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Animal-related Indie!

Animal-related indie from the likes of Tame Impala, Horsegirl and Rat Boy!

Nathan Shepherd brings you a menagerie of animal-related indie with music from Modest Mouse, Wolf Alice, Rat Boy, Crocodiles, Arctic Monkeys, Tame Impala and so many more. With songs about a monkey in heaven, an elephant shaking his big grey trunk for the hell of it, and a lost tortoise called Gary Ashby.

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1 hour

Last on

Wed 11 Jun 2025 00:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • The Walkmen

    The Rat

    • Record Collection.

  • Pixies

    Monkey Gone to Heaven

    • Telstar.

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Gold Lion

    • Polydor.

  • Tame Impala

    Elephant

    • Modular.

  • Dry Cleaning

    Gary Ashby

    • 4AD.

  • Miike Snow

    Animal

    • COLUMBIA.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala

    • DOMINO.

  • Horsegirl

    Anti-glory

    • Matador.

  • Rat Boy

    Sign On

    • WM Australia.

  • Crocodiles

    Endless Flowers

    • French Kiss Records.

  • Pigeon Detectives

    I Found Out

  • Wolf Alice

    Freazy

    • Dirty Hit.

  • Suede

    We Are The Pigs

    • Sony.

  • The Cure

    The Love Cats

    • Fiction.

  • The Vaccines

    Tiger Blood

    • Columbia.

  • Pip Blom

    Tiger

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • Kero Kero Bonito

    Flamingo

    • Kero Kero Bonito.

  • Modest Mouse

    Ocean Breathes Salty

    • Epic.

  • Babyshambles

    French Dog Blues

    • Parlophone UK.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 9 May 2025 22:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Wed 11 Jun 2025 00:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music