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Stay sharp with this indie selection

Three hours of indie music for focus, flow and getting things done, with Lauren Laverne providing the soundtrack.

Featuring Aqualung, The Postal Service, Bombay Bicycle Club and loads more!

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

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Music Played

  • Warpaint

    Intro

    • Warpaint.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 1.

  • Bon Iver

    22 (OVER S∞∞N)

    • Jagjaguwar.

  • Phoebe Bridgers

    Scott Street

    • Stranger in the Alps.
    • Dead Oceans.

  • Foals

    This Orient

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Warner Bros..
    • 2.

  • Stereolab

    French Disko

    • Duophonic Ultra High Fre.

  • The Postal Service

    We Will Become Silhouettes

    • Sub Pop.

  • Bombay Bicycle Club

    Ghost

    • I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 5.

  • The Flaming Lips

    Fight Test

    • Warner Bros.

  • Superorganism

    Everybody Wants To Be Famous

    • Domino Recording Co. Ltd.

  • The Cure

    Pictures of You

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • The Horrors

    Still Life

    • Skying.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 6.

  • Fontaines D.C.

    Television Screens

    • Dogrel.
    • Partisan Records.
    • 4.

  • Elliott Smith

    Alameda

    • Either/Or (Expanded Edition).
    • Universal Music Group International.
    • 2.

  • Ex:Re

    Romance

    • 4AD.

  • Local Natives

    Wide Eyes

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Infectious.
    • 1.

  • The xx

    I Dare You

    • XL Recordings.

  • Real Estate

    Stained Glass

    • Domino.

  • Japanese Breakfast

    Machinist

    • Soft Sounds from Another Planet.
    • Dead Oceans.
    • 3.

  • Beck

    Deadweight

    • Geffen.

  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra

    Everyone Acts Crazy Nowadays

    • Jagjaguwar.

  • Helado Negro

    Running

    • This Is How You Smile.
    • RVNG Intl..

  • Imogen Heap

    Headlock

    • Speak for Yourself.
    • Megaphonic Records.
    • 001.

  • Portishead

    Sour Times

    • Go Beat.

  • Interpol

    NYC

    • Turn On The Bright Lights.
    • Matador.
    • 3.

  • DIIV

    Dopamine

    • Dopamine.
    • Captured Tracks.
    • 1.

  • Boards of Canada

    Roygbiv

    • Music Has The Right To Children.
    • Warp.
    • 10.

  • Arc De Soleil

    Got Caught in Amsterdam

  • Sneaker Pimps

    6 Underground

    • Virgin.

  • LCD Soundsystem

    oh baby

    • american dream.
    • DFA Records/Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Belle and Sebastian

    The Boy With the Arab Strap

    • Jeepster Recordings.

  • Slowdive

    Star Roving

    • Dead Oceans Records.

  • Pulp

    The Trees

    • Island.

  • Sufjan Stevens

    Love Yourself

    • Asthmatic Kitty.

  • Karen O & Danger Mouse

    Lux Prima

    • BMG.

  • Blur

    Sweet Song

    • Think Tank.
    • Parlophone.

  • Ratatat

    Loud Pipes

    • Classics.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 6.

  • Remus, Eric Biondo, Leah Paul, Martin Perna, Yoshi Takemasa & TV on the Radio

    DLZ

    • Dear Science.
    • 4AD.
    • 010.

  • Doves

    Snowden

    • (CD Single).
    • Heavenly.

  • Empire of the Sun

    Half Mast

  • Baio

    Sister of Pearl

    • The Names.
    • Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC.
    • 3.

  • Jamie T

    Don't You Find

    • Virgin Records.

  • M83

    Wait

    • M83 Recording Inc.

  • Hot Chip

    Melody Of Love

    • Domino Recording Co.

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