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Lauren plays three hours of productive indie tunes.

Expect tracks by Jagwar Ma, Daughter and Men I Trust.

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

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Tue 20 Oct 2026 13:00
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Music Played

  • Khruangbin & Leon Bridges

    Texas Sun

    • Dead Oceans.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Everywhere

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

  • Alabama Shakes

    Sound & Color

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Arcade Fire

    Afterlife

    • Mercury.

  • Mac DeMarco

    On The Level

  • Portishead

    Numb

    • Dummy.
    • Polydor Associated Labels.
    • 7.

  • Doves

    Firesuite

    • Lost Souls.
    • EMI Records.
    • 1.

  • James Blake

    Retrograde

    • Atlas.

  • Big Thief

    Masterpiece

    • Masterpiece.
    • Saddle Creek.
    • 2.

  • Stereophonics

    Mr. Writer

    • (CD Single).
    • V2.

  • Ezra Furman

    My Zero

    • Bar None Records.

  • Tori Amos

    Cornflake Girl

    • Columbia.

  • Jungle

    Casio

    • XL Recordings.

  • Toro y Moi

    New Beat

    • Underneath The Pine (10th Anniversary Release).
    • CarPark Records.

  • Tame Impala

    Solitude Is Bliss

    • InnerSpeaker.
    • Interscope.
    • 6.

  • Jack Steadman, Suren de Saram & Bombay Bicycle Club

    Home by Now

    • So Long, See You Tomorrow.
    • Island.
    • 004.

  • M83

    Go!

    • Naïve Records.

  • Phoenix

    Goodbye Soleil

    • Ti Amo.
    • Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC.
    • 6.

  • Gorillaz

    Rhinestone Eyes

    • Plastic Beach.
    • Parlophone Records.
    • 104.

  • Radiohead

    Everything In Its Right Place

    • Parlophone.

  • London Grammar

    Metal & Dust

    • If You Wait (Deluxe Version).
    • Ministry of Sound Recordings.
    • 8.

  • The National

    I Need My Girl

    • Trouble Will Find Me.
    • 4AD.
    • 001.

  • Pulp

    A Little Soul

    • Polygram TV.

  • Blur

    She's So High

    • LEISURE.
    • Food.

  • Men I Trust

    Seven

    • Oncle Jazz.
    • Return To Analog.

  • Moby

    Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?

    • Mute Records.

  • Primal Scream

    Slip Inside This House

    • sony bmg.

  • Jagwar Ma

    Uncertainty

    • Howlin'.
    • Marathon Artists.

  • Warpaint

    Billie Holiday

    • ROUGH TRADE RECORDS.

  • Regina Spektor

    On the Radio

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Sire.

  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

    Sense

    • Paper Mâché Dream Balloon.
    • Heavenly Recordings.
    • 1.

  • LCD Soundsystem

    oh baby

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

  • Sneaker Pimps

    6 Underground

    • Virgin.

  • Broadcast

    Tears In The Typing Pool

    • Tender Buttons.
    • Warp Records Limited.

  • Metronomy

    The Look

    • Because Music.

  • Foals

    Spanish Sahara

    • Transgressive.

  • Massive Attack

    Paradise Circus

    • VIRGIN.

  • Daughter

    Numbers

    • 4AD.

  • alt‐J

    Ms

    • An Awesome Wave.
    • Infectious Music.
    • 9.

  • The xx

    VCR

    • CD SINGLE.
    • YOUNG TURKS.
    • 1.

  • Michael Kiwanuka

    Cold Little Heart

    • Polydor.

  • Bon Iver

    Wash

    • Jagjaguwar.

  • First Aid Kit

    Master Pretender

    • Stay Gold.
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • The Avalanches

    Since I Left You

    • XL.

  • Mitski

    Washing Machine Heart

    • Be the Cowboy.
    • Dead Oceans.
    • 12.

  • Lana Del Rey

    West Coast

    • Ultraviolence.
    • Polydor.

  • Low

    Fly

    • Double Negative.
    • Sub Pop Records.
    • 3.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 23 Sep 2026 13:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever
  • Tue 20 Oct 2026 13:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever