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Indie music for getting things done

Stay focused and productive with a steady stream of indie, hand-picked to help you concentrate and find your flow.

Expect tunes by Beth Orton, Real Estate and Camera Obscura.

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

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Music Played

  • The Strokes

    You Only Live Once

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Real Estate

    Had To Hear

    • Atlas.
    • Domino.
    • 001.

  • Woman’s Hour

    In Stillness We Remain

    • Conversations.
    • Secretly Canadian.

  • Beth Orton

    Central Reservation

    • Heavenly.

  • Air

    Kelly Watch The Stars

    • Source Records.

  • Camera Obscura

    Tears for Affairs

    • Tears For Affairs.
    • Elefant Records.
    • 1.

  • Lush

    De-Luxe

    • Gala.
    • 4AD.
    • 4.

  • alt‐J

    Something Good

    • Infectious.

  • The Smiths

    Cemetry Gates

    • Rough Trade.

  • Angel Olsen

    All Mirrors

    • Jagjaguwar.

  • Radiohead

    Reckoner

    • In Rainbows.
    • XL Recordings.

  • The Cardigans

    Erase/Rewind

    • Stockholm.

  • Arcade Fire

    Rebellion (Lies)

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • La Roux

    Uptight Downtown

    • Polydor.

  • Grandaddy

    The Crystal Lake

    • V2.

  • The xx

    Islands

    • CD SINGLE.
    • YOUNG TURKS.
    • 1.

  • Elliott Smith

    Somebody That I Used To Know

    • Dreamworks.

  • Sleater‐Kinney

    Modern Girl

    • The Woods.
    • Sub Pop Records.
    • 5.

  • Beck

    The New Pollution

    • DGC.

  • Death Cab for Cutie

    I Will Possess Your Heart

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Atlantic.

  • Big Thief

    Shark Smile

    • Saddle Creek Records.

  • Oasis

    Gas Panic!

    • Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants.
    • Big Brother Recordings Ltd.
    • 6.

  • Beach House

    Take Care

    • Teen Dream.
    • Sub Pop Records.
    • 10.

  • Baxter Dury

    Prince Of Tears

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • Tame Impala

    Feels Like We Only Go Backwards

    • i know i always said that i could never hurt you.
    • UMG Recordings, Inc..
    • 15.

  • Pulp

    This Is Hardcore

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

  • Lianne La Havas

    Weird Fishes

    • Lianne La Havas.
    • Warner Records.
    • 7.

  • Dirty Projectors

    Stillness Is The Move

    • CD SINGLE.
    • DOMINO.
    • 1.

  • Keane

    Bedshaped

    • Trojan.

  • Gorillaz

    Stylo (feat. Bobby Womack & Yasiin Bey)

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • CHVRCHES

    Leave A Trace

    • Every Open Eye.
    • Glassnote Entertainment.
    • 2.

  • Foals

    Prelude

    • Holy Fire.
    • Warner Records.
    • 1.

  • Coldplay

    Sparks

    • Parachutes.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 4.

  • Bat for Lashes

    Kids In The Dark

    • AWAL recordings.

  • Bombay Bicycle Club

    Autumn

    • I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 9.

  • The Cure

    Lovesong

    • The Cure - Disintegration.
    • Fiction Records.

  • London Grammar

    Oh Woman Oh Man

    • Truth Is a Beautiful Thing (Deluxe).
    • Ministry of Sound Recordings.
    • 4.

  • Daughter

    How

    • Not to Disappear.
    • Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC.
    • 4.

  • Local Natives

    Ceilings

    • Infectious Records.

  • Suede

    The Wild Ones

    • Nude.

  • Empire of the Sun

    Alive

    • Alive.
    • Capitol Records.
    • 1.

  • Little Boots

    Hearts Collide

    • Hands.
    • 679 Recordings UK. Ltd..
    • 11.

  • King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

    Cyboogie

    • Flightless.

  • The Chemical Brothers

    Wide Open (feat. Beck)

    • Virgin EMI.

  • Alabama Shakes

    Boys & Girls

    • Boys & Girls (Deluxe Edition).
    • ATO Records.
    • 8.

  • King Krule

    Border Line

    • 6 Feet Beneath The Moon.
    • True Panther Sounds.
    • 2.

  • Jamie T

    Power Over Men

    • Virgin EMI.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday13:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever