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Knuckle down to these fine indie sounds

Lauren Laverne encourages you to knuckle down and find focus with three hours worth of indie tracks.

Hear from the likes of Gorillaz, Portishead and The xx.

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

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Music Played

  • Bon Iver

    Holocene

    • 4 A.D..

  • Belle and Sebastian

    The Boy With the Arab Strap

    • Jeepster Recordings.

  • Portishead

    The Rip

    • Island Records.

  • James Blake

    I'll Come Too

    • Assume Form.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 9.

  • Beach House

    PPP

    • Bella Union.

  • Bat for Lashes

    Kids In The Dark

    • AWAL recordings.

  • Slowdive

    Souvlaki Space Station

    • Original Album Classics.
    • Sony Music UK.
    • 6.

  • New Order

    Ceremony

    • Factory Records.

  • Blood Orange & Caroline Polachek

    Chamakay

    • Chamakay.
    • Domino Recording Co.
    • 1.

  • Beirut

    Gibraltar

    • 4AD.

  • Stereolab

    Miss Modular

    • Duophonic.

  • The Last Shadow Puppets

    Miracle Aligner

    • Domino Recording Co.

  • Anna Calvi

    Hunter

    • Domino Record Co.

  • Primal Scream

    Star

    • Creation Records.

  • Gorillaz

    Tomorrow Comes Today

    • Parlophone.

  • Cocteau Twins

    Heaven Or Las Vegas

    • HEAVEN OR LAS VEGAS.
    • 4 A.D..

  • Men I Trust

    Lauren

    • Men I Trust.

  • Jungle

    Platoon

    • Jungle.
    • XL/Chess Club.
    • 4.

  • Röyksopp

    So Easy

    • Tellé.

  • Chairlift

    Bruises

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Kanine.
    • 1.

  • The Charlatans

    Different Days

    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Pale Saints

    Kinky Love

    • Dino.

  • Khruangbin

    White Gloves

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

  • The xx

    Crystalised

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Young Turks.
    • 1.

  • King Krule

    Dum Surfer

    • XL Recordings.

  • Ian Brown

    My Star

    • Polydor.

  • Wolf Alice

    Heavenly Creatures

    • Creature Songs.
    • Dirty Hit.

  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra

    Necessary Evil

    • Jagjaguwar.

  • Radiohead

    The National Anthem

    • Kid A.
    • Parlophone.
    • 3.

  • Karen O & Danger Mouse

    Lux Prima

    • BMG.

  • London Grammar

    Strong

    • If You Wait (Deluxe Version).
    • Ministry of Sound Recordings.
    • 6.

  • Foals

    Red Socks Pugie

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Transgressive Records.
    • 1.

  • Alvvays

    Not My Baby

    • Transgressive Records.

  • Yo La Tengo

    Our Way To Fall

    • AND THEN NOTHING TURNED ITSELF INSIDE OUT.
    • Matador.
    • 2.

  • Sufjan Stevens

    Video Game

    • Ascension.
    • Asthamtic Kitty Records.

  • Public Service Broadcasting

    The Other Side

    • Test Card Recordings.

  • Spiritualized

    Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space

    • Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space.
    • Fat Possum.
    • 1.

  • The War on Drugs

    Up All Night

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

  • The Cranberries

    Dreams

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Real Estate

    Stained Glass

    • Domino.

  • Temples

    Certainty

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • PJ Harvey

    This Mess We're In (feat. Thom Yorke)

    • Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Air

    Playground Love

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Virgin.

  • Elbow

    Mirrorball

    • The Best Of.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 8.

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