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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Fabian phones in with the latest in Hollywood television; turns out the Theramin wasn't made by an Ian; street artist Adore lets us in on what she has planned for Saturday's bStreet; and Gloria Estefan really missed out on employing the Te Kuiti Sound Machine.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Fabian phones in with the latest in Hollywood television; turns out the Theramin wasn't made by an Ian; street artist Adore lets us in on what she has planned for Saturday's bStreet; and Gloria Estefan really missed out on employing the Te Kuiti Sound Machine.
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Pretty Lights - Out Of Time
Gabriel Garzón Montano - Sour Mango (Seven Davis Jr. Remix)
Wire - Outdoor Miner
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? (12" version)
P.H.F. - Lack Of Interest
MELODOWNZ - $on of a Queen (prod. Baccyard)
Pamelia Kurstin - London
Tom Waits - Flash Pan Hunter
Erykah Badu - Incense
Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Conga
The Subliminals - Uh-Oh
Birocratic - Lovely Rita
Mermaidens - Sunstone
Jane's Addiction - Classic Girl
The Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends
Die! Die! Die! - How Soon Is Too Soon (It's Not Vintage It's Used)
A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario (Young Nations Mix)
Monster Magnet - Cage Around The Sun
Bloc Party - I Still Remember (Music Box and Tears remix)
DMA's - Melbourne
late of the pier - Heartbeat
Shapeshifter - Electric Dream (State Of Mind Remix)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Sarah manages to wedge in an accidental feet theme; Steph makes an open invitation to the Maori Bay surf comp this weekend; Rick's amped for bStreet; Ally wonders whatever happened to glue; Troy's biscuits are analysed; and Pearl and Sarah give the 95bFM Top Ten a thorough dissection.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Sarah manages to wedge in an accidental feet theme; Steph makes an open invitation to the Maori Bay surf comp this weekend; Rick's amped for bStreet; Ally wonders whatever happened to glue; Troy's biscuits are analysed; and Pearl and Sarah give the 95bFM Top Ten a thorough dissection.
Sun Ra and His Groups - Dreaming
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
Eyes No Eyes - St Guillotine
The B-52's - Mesopotamia
Anubis - Ecology
Kintaro - Alien Trap
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Shiraz & LSJ - High
Alex Cameron - The Comeback
Lloyd Williams - Reggae Feet
Scott Mannion - Your Kinda Love
The Monochrome Set - He's Frank (Slight Return)
Beach Fossils - Tangerine
Broadcast - Come On Let's Go
black sabbath - Behind the Wall of Sleep
Ladi6 - Guru (Karriem Riggins Remix)
Jay Som - Baybee
Lomboy - Loverboy
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - La Distincion
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - No Golden Throat
Big Walnuts Yonder - Ready To Pop!
The Honey Drippers - Impeach the President
BADBADNOTGOOD - To You
The Fall - New Facts Emerge
Ben Lukas Boysen & Sebastian Plano - Aalystice
Arthur Russell - Make 1,2
Milk 'N' Cookies - The Last Letter
Die! Die! Die! - How Soon Is Too Soon (It's Not Vintage It's Used)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rob's attempted hexes fail to _completely_ take over the show; Ximena saves the day and the microphone; Rob talks sea monsters and sirens; Paul Oremland talks to us about his new film, 100 Men, and how it turns private history into public snapshot; Penelope Noir returns early to discuss an NZIFF doco on her specialist subject; and Sarah plays more records from the 70s than she'd usually be allowed.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rob's attempted hexes fail to _completely_ take over the show; Ximena saves the day and the microphone; Rob talks sea monsters and sirens; Paul Oremland talks to us about his new film, 100 Men, and how it turns private history into public snapshot; Penelope Noir returns early to discuss an NZIFF doco on her specialist subject; and Sarah plays more records from the 70s than she'd usually be allowed.
