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Lively anthems and unexpected gems for your midweek morning

Lauren gives you the finest blend of fantastic music for your Wednesday morning. We take a moment to reflect something beautiful happening with our 6 Music listeners in the Beauty Spot, and look forward to the day ahead in A View From The Afternoon.

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Wed 7 Oct 2026 10:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • The Charlatans

    Just Lookin'

    • Beggars Banquet.

  • Johnny Marr

    It's Time

    • BMG.

  • Mitski

    Bug Like An Angel

    • Dead Oceans.

  • Shannon Lay

    Past The Veil

    • Past The Veil.
    • All The Best.

  • Fine

    Everything in the shade

    • Escho.

  • Kareen Lomax

    OFFLINE

    • music is fun.

  • Big Boi

    Shutterbugg (feat. Cutty)

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MERCURY.
    • 1.

  • The War on Drugs

    Who's That

    • Super High Quality Records.

  • Mudhoney

    Touch Me I'm Sick

    • Subpop.

  • clipping.

    Run It

    • Sub Pop.

  • The Postal Service

    Such Great Heights

    • Subpop.

  • The Shins

    Phantom Limb

    • PHANTOM LIMB.
    • Sub Pop.

  • La Luz

    Loose Teeth

    • Hardly Art.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    Ain't No Love Lost

    • Curtom ‎.

  • Michael Kiwanuka

    Summer Clothes

    • Polydor.

  • Boy Harsher

    Ronny

    • GET MEAN.
    • Atlantic Records.
    • 1.

  • Sports Team

    Billy

    • Distiller Music.

  • Walt Disco

    Don't Do This Alone

    • EMI North.

  • Little Simz

    Don't Leave Too Soon

    • Netflix.

  • Moses Boyd

    More To Life (feat. SHANTÉH)

    • Exodus.

  • Melody’s Echo Chamber

    The House That Doesn't Exist

    • Domino.

  • Julia Jacklin

    The Hardest Thing

    • 4AD.

  • BODEGA

    Literary World

    • Chrysalis.

  • Chet Baker

    My Funny Valentine

    • The Pacific Jazz Collection.
    • Enlightenment.
    • 6.

  • Agnes Obel

    Familiar

    • PIAS.

  • Brand Nubian

    All for One

    • One for All 30th Anniversary (Remastered).
    • Tommy Boy Music, LLC.
    • 17.

  • Angèle

    Love Triangle (feat. Caroline Polachek & SebastiAn)

    • RCA.

  • Bathing Suits

    I Can Be A Freak (feat. Valentine Caulfield)

    • underplay.

  • Galaxy II Galaxy

    Jupiter Jazz

    • World 2 World.
    • Underground Resistance.

  • Bicep

    Air (feat. SOARR)

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Stamp Heat Band

    Drum Drops

    • Mr Bongo.

  • The Specials

    Rat Race

    • EMI.

  • Nora Dean

    Peace Begins Within

    • Bullet.

  • Wu-Lu

    Blunted Strings

    • Warp.

  • Gilla Band

    Alogia

    • Rough Trade.

  • Making Movies & Kevin Morby

    This is a Photograph (bajo el sol de Panamá)

    • Dead Oceans.

  • Moonchild Sanelly

    Thunda Thighs

    • Transgressive Records.

  • Sampa the Great

    Simon Says

    • Loma Vista.

  • Dana and Alden & EBBA

    Lighthouse

  • Greg Freeman

    Cahokia

    • Transgressive.

  • Man/Woman/Chainsaw

    Nosedive

    • Fiction Records.

  • Saint Etienne

    Like A Motorway

    • LIKE A MOTORWAY.
    • Heavenly.

Broadcast

  • Wed 7 Oct 2026 10:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music