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Slow down with these indie favourites

Huw brings you a softer side of indie music, with mellow favourites and dreamy sounds made for slowing things down.

You'll hear songs by The Flaming Lips, Santigold, Wolf Alice, Starsailor and loads more!

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

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Music Played

  • José González

    Heartbeats

    • Peacefrog.

  • Florence + the Machine

    Never Let Me Go

    • Never Let Me Go.
    • Island.

  • Foo Fighters

    Next Year

    • RCA.

  • James Blake

    The Wilhelm Scream

    • CD SINGLE.
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • The Flaming Lips

    Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1

    • Warner Bros.

  • The La’s

    There She Goes

    • Go! Discs.

  • Santigold

    Hometown Glory

  • Wolf Alice

    Heavenly Creatures

    • Creature Songs.
    • Dirty Hit.

  • Jeff Buckley

    Hallelujah

    • Acoustic Love (Various Artists).
    • Warner Strategic Marketing.

  • Starsailor

    Good Souls

    • EMI.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

    • Columbia.

  • Arcade Fire

    Intervention

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Sonovox.

  • Metronomy

    Month Of Sundays

    • Love Leters.
    • Because Music.
    • 001.

  • Daniel Johnston

    True Love Will Find You In The End

    • Daniel Johnston.
    • Shimmy Disc.
    • 8.

  • The Libertines

    What Katie Did

    • The Libertines.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 10.

  • Lana Del Rey

    Diet Mountain Dew

    • Born To Die.
    • Polydor.

  • The Shins

    Phantom Limb

    • PHANTOM LIMB.
    • Sub Pop.

  • Portishead

    Glory Box

    • GO BEAT.

  • Idlewild

    American English

    • PARLOPHONE.

  • Bat for Lashes

    Kids In The Dark

    • AWAL recordings.

  • Bon Iver

    33 "GOD"

    • Jagjaguar.

  • R.E.M.

    Everybody Hurts

    • Warner Bros.

  • Elbow

    Charge

    • The Take Off And Landing Of Everything.
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Catatonia

    You've Got A Lot To Answer For

  • PJ Harvey

    This Mess We're In (feat. Thom Yorke)

    • Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 7.

  • The Smiths

    Well I Wonder

    • Rough Trade.

  • Blur

    Tender

    • Food.

  • Sharon Van Etten

    Every Time The Sun Comes Up

    • Are We There.
    • Jagjaguwar.
    • 001.

  • Yo La Tengo

    The Crying Of Lot G

    • AND THEN NOTHING TURNED ITSELF INSIDE OUT.
    • Matador.

  • Primal Scream

    Higher Than The Sun

    • Creation Records.

  • Tame Impala

    Borderline

    • Island/Modular Recordings.

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