13th Floor Elevators - Slip Inside This House (Original Single Edited Version)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Penelope talks neckties and Mikey talks frigatebird furniture; Karyn Rachtman talks us through some of the gamechanging film soundtracks she's helped compile; Hugh Sundae ups the yelly quotient (as if we needed help); and Sarah's kinda upset about the demise of MSPaint.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Penelope talks neckties and Mikey talks frigatebird furniture; Karyn Rachtman talks us through some of the gamechanging film soundtracks she's helped compile; Hugh Sundae ups the yelly quotient (as if we needed help); and Sarah's kinda upset about the demise of MSPaint.
The Damned - New Rose
Mermaidens - Sunstone
SoccerPractise - Amene
The Mint Chicks - Welcome To Nowhere
Savages - Adore
Romanthony - Bring U Up
Foals - Late Night
Space Farm - Space Farm
Lomboy - Loverboy
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
Catholic Action - Propaganda
Matthew Tavares - Embarassed
Kane Strang - Not Quite
Princess Nokia - G.O.A.T
Lando Chill - Break Them Shackles
Idris Rahman, Leon Brichard, Tom Skinner - Flute song
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey's discovered that Mike Patton just might be the baby whisperer; Jacinda talks trials of the campaign trail; we start not one but two giveaway draws; the sound of turtle copulation; Ange extolling the grand virtues of garlic; and Jenna, Mike and Sarah talk clever-clogs and onion layers in Loose Reads.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey's discovered that Mike Patton just might be the baby whisperer; Jacinda talks trials of the campaign trail; we start not one but two giveaway draws; the sound of turtle copulation; Ange extolling the grand virtues of garlic; and Jenna, Mike and Sarah talk clever-clogs and onion layers in Loose Reads.
The Breeders - Cannonball
Alex Cameron - Candy May
The Fall - Totally Wired
Mount Kimbie - Blue Train Lines (feat. King Krule)
J Mascis - Take A Run At The Sun
Paul Weller - Wild Wood
Tom Waits - What's He Building In There ?
Soulwax - Close To Paradise
JessB - Soul Free
Faith No More - Zombie Eaters
Sex Pistols - Bodies
Afghan Whigs - Conjure Me
Con Descendant - Summer Is Over
Funeral Party - Finale
Gabriel Garzón Montano - Sour Mango (Seven Davis Jr. Remix)
Today on your bFM Breakfast we're beaming to you live from Real Groovy Records! We've got: live performances from Roy Irwin (sans Piss) and Baby Zionov; piping hot smash-browns from our mates at BurgerFuel; piping hot coffee from our mates at Coffee Supreme; a treasure hunt in the CD bins; Mikey talking a lot about his impending birthday; and Sarah's been sleep scrapping again.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey talks to David Slack about election promises and Metiria's admissions; Independent Music New Zealand's Dylan Pellett drops in for a sneaky embargo break while detailing the upcoming Going Global Music Summit; My Year with Helen director Gaylene Preston talks about her namesake award within the HP48HOURS Film Competition; Troy brings in the best misheard nod to King Curtis around; and Mike talks community and music with electronic musician-turned-Hare Krishna Denver McCarthy.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey talks to David Slack about election promises and Metiria's admissions; Independent Music New Zealand's Dylan Pellett drops in for a sneaky embargo break while detailing the upcoming Going Global Music Summit; My Year with Helen director Gaylene Preston talks about her namesake award within the HP48HOURS Film Competition; Troy brings in the best misheard nod to King Curtis around; and Mike talks community and music with electronic musician-turned-Hare Krishna Denver McCarthy.
