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The ultimate productivity indie mix

Lauren Laverne brings you three hours of focused indie tracks for a more productive headspace.

Expect amazing tunes from Massive Attack, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and The National.

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

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Music Played

  • The xx

    Sunset

    • YOUNG TURKS.

  • Gengahr

    She's a Witch

    • Transgressive.

  • Blood Orange

    Champagne Coast

    • Domino.

  • Feist

    My Moon My Man

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Polydor.

  • Hot Chip

    Hungry Child

    • Domino.

  • Chris Zane, Michael Angelakos & Passion Pit

    Carried Away

    • Gossamer.
    • Columbia Records.
    • 003.

  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra

    Hunnybee

    • Sex & Food.
    • Jagjaguwar.
    • 4.

  • Yo La Tengo

    Let's Save Tony Orlando's House

    • And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside‐Out.
    • Matador Records.
    • A4.

  • MGMT

    Little Dark Age

    • Columbia Records.

  • Melody’s Echo Chamber

    Bisou Magique

  • The Cure

    Lullaby

    • Fiction.

  • Chromatics

    Shadow

    • Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 17.
    • Republic of Music.
    • 207.

  • Air

    Playground Love

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Virgin.

  • Bon Iver

    Hey, Ma

    • Jagjaguwar.

  • Björk

    Venus As A Boy

    • One Little Indian Record.

  • Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway & Radiohead

    15 Step

    • In Rainbows: From the Basement.
    • _Xurbia_Xendless Limited.
    • 001.

  • Röyksopp

    Eple

    • WALL OF SOUND RECORDINGS.

  • King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

    Sense

    • Paper Mâché Dream Balloon.
    • Heavenly Recordings.
    • 001.

  • First Aid Kit

    My Silver Lining

    • Stay Gold.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Elbow

    Mirrorball

    • Live From London.
    • Fiction.
    • 004.

  • Massive Attack

    Karmacoma

    • Polygram TV.

  • Superorganism

    Something For Your M.I.N.D.

    • Domino Recording Co.

  • Super Furry Animals

    Hello Sunshine

    • EPIC.

  • London Grammar

    Oh Woman Oh Man

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

  • Men I Trust

    Show Me How

  • José González

    Heartbeats

    • Peacefrog.

  • Michael Kiwanuka

    Love & Hate

    • Polydor.

  • The Jesus and Mary Chain

    Darklands

    • Darklands.
    • Edsel Records.
    • 115.

  • Ride

    Vapour Trail

    • Creation.

  • The 1975

    Robbers

    • Dirty Hit.

  • CHVRCHES

    The Mother We Share

    • Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC.

  • Beach House

    Space Song

    • Depression Cherry.
    • Bella Union.
    • 3.

  • Sufjan Stevens

    Love Yourself

    • Asthmatic Kitty.

  • Aqualung

    Strange And Beautiful (I'll Put A Spell On You)

    • (CD Single).
    • B-Unique.

  • Blur

    Sing (to Me)

    • LEISURE.
    • FOOD.
    • 6.

  • The Stone Roses

    Shoot You Down

    • THE STONE ROSES.
    • Silvertone.

  • Foals

    Birch Tree

    • What Went Down.
    • Transgressive Records.
    • A3.

  • Anna Calvi

    As A Man

    • DOMINO RECORDING CO. LTD..

  • my bloody valentine

    Soon

    • Creation Records.

  • Boards of Canada

    Roygbiv

    • Music Has The Right To Children.
    • Warp.
    • 10.

  • James Blake

    The Wilhelm Scream

    • CD SINGLE.
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • Khruangbin

    Lady and Man

    • Uncut: The National.
    • Uncut.
    • 006.

  • Arc De Soleil

    Got Caught in Amsterdam

    • The Thief in Marrakesh Got Caught in Amsterdam Trying to Escape.
    • Epidemic Sound.
    • 002.

  • Bombay Bicycle Club

    Ghost

    • How We Are.
    • mmm... Records.
    • 002.

  • Big Thief

    Shark Smile

    • Saddle Creek Records.

  • Richard Ashcroft

    C'Mon People (We're Making It Now)

    • Hut Music.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 10 Aug 202613:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever
  • Next Thursday13:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever