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Your Early Afternoon Party Playlist on New Year's Day!

Craig's here to help you through New Year's Day with three hours of great music. Plus, there's another game of 'Either/Or': two tracks, one theme, YOU decide which wins.

It's officially 2026, and Craig's here to help you through New Year's Day with three hours of great music.

There's another game of 'Either/Or': two tracks, one theme, YOU decide which wins... and YOU get a chance to pick the last song of the show.

Fancy getting involved? Email [email protected].

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

19 days left to listen

3 hours

Music Played

  • Soul II Soul

    Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (feat. Caron Wheeler)

    • Virgin.
  • Roxy Music

    Both Ends Burning

    • EG.
  • Lonnie Liston Smith

    Expansions

    • Expansions.
    • Flying Dutchman.
  • Patti Smith

    Gloria

    • ARISTA.
  • OneDa

    Superstar

    • Manny On The Rise.
  • Joy Division

    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    • Virgin.
  • Man/Woman/Chainsaw

    Only Girl

    • Fiction.
  • Heidi Curtis

    Undone

    • Heidi Curtis.
  • FAUZIA

    The Way

    • Local Action.
  • David Bowie

    Young Americans

    • EMI.
  • Run The Jewels

    Early

  • High Contrast

    Racing Green

  • I. JORDAN

    Worth It

    • Ninja Tune.
  • Shy FX

    This Style

    • WEA/SOUR.
  • Sky Ferreira

    You're Not The One

    • Night Time, My Time.
    • Capitol Records (CAP).
    • 7.
  • Jordan Rakei & Jalen Ngonda

    What It Gave Me

    • Fontana.
  • Jon Hopkins

    Open Eye Signal

    • Domino Recording Co Ltd..
  • The Stone Roses

    Fools Gold

    • Silvertone.
  • Fleetwood Mac

    Oh Well (Parts 1 & 2)

    • CBS.
  • Cameron Winter

    Nausicaä (Love Will Be Revealed)

    • Partisan.
  • Rosie Lowe

    Pharoah

    • Wolf Tone/Caroline International.
  • The Last Dinner Party

    Count The Ways

    • Island.
  • The Rolling Stones & Fatboy Slim

    Satisfaction Skank

    • Southern Fried Records.
  • Wu-Tang Clan

    Protect Ya Neck

    • Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).
    • RCA.
  • The Flaming Lips

    Race For The Prize

    • Warner Bros.
  • Oklou

    blade bird

    • True Panther.
  • Aphex Twin

    Avril 14th

    • Warp.
  • Iggy Pop

    Lust For Life

    • Virgin.
  • Beach House

    Space Song

    • Depression Cherry.
    • Bella Union.
    • 3.
  • Slowdive

    Souvlaki Space Station

    • Original Album Classics.
    • Sony Music UK.
    • 6.
  • Alewya

    Night Drive (feat. Dagmawit Ameha)

    • Because London.
  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    The Killing Moon

    • Korova.
  • Wolf Alice

    White Horses

    • Columbia.
  • Cory Wong

    Blame It On The Moon (feat. Magic City Hippies)

    • Lost In The Wonder.
    • Roundwound Media, LLC.
  • Interpol

    NYC

    • Turn On The Bright Lights.
    • Matador.
    • 3.
  • Melody’s Echo Chamber

    The House That Doesn't Exist

    • Domino.
  • Gary Numan

    Cars

    • POLYGRAM TV.

Broadcast

  • New Year's Day 202613:00