Straitjacket Fits - Down In Splendour
Rizván - Life I Chose (feat. Diggy Dupé x Spycc)
B Boys - Discipline
Mac DeMarco - On The Level
The Rakes - The World Was A Mess But His Hair Was Perfect
Barry White - Never Gonna Give You Up
Indi. - Tablelands
Con Descendant - Summer Is Over
U.S. Girls - Window Shades
The XX - Heart Skipped A Beat
P.H.F. - Queen feat. Clairo
Suren Unka - 030
Shapeshifter - Electric Dream (State Of Mind Mix)
Jello Biafra & LARD - Drug Raid at 4am
Jupiter & Okwess - Ofakombolo
Verckys & L'Orchestre Veve - Sex Veve
Ekoplekz - Transience
Die! Die! Die! - How Soon Is Too Soon (It's Not Vintage It's Used)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey blows, and possibly transplants, Rob's mind; His Worship the Mayor calls in early to talk City Missions and sleeping rough; Clayton gives the rundown on the latest Studio Ghibli offering, The Red Turtle; Dr. Annie Goldson talks to Mike about her new doco, Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web; we give away more goodies than we know what's good for us; and Amanda Jane Robinson rounds out our NZIFF segment bMovies by reviewing Jonathan Olshefski’s new documentary Quest.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey blows, and possibly transplants, Rob's mind; His Worship the Mayor calls in early to talk City Missions and sleeping rough; Clayton gives the rundown on the latest Studio Ghibli offering, The Red Turtle; Dr. Annie Goldson talks to Mike about her new doco, Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web; we give away more goodies than we know what's good for us; and Amanda Jane Robinson rounds out our NZIFF segment bMovies by reviewing Jonathan Olshefski’s new documentary Quest.
Ride - Vapour Trail
Suicide - Cheree
Here We Go Magic - Tunnelvision
Girls - Summertime
Head Like A Hole - A Crying Shame
Charlotte Dos Santos - Good Sign
Pharrell vs Beck and a bit of annoying Jay-Z - Frontin' On Debra (DJ Reset Mashup)
Ocean Beach - Inverse
Smashing Pumpkins - Zero
Sisters Of Mercy - Temple Of Love
Foals - Mountain At My Gates (Jagwa Ma Mix)
Dizzee Rascal - Space
Kirin J Callinan - Victoria M.
Golden Bug - Horses
Souls of Mischief - 93 'til Infinity
Semi Lemon Kola - Before Heaven
Tourettes - John Key's Son's A DJ (ft Abraham Kunin)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: gigs, gigs everywhere and not the time to think; Big Ben's chime (really appreciate you didn't go with 'dong' here - Ed.); Penelope outlines eyeliner while Mike cranks the Charles & Eddie; Sarah lets slip her favourite bedtime stories; Ximena doubts the veracity of claims from the NZ Taxpayer's Union; and Dr. Marta's got some sound advice on children's health.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: gigs, gigs everywhere and not the time to think; Big Ben's chime (really appreciate you didn't go with 'dong' here - Ed.); Penelope outlines eyeliner while Mike cranks the Charles & Eddie; Sarah lets slip her favourite bedtime stories; Ximena doubts the veracity of claims from the NZ Taxpayer's Union; and Dr. Marta's got some sound advice on children's health.
Primal Scream - Some Velvet Morning (New Version)
Chelsea Wolfe - 16 Psyche
SoccerPractise - Amene
Popstrangers - Heaven
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Hipocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin (Bonus Track Version)
Roy Irwin - Modern Man
Alex Cameron - Candy May
FIDLAR - Red Right Hand
Massive Attack - Teardrops (The Penelopes version)
Mad Season - Slip Away
Charles And Eddie - Would I Lie To You
JessB - Soul Free
The Icarus Line - Don't Let Me Save Your Soul
Lomboy - Loverboy
Eyes No Eyes - St Guillotine
PJ Harvey - C'Mon Billy
Bobby ò - She Has A Way
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
MELODOWNZ - $on of a Queen (prod. Baccyard)
Ounce - Hooch
Real Estate - It's Real
Ella Fitzgerald - Whisper Not
Mount Kimbie - Blue Train Lines (feat. King Krule)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: big, big news of the wintery dumping kind; Jacinda speaks to Little's swinging dick comments, Winston's bluster and Metiria's honesty; Dom Hoey won't tell us why his Heart Looks Like A Vagina; Sarah's up with her Las Vegas royalty while Troy Van Leeuwen compliments Mikey's questioning style; and Kiran schools us on skiffle.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: big, big news of the wintery dumping kind; Jacinda speaks to Little's swinging dick comments, Winston's bluster and Metiria's honesty; Dom Hoey won't tell us why his Heart Looks Like A Vagina; Sarah's up with her Las Vegas royalty while Troy Van Leeuwen compliments Mikey's questioning style; and Kiran schools us on skiffle.
Prince - She's Always In My Hair
Mermaidens - Sunstone
The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea
Roy Irwin - Demon's Cave
Charlotte Dos Santos - Good Sign
Fujiya and Miyagi - Cassettesingle
Blind Melon - Tones Of Home
Ladi6 - Guru (Karriem Riggins Remix)
Bad Brains - I Against I
Jeff Buckley - Mojo Pin
DMA's - Melbourne
Queens Of The Stone Age - The Way You Used To Do
Folk Implosion - Natural One
The Naenae Express - Dream State
The Strokes - Last Nite (live)
Die! Die! Die! - How Soon Is Too Soon (It's Not Vintage It's Used)
Billy Bragg - The Milkman Of Human Kindness
Denzel Curry - Hate Government
Ice Cream Creatures - I'll Stay
Tool - The Pot
Mr. Lif & Akrobatik (The Perceptionists) - Grab Hold
For our last Travelling Tunes of the year, Kirsten is chatting with Rosetta and Milly about songs that 'tear you up inside' - let's all get in our feelings a little bit ahead of the festive season! Whakarongo mai nei.
Song selections:
Yusuf (Cat Stevens) - Father & Son (1970)
Chet Baker - I get along without you very well (1956)
Sarah McLachlan - When She Loved Me (Toy Story 2) (1999)
It's our last From The Crate of 2025! Cam joins Rosetta and Milly in the studio for a chat about all the wonderful new releases out on the shelves at Southbound today. Just in time for your Xmas shopping - because there's no better gift than some fresh wax! Whakarongo mai nei.
Song selections:
This is Lorelei - Holo Boy
A$AP Rocky - Both Eyes Closed
Viagra Boys - Call of the Wild
Rosetta and Milly phone up our lovely mates down in Te Whanganui a Tara at Radio Active, Sunaina and Emma! They catch up on the Aotearoa Alternative Awards, and what's happening across the Capital and up in Tāmaki. Whakarongo mai nei!
Rosetta and Milly are joined in the studio by the wonderful team behind In The Pitts (aka bFM alumni Rachel, Zoë, Annabel and Callum) - a visual podcast that launched this year to document the Aotearoa indie music scene. They're up in studio to chat about their 2025 Yearbook - which you can pick up in zine-format at Public Bar tonight! Whakarongo mai nei.
For our last catch up of the year, Rosetta and Milly have a kōrero with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson to chat about the newly announced Te Ara Urutau – Climate and Emergency Ready Fund. They also cover some of the Council's goals for the new year. Whakarongo mai nei!
Ben from the NZ Drug Foundation is up in studio for a chat with Rosetta and Milly about all the ways you can keep yourself and your friends safe this festival season. Big ups to all the mates who go above and beyond to look after their loved ones, test their drugs, and keep the vibes good this raumati! Whakarongo mai nei.
For our monthly catch up with the Labour Party, Rosetta and Milly chat with Chris Hipkins about the party's latest policy announcement; the Family Doctor Loan Scheme. They also chat about the latest in the McSkimming scandal, and what changes are required within the NZ Police moving forward. Whakarongo mai nei!
Milly sits down to chat with Portland-based ambient-folk artist Marisa Anderson about her forthcoming trip to Aotearoa, playing Port Noise festival in Ōhinehou Lyttleton, alongside Jim White! Whakarongo mai nei.
Senior lecturer at the Auckland Law School Dr Katherine Doolin joins Rosetta and Milly for Ready Steady Learn today. They chat about Katherine's mahi at the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Courts Conference, which took place last week. Whakarongo mai nei!
It's time for another Political Commentary with Lara - today we're covering Scrutiny Week, the latest in the McSkimming scandals and liability, and what's happening with Te Pāti Māori. Whakarongo mai nei!
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