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Indie tunes to sharpen your mind

Lauren Laverne presents the best independent sounds to focus your mind with no interruptions.

This curated mix brings you the best of Massive Attack, Jungle, Wolf Alice and more.

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

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Tue 4 Aug 2026 13:00
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Music Played

  • The xx

    Basic Space

    • The xx.
    • Young.
    • 8.

  • Massive Attack

    Unfinished Sympathy

    • Virgin.

  • Mercury Rev

    Little Rhymes

    • V2.

  • Broadcast

    Come On Let's Go

    • The Noise Made By People.
    • Warp.

  • alt‐J

    Tessellate

    • Infectious.

  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra

    Hunnybee

    • Sex & Food.
    • Jagjaguwar.
    • 4.

  • Jungle

    Time

    • XL.

  • D.D Dumbo

    Satan

    • 4AD.

  • Empire of the Sun

    We Are The People

    • CD SINGLE.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 1.

  • Real Estate

    Crime

    • Atlas.
    • Domino.
    • 001.

  • Wolf Alice

    Don't Delete The Kisses

    • Visions of a Life.
    • Dirty Hit.

  • The Jesus and Mary Chain

    Just Like Honey

    • Emperor Norton.

  • Big Thief

    Masterpiece

    • Masterpiece.
    • Saddle Creek.
    • 2.

  • Laura Marling

    Ghosts

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Virgin.

  • Superorganism

    Something For Your M.I.N.D.

    • Domino Recording Co.

  • The Cure

    Lovesong

    • The Cure - Disintegration.
    • Fiction Records.

  • New Order

    Regret

    • Now.

  • Ian Brown

    F.E.A.R.

    • POLYDOR.

  • Doves

    Firesuite

    • Lost Souls.
    • EMI Records.
    • 1.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    The Dying Of The Light

    • Chasing Yesterday.
    • Sour Mash.
    • 005.

  • London Grammar

    Non Believer

    • Truth Is a Beautiful Thing (Deluxe).
    • Ministry of Sound Recordings.
    • 7.

  • First Aid Kit

    Emmylou

    • WITCHITA.

  • Jack Steadman, Suren de Saram & Bombay Bicycle Club

    Home by Now

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

  • Super Furry Animals

    Juxtapozed With U

    • Universal Music.

  • Cocteau Twins

    Cherry-Coloured Funk

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

  • Radiohead

    Lotus Flower

    • The King of Limbs.
    • Ticker Tape Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Maribou State

    Nervous Tics (feat. Holly Walker)

    • Counter.

  • Hot Chip

    Boy from School

    • EMI.

  • Gorillaz

    Andromeda (feat. DRAM)

    • Parlophone.

  • The War on Drugs

    Under The Pressure

    • Lost In The Dream.
    • Secretly Canadian.
    • 001.

  • Local Natives

    When Am I Gonna Lose You

    • When Am I Gonna Lose You (Nick Waterhouse remixes).
    • Loma Vista Recordings.
    • 003.

  • Slowdive

    Star Roving

    • Dead Oceans Records.

  • Bat for Lashes

    Daniel

    • CD SINGLE.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • 1.

  • Moby

    Porcelain

    • Mute Records.

  • Glass Animals

    Youth

    • Wolf Tone/Caroline International.

  • Foals

    Miami

    • CD SINGLE.
    • WARNER BROS.
    • 1.

  • The Smiths

    How Soon Is Now?

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 7.

  • Warpaint

    Undertow

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 1.

  • My Bloody Valentine

    Sometimes

    • Creation Records.

  • The Stone Roses

    Shoot You Down

    • THE STONE ROSES.
    • Silvertone.

  • Michael Kiwanuka

    Cold Little Heart

    • Polydor.

  • Blur

    Badhead

    • PARKLIFE.
    • FOOD.
    • 6.

  • The Last Shadow Puppets

    Miracle Aligner

    • Domino Recording Co.

  • Alabama Shakes

    Sound & Color

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Portishead

    Glory Box

    • GO BEAT.

  • Bon Iver

    Calgary

    • 4 A.D..

  • Alvvays

    In Undertow

    • Transgressive Records.

  • Feist

    My Moon My Man

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Polydor.

  • Childhood

    Californian Light

    • Universal High.
    • Marathon Artists.

Broadcasts

  • Yesterday 13:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever
  • Tue 4 Aug 2026 13:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever