER BROS.
    • 1.

  • Atoms for Peace

    Ingenue

    • AMOK.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 3.

  • Boards of Canada

    In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country

    • In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country.
    • Warp Records.
    • 3.

  • Rahim Redcar (AKA: Christine and the Queens)

    Girlfriend (feat. Dâm-Funk)

    • Because Music Ltd.

  • Local Natives

    Dark Days

    • Sunlit Youth.
    • Infectious Music.
    • 3.

  • The xx

    Fiction

    • Young Turks / XL.

  • Radiohead

    Bloom

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

Broadcasts

  • Wed 16 Sep 2026 13:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever
  • Tue 13 Oct 2026 13:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever