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Simon Amstell

Nick welcomes comedian and writer Simon Amstell to the show to chat about his favourite music.

Nick welcomes comedian and writer Simon Amstell to the show to chat about his favourite music and his new stand-up show I Love It Here. Plus, another listener shares a Very Specific Playlist with Nick - and it's festive. And as always, Nick has an hour of uplifting tunes to banish the grey skies in the Cloudbusting mix.

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2 hours, 59 minutes

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Wed 17 Dec 202507:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Queen Latifah

    Come Into My House

    • Gee Street.

  • keiyaA

    k.i.s.s.

    • XL Recordings.

  • Blackalicious

    On Fire Tonight

    • QUANNUM PROJECTS.

  • Oneohtrix Point Never

    Rodl Glide

    • Warp Records.

  • The Fall

    Cab It Up

    • I Am Kurious Oranj.
    • Beggars Banquet.
    • 11.

  • Lynks

    I Didn't Come Here For Art

    • LynksCorp.

  • Regina Spektor

    Fidelity

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Sire.

  • ESG

    Dance

    • Fire.

  • Rahim Redcar (AKA: Christine and the Queens)

    Girlfriend (feat. Dâm-Funk)

    • Because Music Ltd.

  • The Presidents of the United States of America

    Peaches

    • Columbia.

  • Jona Lewie

    You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties

    • STIFF.

  • Yard Act

    The Trench Coat Museum

    • Zen FC.

  • The Go! Team

    Bottle Rocket

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Memphis Industries.

  • Sampa the Great

    Can't Hold Us (feat. Mwanje Tembo)

    • Loma Vista Recordings.

  • Elastica

    Connection

    • Deceptive Records.

  • Bomb the Bass & Justin Warfield

    Bug Powder Dust

    • Fourth & Broadway.

  • Laurent Garnier

    Man With The Red Face

    • (CD Single).
    • F Communications.
    • 1.

  • Shonen Knife

    Space Christmas

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Seminal Twang.
    • 1.

  • Future Islands

    Seasons (Waiting On You)

    • 4AD.

  • Gnarls Barkley

    Run (I'm A Natural Disaster)

    • CD Single.
    • Warner Brothers.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Sleigh Ride

    • Now That's What I Call Christmas (V).
    • Umg Recordings.

  • KNEECAP

    No Comment (feat. Sub Focus)

    • Heavenly.

  • Emma‐Jean Thackray

    Sun

    Remix Artist: Jitwam.
    • Sun.
    • Movementt.
    • 1.

  • Avalon Emerson & the Charm

    Eden

    • Dead Oceans.

  • Rage Against the Machine

    Renegades of Funk

    • Renegades.
    • Epic.

  • Mandy, Indiana

    Magazine

    • Sacred Bones.

  • Inner City

    Pennies From Heaven

    • Praise.
    • Ten Records.
    • 3.

  • I. JORDAN

    Worth It

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    New York City Boy

    • PopArt: The Hits.
    • Parlophone.

  • CSS

    Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above

    • CD SINGLE.

  • Le Tigre

    Deceptacon

    • Wiiija Records.

  • Justice & Simian

    We Are Your Friends

    • We Are Your Friends.
    • [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue.
    • 1.

  • The Rapture

    House Of Jealous Lovers

    • Echoes.
    • DFA Records.
    • 6.

  • Hercules & Love Affair

    Blind

    • Hercules And Love Affair.
    • EMI.

  • Cecile Campbell

    Whisper to Me

    • Feel Like Jumping: The Best of Studio One Women.
    • Studio One.
    • 5.

  • Dove Ellis

    Heaven Has No Wings

    • Black Butter Records.

  • Grace Jones

    Pull Up To The Bumper

    • Island.

  • Hercules & Love Affair

    Someone Else is Calling

    • Stratasonic Records.

  • Mark William Lewis

    Silver Moon (6 Music Session, 16 December 2025)

  • Tony Bontana

    Battered Chips

    • Single.
    • Everything Is Perfect Records.

  • Blawan

    Rabbit Hole

    • XL Recordings.

  • Big Special

    PLAINTIVE NATIVE

    • SO Recordings.

  • Tricky

    Ponderosa

    • Maxinquaye.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Wed 17 Dec 202507:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music