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Featuring Political Commentary with Bryce Edwards, a chat to Bob Mould ahead of his show this Saturday, and Lucia catches up with Mark Bowen of IDLES ahead of their show in Tāmaki Makaurau next January.
Playlist
Steve Gunn - Lurker (Live at Atlantic Sound Studios)
Tame Impala - Borderline
Moana & the Tribe - Ātahu (feat. Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole)
Thee Golden Geese - Georgie Pie
Nadia Reid - Hotel Santa Cruz
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
A Place To Bury Strangers - Mind Control
Splitterzelle - Golem
Bob Mould - The War
Bob Mould - Wishing Well
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Afterlife (Radio Edit)
Featuring What's Up with MP Steve Abel of the Green Party, the Aural Emporium and a kōrero with Paddy Free on the production and instrumentation techniques on the newest Moana and The Tribe album ONO. Plus, Jonny announces that 95bFM are pleased to be presenting MJ Lendermannext year on the 1st of April at Double Whammy.
Playlist
Smashing Pumpkins - Rhinoceros
Hollow Ship - Take Off
Funky Destination - The Inside Man (Soopasoul remix)
Santogold - Lights Out
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Nganeko - Simple Illusion
Melodownz, Caru & Hyan - MeloDub (828)
Kim Deal - A Good Time Pushed
MJ Lenderman - Wristwatch
DADDY LONG LEGS - Pink Lemonade
The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes
Wiri Donna - In My Chambers
Amyl and the Sniffers - Me and The Girls
Bard Of Bollox - Vessel Of Nonsense
Butcher Brown - Git Along
LTJ Bukem - Cosmic Interlude
LTJ Bukem - Watercolours
Kelly Finnigan - Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)
Wooden Shjips - Staring At The Sun
Moana & the Tribe - Ātahu (feat. Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole)
PhD student Ben Scrivener chats to Jonny about his research into functional neurological disorder (FND) in Aotearoa. Ben's research looks into patient experience and epidemiology, many people with FND do not recieve treatment due to a lack of research into the disorder. For more info on FND Ben recommends checking out FND Guide and FND Association NZ
This week's selections include Four Tet, Badbadnotgood and Ghostface Killa, plus to get in the mood for his shows at the beginning of next week - Jack White's album Entering Heaven Alive. Thanks to Southbound Records!
Jonny chats to Hayden about some of the gnarly substances coming through drug checking here in Tāmaki and further afield, the importance of getting your drugs checked, and how it works. Thanks to the New Zealand Drug Foundationand The Level.
Jonny chats to postdoctoral felllow Dr Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi about her research into the impact of disrupted sleep. We humans intimately understand how sleep deprivation impacts our wellbeing and especially our communication. However, Dr Gaviraghi Mussoi's research for the School of Biological sciences focuses on the extent to which disrupted sleep impacts the communication zebra finches. Birds use songs to mate, to defend territories and to warn others about predators. So if their song is impacted by lack of sleep, it could impact their chances of reproducing and surviving! Whakarongo mai nei.
Jonny catches up with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson about a new council policy that limits alcohol licensing so that liquor retailers now must stop selling by 9PM. The policy will be running for 12 months as a trial, and also places a two-year freeze on opening new off-license retailers in 23 suburbs. Read more about it here
This week Jonny gets some sci-fi fantasy summer reading recommendations from Suri. Including a new comic from the creator of Watchmen Alan Moore, Rebecca Yarros's new book Onyx Storm and more!