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Indie Sanctuary

Indie Cloudbusters is the playlist to give you a proper sanctuary from the daily grind. It’s all about those tracks that take you back to a time and place...

Indie Cloudbusters is the playlist to give you a proper sanctuary from the daily grind. It’s all about those tracks that take you back to a time and place... We hand-pick every single track to build a setlist that bridges the gap between classic 80s, peak 90s indie nostalgia, and the very best of the 00s and 10s!

Produced in Cardiff by Bengo Media for BBC Radio 6 Music Indie Forever.

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Music Played

  • Oasis

    Lyla

    • Big Brother.

  • Beck

    Sexx Laws

    • White Label.

  • Belle and Sebastian

    Lazy Line Painter Jane

    • JEEPSTER RECORDINGS.

  • Iggy Pop

    Real Wild Child (Wild One)

    • A&M.

  • Florence + the Machine

    What Kind Of Man

    • Island.

  • The Charlatans

    The Only One I Know

    • Beggars Banquet.

  • Idlewild

    You Held the World in Your Arms

    • Parlophone.

  • Hot Chip

    Over and Over

    • EMI.

  • Stereophonics

    A Thousand Trees

    • V2.

  • beabadoobee

    She Plays Bass

    • Space Cadet.
    • Dirty Hit.

  • LCD Soundsystem

    Daft Punk Is Playing At My House

    • CD SINGLE.
    • DFA.

  • The Psychedelic Furs

    Pretty In Pink

  • Primal Scream

    Where The Light Gets In (6 Music Festival 2016)

    • First International/Ignition.

  • Pixies

    Velouria

    • Island.

  • Hard‐Fi

    Living For The Weekend

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • The Housemartins

    Happy Hour

    • Go! Discs!.

  • The Killers

    Mr Brightside

    • Lizard King Records.

  • Bloc Party

    Banquet

    • Wichita.

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Date With the Night

    • Polydor.

  • Oasis

    Rock 'N' Roll Star

    • Definitely Maybe.
    • Helter Skelter.

  • R.E.M.

    Shiny Happy People

    • Warner Bros.

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Heads Will Roll

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Geffen.
    • 1.

  • The Wedding Present

    Brassneck

    • RCA.

  • EMF

    Unbelievable

    • Awesome 2 - Various Artists.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Mystery Jets

    Bubblegum

    • Caroline International Ltd.

  • L7

    Pretend We're Dead

    • Slash/London.

  • The Raconteurs

    Steady As She Goes

    • CD SINGLE.
    • XL.

  • Blossoms

    Charlemagne

    • Virgin / EMI Records.

  • Angel Olsen

    Shut Up Kiss Me

    • Jagjaguwar.

  • The 1975

    The Sound

    • Dirty Hit.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    Teddy Picker

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Domino.

  • The Seahorses

    Blinded By The Sun

    • Blinded By The Sun.
    • Geffen.
    • 1.

  • Elbow

    One Day Like This

  • The Pipettes

    Pull Shapes

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Memphis Industries.

  • Foals

    My Number

    • Transgressive Records.

  • Phoenix

    1901

    • CD SINGLE.
    • V2 / COOPERATIVE.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Yesterday 13:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever
  • Tuesday 06:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever
  • Mon 9 Nov 2026 18:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever
  • Sun 15 Nov 2026 08:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever