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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.

And in People’s Playlist – we choose the theme and you choose the tunes.

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Thu 26 Feb 202610:00
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Music Played

  • The Breeders

    Safari

    • 4AD/Elektra Records.

  • DEADLETTER

    It Comes Creeping

    • SO Recordings.

  • Röyksopp

    The Girl and the Robot (feat. Robyn)

    • CD SINGLE.
    • WALL OF SOUND RECORDINGS.
    • 1.

  • Fcukers

    Beatback

    • Beatback.
    • Ninja Tune.
    • 1.

  • keiyaA

    k.i.s.s.

    • XL Recordings.

  • Nia Archives & Clipz

    Maia Maia

    • UP YA ARCHIVES.

  • KNEECAP

    Liars Tale

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • New Order

    Temptation

    • The Edge Of The Eighties (Various Artists).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Anna Calvi

    God's Lonely Man (feat. Iggy Pop)

    • Domino.

  • Iggy Pop

    Lust For Life

    • Virgin.

  • M.I.A.

    Paper Planes

    • CD SINGLE.
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Underworld, Evelyn Glennie & Alex Trimble

    Caliban's Dream

    • A Collection 2.
    • Smith Hyde Productions.
    • 16.

  • Brian Eno

    An Ending (Ascent)

    • Apollo.
    • EMI Catalogue.
    • 5.

  • Young Fathers

    Lowly

    • 28 Years Later (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Milan Records.

  • All Saints

    Pure Shores

    • (CD Single).
    • London.
    • 8.

  • Emma‐Jean Thackray

    Black Hole (feat. Reggie Watts)

    • Brownswood Recordings.

  • Thundercat

    I Did This To Myself (feat. Lil Yachty)

    • Brainfeeder.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    Future Shock

    • Sequel.

  • Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18

    Shades Of Red (feat. Nina Miranda)

    • Shades of Red.
    • Bubblewrap Records.
    • 1.

  • Pigeon

    Miami

    • Memphis Industries.

  • Temples

    Jet Stream Heart

  • Tame Impala

    Elephant

    • Modular.

  • Turnstile

    DREAMING

    • Roadrunner.

  • Militarie Gun

    Kick

    • Loma Vista.

  • Stereolab

    Peng 33 (6 Music Session, 25th Feb 2026)

  • GENA

    Lead It Up

    • Lex Records.

  • Erykah Badu

    Danger

    • Worldwide Underground.
    • Motown.

  • Beck

    I Only Have Eyes For You

    • Capitol/EMI.

  • Cobrah

    Hush

    • Atlantic Records.

  • Lime Garden

    23

    • So Young.

  • Muddy Waters

    Tom Cat

    • Electric Mud.
    • Geffen.
    • 7.

  • Prince

    Velvet Kitty Cat

    • Purple Rain (Deluxe Edition).
    • Warner Records.
    • 17.

  • Gwenno

    Y Gath

    • Heavenly.

  • The All Seeing I

    Walk Like a Panther (feat. Tony Christie)

    • (CD Single).
    • Ffrr.

  • Deee‐Lite

    Pussycat Meow

    • Infinity Within.
    • Elektra Records.
    • 10.

  • The Prodigy

    Charly

    • XL Recordings.

  • Perfume Genius

    No Front Teeth (feat. Aldous Harding)

    • Matador Records.

  • Lauren Auder

    praxis

    • Untitled Records.

  • Crooked Man

    Maladjustment To Love

    • Maladjustment To Love.
    • Vicious Charm Recordings.

  • Manu Dibango

    Soul Makossa

    • Manu Dibango.
    • Nascente.
    • 15.

  • Anish Kumar

    Memphis Players

    • 2025 Anish Kumar, under exclusive license to Platoon LTD.

  • The Undertones

    It's Going To Happen!

    • Castle Communications.

Broadcast

  • Thu 26 Feb 202610:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music