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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 the theme and you choose the tunes.

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Music Played

  • New Order

    Confusion

    • Factory.

  • Fontaines D.C.

    Marianne

    • XL Recordings.

  • St. Vincent

    Rattlesnake

    • Caroline.

  • BODEGA

    Weather Me

    • Chrysalis Records Limited.

  • RIP Magic

    Screwdark

    • section 1.

  • Vagabon

    Carpenter

    • Nonesuch.

  • JGrrey

    bedbug (feat. Erick the Architect)

    • Ditto.

  • Nitin Sawhney

    Breathing Light

    • Prophesy.
    • V2.

  • beabadoobee

    Memories

    • Dirty Hit.

  • WITCH

    Once In A Lifetime

    • Naive Melodies.
    • BBE Music.
    • 3.

  • Ngozi Family

    Hold On

  • Rikki Ililonga

    Sansa Kuwa

  • Amanaz

    Khala My Friend

  • WITCH

    Queenless King

    • Partisan.

  • Sampa the Great

    Can't Hold Us (feat. Mwanje Tembo)

    • Loma Vista Recordings.

  • Lianne La Havas

    Bittersweet

    • Warner Records.

  • Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

    Witch Doctor

    • Control Freaq Records.

  • Meg Lui

    Elvis Queen

    • Elvis Queen.
    • Asthmatic Kitty.
    • 1.

  • Beck

    Disappearing Act

    • UMG Recordings.

  • Josh Caffe

    Velvet Skin

    • dh2.

  • Sampa the Great

    Simon Says

    • Loma Vista Recordings.

  • Air

    Sexy Boy

    • Source Records.

  • Charli xcx

    Camera

    • Atlantic.

  • corto.alto

    IJUSTIDONTKNOW (6 Music Session, 8 September 2026)

  • Roses Gabor

    Rush

    • Girls Music.

  • Floating Points

    Mere Mortals (Her Gift)

    • Movement 10 - Her Gift.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • SOAK

    death valley fridge magnet

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Billy Nomates

    Heels

    • Invada Records.

  • Adam and the Ants

    Prince Charming

    • Adam Ant - Hits.
    • CBS.

  • David Bowie

    Andy Warhol

    • EMI.

  • The Kinks

    Dedicated Follower Of Fashion

    • CASTLE.

  • Betty Davis

    Steppin In Her I. Miller Shoes

    • Betty Davis.
    • Vinyl Experience.
    • 6.

  • The High Numbers

    Zoot Suit

    • The Who Hits 50 (Deluxe).
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 1.

  • The Psychedelic Furs

    Pretty In Pink

    • Virgin.

  • Paul Weller

    Peacock Suit

    • island.

  • Charles B.

    Lack Of Love

    • Desire Records.

  • Alewya

    Cairo FM

    • LDN Records.

  • Sei Green

    Mountain

    • We Never Become.

  • Gurriers

    Nothing Happens Twice

    • PIAS.

  • Future Utopia

    Interplanetary Signs

    • 70Hz Recordings.

  • Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson

    The Bottle

    • Virgin.

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