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Steve and Felix dive into the moments, movements, artists and scenes that defined UK indie music's history.

Produced by Cup and Nuzzle for BBC Radio 6 Music Indie Forever.

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Music Played

  • Blur

    Girls & Boys

    • Now 28 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Courtney Barnett

    Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go To The Party

    • Milk! Records.

  • Reverend and the Makers

    Heavyweight Champion Of The World

    • CD SINGLE.
    • WALL OF SOUND RECORDINGS.

  • Dodgy

    Good Enough

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 34 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Belle and Sebastian

    The Blues Are Still Blue

    • ROUGH TRADE RECORDS.

  • Foals

    Spanish Sahara

    • Transgressive.

  • Amyl and the Sniffers

    Got You

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Ian Dury & the Blockheads

    Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • The Libertines

    Can't Stand Me Now

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Menswear

    Being Brave

    • Being Brave.
    • London Music Stream/Because Music.
    • 1.

  • Catatonia

    Mulder And Scully

    • Blanco Y Negro.

  • Catfish and the Bottlemen

    Homesick

    • The Balcony.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Stump

    Charlton Heston

    • Lost And Found Volume 1 : Imagination.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 18.

  • Sissy & the Blisters

    Let Her Go

    • Let Her Go EP.
    • Fierce Panda.
    • 1.

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Pump It Up

    • IMP Records.

  • Peter Bjorn and John

    Young Folks (feat. Victoria Bergsman)

    • Wichita.

  • Florence + the Machine

    What The Water Gave Me

    • Moshi Moshi / Island.

  • Pete & the Pirates

    Mr Understanding

    • Little Death.
    • Stolen Records.
    • 9.

  • Mumford & Sons

    Little Lion Man

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Universal Island.
    • 1.

  • Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

    Home

    • Rough Trade Records Ltd..

  • McAlmont & Butler

    Yes

    • Hut Music.

  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    Nothing Lasts Forever

    • London.

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Happy House

    • Polydor.

  • Noah and the Whale

    5 Years Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Of Monsters and Men

    Little Talks

    • Little Talks.
    • Island Records Group.
    • 1.

  • Frankie & the Heartstrings

    Hunger

    • Hunger.
    • WM Australia.
    • 3.

  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    Red Right Hand

    • Mute.

  • Lori & the Chameleons

    Touch

    • European New Wave & Synthpop.
    • Warner Music Group.
    • 3.

  • Man & the Echo

    Favourite Band Of A Dead Man

    • Man and the Echo.
    • 1965 Records.
    • 7.

Broadcasts

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  • Wed 11 Nov 2026 10:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever