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Escape into Indie Focus

Lauren Laverne helps you zero in on your workload, providing three hours of indie tracks.

Expect elite selections from the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Empire of The Sun and Kate Bush.

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

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Music Played

  • Big Thief

    Shark Smile

    • Saddle Creek Records.

  • Elliott Smith

    Waltz #2 (XO)

    • DREAMWORKS.

  • Ladytron

    Tomorrow

    • CD SINGLE.
    • NETTWERK.
    • 1.

  • Death Cab for Cutie

    I Will Possess Your Heart

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Atlantic.

  • Mystery Jets

    Radlands

    • Radlands.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 001.

  • The Cardigans

    Erase/Rewind

    • Stockholm.

  • Charlotte Gainsbourg

    Deadly Valentine

    • Because Music.

  • Kate Bush

    Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

    • EMI.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    Only Ones Who Know

    • Favourite Worst Nightmare.
    • Domino.
    • 006.

  • The Stone Roses

    Shoot You Down

    • THE STONE ROSES.
    • Silvertone.

  • Air

    Kelly Watch The Stars

    • Source Records.

  • Jungle

    Smile

    • For Ever.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 1.

  • The Chemical Brothers

    Wide Open (feat. Beck)

    • Virgin EMI.

  • Hot Chip

    One Pure Thought

    • CD SINGLE.
    • EMI.

  • CHVRCHES

    Leave a Trace

    • Every Open Eye.
    • Virgin.
    • 002.

  • Passion Pit

    Sleepy Head

    • CD SINGLE.
    • COLUMBIA.

  • Empire of the Sun

    Walking On A Dream

    • CD SINGLE.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 1.

  • Poliça

    Lime Habit

    • Memphis Industries.

  • Bombay Bicycle Club

    It's Alright Now

    • So Long, See You Tomorrow.
    • Island.
    • 002.

  • Sunflower Bean

    I Was A Fool

    • Lucky Number Records.

  • Björk

    Venus As A Boy

    • One Little Indian Record.

  • Pulp

    This Is Hardcore

    • This Is Hardcore.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 5.

  • Sufjan Stevens

    I Walked

    • ASTHMATIC KITTY.

  • Blur

    Out Of Time

    • Parlophone.

  • Slowdive

    Sugar For The Pill

  • Imogen Heap

    Headlock

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

  • Röyksopp

    Poor Leno

    • MELODY A.M..
    • Wall Of Sound Recordings.

  • Oasis

    Gas Panic!

    • Standing on the Shoulder of Giants.
    • Big Brother.
    • 006.

  • Ride

    Leave Them All Behind

    • Ignition Musik.

  • Deerhunter

    Revival

  • Rahim Redcar (AKA: Christine and the Queens)

    Tilted

    • Because Music.

  • Sylvan Esso

    Coffee

    • Sylvan Esso.
    • Partisan Records.
    • 007.

  • Radiohead, Colin Greenwood, EOB, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway & Thom Yorke

    Reckoner

    • _Xurbia_Xendless Limited.

  • Melody’s Echo Chamber

    I Follow You

    • Weird World Record Co.

  • The Temper Trap

    Sweet Disposition

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Infectious.
    • 1.

  • Beach House

    Silver Soul

    • Teen Dream.
    • Sub Pop Records.
    • 2.

  • King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

    Work This Time

    • Live at Redrocks 2022.
    • The Acid Test Recordings.
    • 707.

  • Talking Heads

    This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)

    • EMI.

  • The Farm

    Groovy Train

    • Island.

  • Warpaint

    New Song

    • Rough Trade.

  • Regina Spektor

    Fidelity

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Sire.

  • The Cure

    Lovesong

    • The Cure - Disintegration.
    • Fiction Records.

  • Keane

    Bedshaped

    • Trojan.

  • Laura Marling

    Ghosts

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Virgin.

Broadcast

  • Monday13:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever