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Indie sounds to help you get things done

Lauren Laverne brings you the perfect indie mix to clear your head.

Today's mix contains focused beats from Arcade Fire, Bombay Bicycle Club and Foals.

Produced in Salford by Audio Always for 蘑菇短视频 Radio 6 Music Indie Forever.

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Music Played

  • Radiohead

    Weird Fishes/Arpeggi

    • In Rainbows.
    • XL Recordings.

  • DIIV

    Dopamine

    • Dopamine.
    • Captured Tracks.
    • 1.

  • Foals

    This Orient

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

  • Low

    Dinosaur Act

    • kranky.

  • The xx

    VCR

    • CD SINGLE.
    • YOUNG TURKS.
    • 1.

  • 笔辞濒颈莽补

    Dark Star

    • Memphis Industries.

  • Baxter Dury

    Miami

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • Arcade Fire

    Reflektor

    • SONOVOX.

  • Portishead

    Roads

    • Dummy.
    • Polydor Associated Labels.
    • 8.

  • Bombay Bicycle Club

    How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep

    • Island.

  • Anna Calvi

    Suddenly

    • Domino Recording Co.

  • Galaxie 500

    Tugboat

    • MOJO Presents: Out of Time.
    • Mojo.
    • 006.

  • LCD Soundsystem

    Someone Great

    • CD SINGLE.
    • DFA.

  • Air

    Kelly Watch The Stars

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Temples

    Certainty

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • Chairlift

    Bruises

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Kanine.
    • 1.

  • The Temper Trap

    Sweet Disposition

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Infectious.
    • 1.

  • Empire of the Sun

    Walking On A Dream

    • CD SINGLE.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 1.

  • London Grammar

    Wasting My Young Years

    • Ministry of Sound.

  • Kate Bush

    Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

    • EMI.

  • La Roux

    Let Me Down Gently

    • Trouble In Paradise.
    • Polydor Records.

  • Jungle

    Smile

    • For Ever.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Everywhere

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 008.

  • HAIM

    Falling

    • NATIONAL ANTHEM.

  • Massive Attack

    Teardrop

    • Now.

  • Blur

    Out Of Time

    • Parlophone.

  • 补濒迟鈥怞

    Deadcrush

    • Infectious Music.

  • James Blake

    Limit To Your Love

    • A&M.

  • Chris Acland, Emma Anderson, Miki Berenyi, Steve Rippon & Lush

    De-Luxe

    • Ciao! Best of Lush.
    • 4AD.
    • 015.

  • The Smiths

    Cemetry Gates

    • Rough Trade.

  • First Aid Kit

    Master Pretender

    • Stay Gold.
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • Beirut

    Gibraltar

    • 4AD.

  • Cigarettes After Sex

    Affection

    • Partisan Records.

  • Alex Turner, Cameron Avery, Davey Latter, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders, Nick O'Malley, Scott Gillies, Tom Rowley, Tyler Parkford & Arctic Monkeys

    Knee Socks

    • Royal Albert Hall.
    • Domino.
    • B4.

  • Vampire Weekend

    Harmony Hall

    • Columbia Records.

  • Men I Trust

    Seven

    • Oncle Jazz.
    • Return To Analog.

  • The Verve

    Catching the Butterfly

    • Urban Hymns.
    • Virgin.

  • Bon Iver

    Holocene

    • 4 A.D..

  • Mac DeMarco

    My Old Man

    • My Old Man.
    • Captured Tracks.
    • 001.

  • Bat for Lashes

    Daniel

    • CD SINGLE.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • 1.

  • Big Thief

    Not

    • 4AD.

  • Hot Chip

    Boy from School

    • EMI.

  • Metronomy

    Everything Goes My Way

    • Because Music.

  • Guy Pratt, Steve Sidwell & Lemon Jelly

    Nice Weather for Ducks

    • Lost Horizons.
    • Impotent Fury.
    • 005.

  • Gorillaz

    Andromeda (feat. DRAM)

    • Parlophone.

  • Sufjan Stevens

    Video Game

    • Ascension.
    • Asthamtic Kitty Records.

  • Broadcast

    Black Cat

    • Warp Records.

  • Ambrose Kenny鈥怱mith, Cook Craig, Michael Cavanagh, Stu Mackenzie & King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

    Sleep Drifter

    • Uncut: Tune In!.
    • Uncut.
    • 014.

Broadcasts

  • Monday 13:00
    蘑菇短视频 Radio 6 Indie Forever
  • Thu 20 Aug 2026 13:00
    蘑菇短视频 Radio 6 Indie Forever