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Chris Hawkins sits in... and he's ready to Down Tools!

The weekend is basically here, so Chris is giving YOU permission to start the party early... That's right, let's Down Tools with LOADS of amazing tunes to get us going.

The weekend is basically here, so Chris is giving YOU permission to start the party early... That's right, let's Down Tools with LOADS of amazing tunes to get us going.

Plus, YOU get the chance to pick the last song of the show!

To get involved, e-mail us at craig@bbc.co.uk.

Produced in Salford by Audio Always for BBC Radio 6 Music.

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Music Played

  • The Stone Roses

    She Bangs The Drums

    • Silvertone.
  • Courtney Barnett

    Mantis

    • Fiction Records.
  • Thundercat

    Friend Zone

    • Brainfeeder.
  • The Breeders

    Wait In The Car

    • 4AD.
  • Bonobo

    Bambro Koyo Ganda (feat. Innov Gnawa)

    • ninja tune.
  • Antony Szmierek

    The Heron

    • Universal.
  • Ronnie Hudson & Street People

    West Coast Poplock

    • Street People.
  • The Cribs

    Cheat On Me

    • CD SINGLE.
    • WICHITA RECORDINGS.
    • 1.
  • Kim Gordon

    Dirty Tech

    • Matador.
  • Angine de Poitrine

    Mata Zyklek

    • Angine de Potrine.
  • The Velvet Underground & Nico

    Femme Fatale

    • Verve.
  • Anna Calvi

    Is This All There Is? (feat. Matt Berninger)

    • Domino.
  • Arlo Parks

    2SIDED (6 Music Session, 31 Mar 2026)

  • Leftfield

    Full Way Round (feat. Grian Chatten)

    • Virgin.
  • Stereolab

    French Disko

    • Duophonic Ultra High Fre.
  • James Blake

    Make Something Up

    • Good Boy Records.
  • The Specials

    Too Much Too Young

    • Chrysalis.
  • Supergrass

    Seen The Light

    • Parlophone.
  • Max Winter

    Candlelight (feat. Asha Lorenz, Rael & Will Lister)

    • Secret Friend.
  • Lynks

    Pedestrian at Best (6 Music Festival 2026)

  • Bronski Beat

    Smalltown Boy

    • Permier.
  • Pink Floyd

    See Emily Play

    • EMI.
  • Mitski

    If I Leave

    • Dead Oceans.
  • Basement Jaxx

    Rendez-Vu

    • XL.
  • Nubiyan Twist

    Body Flows

    • Strut Records.
  • Full Body 2

    turn so slow

  • Jack White

    Derecho Demonico

    • Third Man Records.
  • New Order

    True Faith

    • Factory.
  • K‐Klass

    Let Me Show You

    • Deconstruction.
  • Gossip

    Standing In The Way Of Control

    • Back Yard Recordings.
  • Cypress Hill

    Insane In The Brain

    • Ruffhouse/Columbia.
  • Chalk

    Longer

    • Alter Music.
  • Feeder

    Just A Day

    • Echo.
  • Sports Team

    Happy (God's Own Country)

    • Holm Front / Island Records.
  • Amy Taylor

    Nobody's Son

    • RCA.
  • Jon DaSilva, Skyskrapa & Donald Waugh

    Sun Brings Joy

    • Hottwerk Records.
  • SAULT

    Good Things Will Come After The Pressure

    • Forever Living Originals.
  • Ed O’Brien

    Blue Morpho

    • Transgressive.
  • Gabriels

    Love And Hate In A Different Time

    • GABRIEL.
  • Queens of the Stone Age

    Go With The Flow

    • Interscope.

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