Absolute Radio 10s

Absolute Radio 10s is devoted to music from the 2010s, extending the Absolute Radio family's decade-by-decade approach into a more recent period. Its selection brings together prominent songs from those years, with the familiar mixture of band-led music and accessible hits associated with the Absolute brand.

Bastille, Liam Gallagher, Ed Sheeran and Arctic Monkeys are named by the broadcaster as examples of the channel's music. That group of artists captures the balance between prominent bands and solo performers: guitar-led songs have an important place, but the selection also includes the melodic, widely recognised pop associated with the decade. Echosmith's Cool Kids appears in the station's published listening information too.

The schedule includes a dedicated 10s Indie Anthems sequence as well as longer periods of music from the decade. Jon Richardson's Saturday programme appears in the channel's listings, adding a comedy-led show from the wider Absolute family. The station also carries Dave Berry at breakfast, as identified in Absolute's own station guide.

Those presented programmes sit within a service whose defining subject remains the 2010s. The contrast between Sheeran's solo songwriting, Gallagher's rock voice and the band sound of Bastille or Arctic Monkeys gives a clearer idea of the repertoire than a general label such as recent hits. The channel offers that established body of recordings throughout the week, with the indie-focused feature giving one important part of the decade its own place in the running order.