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A deep dive into suitably great music

Lauren's got the finest music to motivate your Thursday, with the best tunes old and new. Plus, in People’s Playlist, we choose theme and you chose the tunes.

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Music Played

  • Sampa the Great

    Final Form

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Little Simz

    GAME ON

    • AWAL.

  • Nas

    It Ain't Hard To Tell

    • Columbia.

  • RIP Magic

    Screwdark

    • Single.
    • Section1.

  • The Smile

    Friend Of A Friend

    • XL Recordings.

  • Aldous Harding

    Venus in the Zinnia (feat. H. Hawkline)

    • 4AD.

  • Adult DVD

    Real Tree Lee

    • Fat Possum Records.

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Electricity

    • VIRGIN.

  • ROSALÍA

    Focu 'Ranni

    • Columbia.

  • Talking Heads

    Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)

    • Remain In Light.
    • Sire.
    • 1.

  • The B‐52s

    Mesopotamia

    • Mesopotamia.
    • Island Records.
    • 3.

  • St. Vincent & David Byrne

    Who

    • 4AD.

  • Brian Eno & David Byrne

    Strange Overtones

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Todo Mundo/Opal.
    • 1.

  • The BPA & David Byrne

    Toe Jam

  • X‐Press 2

    Lazy (feat. David Byrne)

    • NOW.

  • Bobbie Gentry

    Seasons Come, Seasons Go

    • Touch 'Em With Love.
    • EMI Catalogue.
    • 4.

  • Beck

    Ride Lonesome

    • Island/EMI.

  • Chanpan

    confessions part iii

    • confessions part iii.
    • EQT Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Fontaines D.C.

    Cello Song

    • Chrysalis Records.

  • Pigeon

    Black James Dean

    • Memphis Industries.

  • Avalon Emerson & the Charm

    Happy Birthday

    • Dead Oceans.

  • ear

    Ne Plus Ultra

  • Love

    7 and 7 Is

    • Elektra.

  • Kurt Vile

    Chance to Bleed

    • Verve Records.

  • Super Furry Animals

    Hello Sunshine (6 Music Session, 13th of May 2026)

  • corto.alto

    WHODIS (feat. Mick Jenkins)

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Beach House

    Wild

    • BELLA UNION.

  • Laura Cahen & Hand Habits

    Un lieu

    • Un lieu.
    • [PIAS] Recordings France.
    • 1.

  • Jeshi

    at the wheel

    • Select Discs.

  • Pulp

    Razzmatazz

    • Intro - The Gift Recordings.
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Courtney Barnett

    One Thing At A Time

    • Fiction.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    The Chain

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 010.

  • The Beatles

    Drive My Car

    • Rubber Soul.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Kraftwerk

    Autobahn

    • EMI.

  • Primal Scream

    Accelerator

    • XTRMNTR.
    • Creation Records.
    • 2.

  • Yello

    The Race

    • Now 13, Part 2 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Lil Mama

    Lip Gloss

    • Lip Gloss.
    • Jive.
    • 1.

  • Kim Gordon

    PLAY ME

    • Matador.

  • Seren Saraç

    YEKTE

    • Not on label.

  • Leftfield

    Original

    • Hard Hands.

  • Opus Kink

    Come Over Do Me Wrong

    • SO Recordings.

  • The Itch

    No More Sprechgesang

  • Biig Piig

    Sunny

    • RCA.

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