Listen back to feature interviews and performances from the 95bFM Breakfast Show. Weekly features (such as Loose Reads or Travelling Tunes) all have their own feeds, so to listen or subscribe, pick and choose from the bCasts list on the right.
Featuring The Wake-Up Call prize thanks toAtomic Coffee, a chat with Dr Kirsten Zemke about scat bebop for Travelling Tunes, Viewmaster with Litia, and Cam's vinyl reccommendations for From the Crate, thanks to Southbound Records!
Playlist
Tom Lark - Live Wires
Nadia Reid - Bbay Bright
Thee Oh Sees - You Will Find It Here
Jenny Hval - The Artist Is Absent (89 Seconds Rewrite)
Jay Som, Jim Adkins - Float
Scribe - Dreaming
Savage - They Don't Know
Preacher - River
Carnivorous Plant Society - You're Too Much
Jazmine Mary - Felt Fantastic
Delaney Davidson - Hell Hole [Erny Belle cover]
Hina - Hinātore
Jay Som - A Million Reasons Why
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Afterlife (Radio Edit)
Dizzie Gillespie - Oop-Pop-A-Da
Tania Maria - Yatra-Ta
The Royal Bopsters, Mark Murphy - Bebop Lives
Sudan Archives - DEAD
SKILAA - Way Of The World
Nadia Reid - Moment By
The Circling Sun - Mizu
alex g - Afterlife
Laluna - Serenity
Marlon Williams - Rere Mai Nga Rau
Buzzcocks - Why Can't I Touch It
Créme Jéan - Sleepin' (At My House) (feat. Princess Chelsea)
It's only Sarah on 95bFM Breakfast duty this morning, featuring: Political Commentary w/ David Slack; announcing the Silver Scroll | Kaitito Kaiaka and Tohu Maioha nominee lists; Stefaan Van Leuven of Soulwax; Priya Sami of Bub; and unnecessary attempts to chat with the newsteam. (Sorry newsteam.)
Playlist
Sheep, Dog & Wolf - Sound of a Distant Wave
Syrup - Percolate
Ben Chavasse - Letdown
W.I.T.C.H. - Unimvwesha Shuga feat. Theresa Ng'ambi & Hanna Tembo
Em - Love To Be
Ringlets - Sucking on a Surly Pout
mark william lewis - Still Above
David Bowie - Five Years
Ladi6 - Fuarosa
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - BOYS WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WOLVES
MĀ - Pūhā me te Porohewa
Eramus - Ti Recordi Di Me
Marina Zispin - Penthouse Samba
MELODOWNZ - LYRICAL HYPNOSIS feat. Kzz
Facta - SLoPE
Soulwax - All Systems Are Lying
JessB - Come Find Me
Patrice Rushen - Number One [12" Version]
Womb - Only You
The Bats - North By North
The Starseeds - Behind the Sun
Blood Orange - The Field feat. The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek & Daniel Caesar
Former-Morning Glory host Charlotte Ryan is in the Breakfast seat this morning. Featuring What's Up? with Green Party MP Steve Abel and an interview with Francis Black of the Pixies ahead of the band's show here this November.
Playlist
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand
Little Simz - Flood FT. OBONGJAYAR, MOONCHILD SANELLY
Crystal Chen - Kiss It Better
Prosa - Decline
Yumi Zouma - Blister
i.e. Crazy - Wetlands
christoph el' truento x Avantdale Bowling Club - Burning Sensation
Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
Ladi6 - Fuarosa
Jazmine Mary - Its all
arrested development - people everyday
Shapeshifter - Phenomenon
el michaels affair - say goodbye
HINA - Hinātore
The Cramps - Human Fly
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Afterlife (Radio Edit)
Bomb The Bass - Bug Powder Dust Remix
MĀ - Mahi
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)
Bill Callaghan - keep some steady friends around
A.C. Freazy - Creeping In
David Byrne & Brian Eno - Strange Overtones
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Ffunny Ffrends
Pixies - Hey
Björk - Hyper Ballad [deepState Rework]
TV On The Radio - Staring At The Sun
Blur - There's No Other Way
the sour - frank
Princess Chelsea - Everything Is Going To Be Alright
Nathan Haines - Just Holdin' On feat. Eo (Christoph El Truento Remix)
Featuring a special announcement, 95bFM is pleased to be presenting Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival for 2025! Later, Pennie Noir phones in for Fashun and whakarongo mai for the weekly book review on Loose Reads, thanks to our pals at Time Out Bookstore!
Playlist
Das Goldene Zeitaler - Don't Give Up Your Smile Today
John Carroll Kirby - Blueberry Beads
Look Blue Go Purple - As Does the Sun
Four Tet - Into Dust (Still Falling) - Radio Edit
Monsoon - Wings Of The Dawn (Prem Kavita)
LEIGH - She's Back (feat. Finn Grieve)
Carnivorous Plant Society - You're Too Much
Julee Cruise - Rockin' Back Inside My Heart (Tibetan 12'' Mix)
Geneva AM - Urban Planning
Zhane - Vibe
De La Soul - The Magic Number
Pearly* - Superglue
Exploding Rainbow Orchestra - Shut Your Mouth (feat. Lucy Suttor from Dick Move)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand
Ladi6 - Fuarosa
Te KuraHuia - BIG MANA (feat. Kenzie)
Memory Foam - Numbers
Lives Of Angels - Golden Age
Stormzy - Know Me From
Marie Pierre - Say A Little Prayer
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
Takeshi Terauchi & Blue Jeans - Side A Track3 (sorry I can't read the Hiragana)
Crying Ivy - Fission
Wet Leg - catch these fists
The Electric Prunes - Benedictus
The Circling Sun - Bones (Live At Auckland Unitarian 8th July)
Srirajah Sound System - Si Phan Don Lovers Rock ft Molam Inteng
Cam's picks for today include tracks from Tami Neilson's forthcoming album Neon Cowgirl, The Circling Sun's Orbit, and Kokoroko's Tuff Times Never Last.
Dr Kirsten Zemke phones into the studio to have a yarn with Annabel and Callum about jazz scat vocals and is evolution this morning on Travelling Tunes!
Playlist: Dizzy Gillespie - Oop-Pop-A-Da (1947-1994 Remastered) Tania María - Yatra – Ta (1981) Mark Murphy - Bebop Lives (Boplicity) (2015)
David finally clocks the reference in the Political Commentary introduction and discusses how former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern may be called in front of the Royal Commission investigating New Zealand's Covid-19 pandemic to give evidence on the government's response, as well as the discourse in the political and media sphere.
Dr Alicia Didsbury, a research fellow in the Faculty of Science, joins Hugh Sundae in the studio to chat about her research into cell and gene based therapies for Cancer treatment.
This week Penelope Noir phones in to delve into battle jackets and how the style evolved within subcultures, particularly Punk, from the '70s until today. Whakarongo mai nei!
This week Jenna reviews the new novel from Jamaican/U.K. author William Rayfet Hunter, Sunstruck. It's a sun-drenched yet turbulent novel and marks a bold debut for Hunter. Whakarongo mai nei!
Sam Harmony speaks with festival director Paolo Bertolin just after the announce of this year's programme and that 95bFM is veeeery stoked to be presenting Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival for 2025. It's a stacked programme, so whakarongo mai nei to Sam and Paolo's kōrero on this year's curation.
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