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Motivating Indie Music

Lauren Laverne presents the most motivating indie playlist for you to tackle the to-do list.

Hear big tracks from Oasis, Pixies and Florence + The Machine.

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

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Music Played

  • Local Natives

    When Am I Gonna Lose You

    • Violet Street.
    • Loma Vista Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Bombay Bicycle Club

    Autumn

    • Q.

  • Laura Marling

    Soothing

    • Semper Femina.
    • More Alarming Records / Kobalt.

  • Alexandra Savior

    Crying All the Time

    • The Archer.
    • 30th Century Records.
    • 3.

  • The Coral

    Being Somebody Else

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Deltasonic.
    • 1.

  • Fleet Foxes

    Can I Believe You

    • Anti-.

  • First Aid Kit

    Emmylou

    • WITCHITA.

  • Ezra Furman

    My Zero

    • Bar None Records.

  • The Flaming Lips

    Race For The Prize

    • Warner Bros.

  • Beck

    The New Pollution

    • DGC.

  • Marika Hackman

    My Lover Cindy

    • AMF Records.

  • Bon Iver

    Re: Stacks

    • CD SINGLE.
    • 4 A.D..
    • 1.

  • The xx

    Islands

    • CD SINGLE.
    • YOUNG TURKS.
    • 1.

  • Real Estate

    Crime

    • Atlas.
    • Domino.
    • 001.

  • Swim Deep

    She Changes the Weather

    • Where the Heaven Are We.
    • RCA Records Label.
    • 11.

  • London Grammar

    Wasting My Young Years

    • Ministry of Sound.

  • Empire of the Sun

    Half Mast

  • The Big Moon

    Your Light

    • Fiction Records.

  • The Psychedelic Furs

    Love My Way

    • White Label.

  • Suede

    The Wild Ones

    • Nude.

  • The Brian Jonestown Massacre

    Anemone

    • Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request.
    • Tangible.
    • 010.

  • Khruangbin

    Evan Finds the Third Room

    • Con Todo El Mundo.
    • Dead Oceans.

  • Blondie

    Rapture

    • Chrysalis.

  • Gorillaz

    Lake Zurich

    • Parlophone.

  • Glass Animals

    Life Itself

    • Wolf Tone / Caroline Music.

  • THE S.L.P.

    Nobody Else

    • THE S.L.P..
    • Sony Music.
    • 007.

  • Röyksopp

    Eple

    • WALL OF SOUND RECORDINGS.

  • Sufjan Stevens

    Chicago

    • Asthmatic Kitty.

  • Arcade Fire

    Rebellion (Lies)

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Jamie T

    Don't You Find

    • Virgin Records.

  • Tame Impala

    Yes I'm Changing

    • Currents.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Broadcast

    Tears In The Typing Pool

    • Tender Buttons.
    • Warp Records Limited.

  • Cage the Elephant

    Trouble

    • Unpeeled.
    • RCA.
    • 011.

  • Sleigh Bells

    Rill Rill

    • COLUMBIA.

  • James Blake

    Atmosphere

    • Republic Records / Polydor Records.

  • Bat for Lashes

    Pearl's Dream

    • CD SINGLE.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • 1.

  • La Roux

    Uptight Downtown

    • Polydor.

  • Wolf Alice

    Don't Delete The Kisses

    • Visions of a Life.
    • Dirty Hit.

  • Nirvana

    Something In The Way

    • Nevermind.
    • DGC.

  • Sonic Youth

    Superstar

    • Geffen.

  • Big Thief

    Velvet Ring

    • Masterpiece.
    • Saddle Creek.
    • 9.

  • The Smiths

    Cemetry Gates

    • Rough Trade.

  • Brittany Howard

    Stay High

    • Columbia Records.

  • Super Furry Animals

    Juxtaposed With U

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Richard Ashcroft

    A Song For The Lovers

    • Hut Music.

  • Feist

    The Limit To Your Love

    • The Reminder.
    • Universal Music Group International.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Wednesday13:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever