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Mercury Prize Indie!

Nathan Shepherd looks back at all the indie acts who've won, or nearly won, the illustrious Mercury Prize. With winners Arctic Monkeys, English Teacher, Primal Scream, Wolf Alice and Pulp. Plus, nearly theres by Foals and The Maccabees.

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Sunday23:00
BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever

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Music Played

  • Primal Scream

    Loaded

    • Now.

  • Klaxons

    Golden Skans

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Rinse Records.

  • Suede

    Animal Nitrate

    • Nude Records.

  • PJ Harvey

    Good Fortune

    • Island.

  • Wolf Alice

    Yuk Foo

    • Dirty Hit.

  • Franz Ferdinand

    Darts Of Pleasure

    • Domino.

  • Gomez

    Get Myself Arrested

    • Hut Music.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    Snap Out Of It

    • Domino.

  • Bombay Bicycle Club

    Luna

    • So Long, See You Tomorrow.
    • Island.
    • 001.

  • The Maccabees

    Went Away

    • Fiction.

  • Sam Fender

    Chin Up

    • Polydor Records.

  • English Teacher

    Nearly Daffodils

    • Island.

  • Foals

    Bad Habit

    • Transgressive Records.

  • Badly Drawn Boy

    Once Around the Block

    • XL.

  • Fontaines D.C.

    Here's The Thing

    • XL Recordings.

  • Blur

    Tracy Jacks

    • Food.

  • Blossoms

    Charlemagne

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Pulp

    Bar Italia

    • Island.

  • Trois-Quarts Taxi System

    Plexus 3

    • Bait.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 10 Oct 202522:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Sun 26 Jul 202623:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever
  • Sunday23:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever