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The weekend's nearly here... So it's time to Down Tools!

The weekend is basically here, so Craig 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 Craig 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, Brother Wallace hijacks the Trunk of Funk, and YOU get the chance to pick the last song of the show!

To get involved, email us at craig@bbc.co.uk.

Produced in Salford by Audio Always for 麻豆社 Radio 6 Music.

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Music Played

  • Denzel Curry

    Black Balloons

    • PH Recordings/Loma Vista.

  • Little Simz

    GAME ON

    • AWAL.

  • Gary Numan

    Cars

    • POLYGRAM TV.

  • Prince

    I Feel For You

    • Warner Bros.

  • Delta 5

    Mind Your Own Business

    • Rough Trade.

  • Lip Critic

    Talon

    • Partisan.

  • Bathing Suits

    Lousy Havoc (The Great Escape Festival 2026)

  • 蚕鈥怲颈辫

    Breathe And Stop

    • New Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Arista.

  • Kelela

    idea 1

    • Warp.

  • Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt

    I Played the Fool (Main Title Theme from "Rooster")

    • WaterTower Music.

  • Turnstile

    DREAMING

    • Roadrunner.

  • Show Me the Body

    Dance In The USA

    • Loma Vista.

  • Tara Clerkin Trio

    Somewhere Good (6 Music Session, 12 May 2026)

  • Edie Brickell & Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

    What I Am

    • Polygram TV.

  • Kim Gordon

    PLAY ME

    • Matador.

  • Roots Manuva

    Again & Again

    • CD SINGLE.
    • BIG DADA.
    • 1.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Dance To The Music

    • Dino.

  • Brother Wallace

    Who's That?

    • ATO Records.

  • Bobby Womack

    Woman's Gotta Have It

    • Understanding.
    • The Right Stuff.
    • 2.

  • Aldous Harding

    Venus in the Zinnia (feat. H. Hawkline)

    • 4AD.

  • beabadoobee

    Take A Bite

    • Dirty Hit.

  • Kate Bush

    Hounds Of Love

    • EMI.

  • Kurt Vile

    Chance to Bleed

    • Verve Records.

  • Knats

    Never Gonna Be A Boxer

    • Gearbox Records, under exclusive licence to Fontana.

  • corto.alto

    WHODIS (feat. Mick Jenkins)

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Mexican Institute of Sound & Meridian Brothers

    Cumbia fantasia

    • Ansonia Records.

  • Marcia Griffiths

    Feel Like Jumping

    • Naturally.
    • Sky Note.

  • Mike D

    Switch Up

    • Capitol Records.

  • Underworld

    Born Slippy

    • Junior Boys Own.

  • Tori Amos

    Professional Widow (It's Got To Be Big)

    • East West Records.

  • The Stone Roses

    She Bangs The Drums

    • Silvertone.

  • The Raconteurs

    Steady As She Goes

    • CD SINGLE.
    • XL.

  • Avalon Emerson & the Charm

    Happy Birthday

    • Dead Oceans.

  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

    • Mercury.

  • Swindle

    Coming Home (feat. Kojey Radical)

    • Brownswood Recordings.

  • 搁翱厂础尝脥础

    Focu 'Ranni

    • Columbia.

  • Finn Wolfhard

    I'll Let You Finish

    • Night Shift.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Think

    • Dino.

  • Jordan Rakei & Femi Koleoso

    It Never Ends

    • Fontana.

  • The Vaccines

    Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Marshall Teller.
    • 1.

  • Eric B. & Rakim

    Paid In Full

    • Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
    • Hits.
    • 1.

  • Cameo

    Word Up

    • Mercury.

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    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music