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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Dr. Maria's Kettering Incident review gets hijacked by Mike + hippos; Phil Goff talks budget disappointment and the St. James; Julia Croft and Nisha Madhan talk to us about their award winning show, Power Ballad; and Rob talks planetary force fields. Crikey.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Dr. Maria's Kettering Incident review gets hijacked by Mike + hippos; Phil Goff talks budget disappointment and the St. James; Julia Croft and Nisha Madhan talk to us about their award winning show, Power Ballad; and Rob talks planetary force fields. Crikey.
Aaron Neville - Hercules
Pulp - After You
Les Savy Fav - High and Unhinged
Nirvana - School
Palm - Shadow Expert
Pavement - Cut Your Hair
LCD Soundsystem - Call the Police
Parallel Dance Ensemble - Shopping Cart
Headless Chickens - Gaskrankinstation
Lord Echo - Just Do You (feat. Mara TK)
Funkadelic - Hit It & Quit It
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
Dirty Pixels - Spacesuit
The Undertones - My Perfect Cousin
Moon Lander - Pseudoephedrine
Tism - (He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River
Prince - Nothing Compares 2 U
Soundgarden - Room A Thousand Years Wide
N8NOFACE - Trucha
Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full (Coldcut Remix)
The Chemical Brothers - Go (Claude vonStroke remix)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Frances from Vice NZ stops by to talk to Mikey about their latest doco, The Last Man of Mahana; Heimata and Alvina talk youth obesity in Pacific Islanders; a good whack of Donna Summer; and a fairly zesty news team.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Frances from Vice NZ stops by to talk to Mikey about their latest doco, The Last Man of Mahana; Heimata and Alvina talk youth obesity in Pacific Islanders; a good whack of Donna Summer; and a fairly zesty news team.
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
Ocean Beach - Evil Little People
Dinosaur Jr - Feel The Pain
Unida - King
Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child
Kevn Spacey - me julie
Dion Lunadon - Fire
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
A.C. Freazy - Creeping In
State Of Mind - Sun King
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jesus Alone
Black Flag - TV Party
Ladi6 - Guru
matias aguayo - New Life
Queens Of The Stone Age - Go With The Flow
Tinariwen - Sastan Nakham
Rare Monk - Drumhead
The Damned - New Rose
Lemon Jelly - '88 Come Down On Me
Angelo Badalamenti feat. Julee Cruise - Laura Palmer's Theme
All your favourites to start the week: Mikey; Ange; a Loose Read w/ Jenna; intelligent conversation on the topic of urination; plus some exciting tour news from Kirin J. Callinan and your first Metal Memory Monday.
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All your favourites to start the week: Mikey; Ange; a Loose Read w/ Jenna; intelligent conversation on the topic of urination; plus some exciting tour news from Kirin J. Callinan and your first Metal Memory Monday.
Connan Mockasin - Forever Dolphin Love [Erol Alkan Rework]
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Trick Pony
Kyuss - Space Cadet (Remix)
3Ds - Outer Space
Jeff Buckley & Elizabeth Fraser - All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun
Packed right to the gills for your Friday morning, it's your 95bFM Breakfast. Featuring: a triumphant return from our much loved friend, Fabian Fanboy; Dr. Zemke and Mike discussing the vicissitudes of the hurdy-gurdy; Ella Rose Shnapp talking to us about social action 'for the love of bees'; Wilbur McDougall and Ollie Lucks talking about making the wrestling comeback documentary that tested their friendship, Wilbur: the King in the Ring; and a game of ships in the night with NZ grime duo Scraps + Debris.
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Packed right to the gills for your Friday morning, it's your 95bFM Breakfast. Featuring: a triumphant return from our much loved friend, Fabian Fanboy; Dr. Zemke and Mike discussing the vicissitudes of the hurdy-gurdy; Ella Rose Shnapp talking to us about social action 'for the love of bees'; Wilbur McDougall and Ollie Lucks talking about making the wrestling comeback documentary that tested their friendship, Wilbur: the King in the Ring; and a game of ships in the night with NZ grime duo Scraps + Debris.
Mark Lanegan Band - Nocturne
Prince - She's Always In My Hair
Garageland - Fay Ray
Jane's Addiction - Obvious
High Hoops - Burn It Up
Kassassin Street - Centre Straight Atom
French Vanilla - Evolution
Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
Warpaint - New Song (Soulwax Remix)
Kane Strang - My Smile Is Extinct
Hot Chip - One Pure Thought (Supermayer Mix)
A.C. Freazy - Creeping In
Danny Brown - Grown Up
Heartless Bastards - Searching For The Ghost (acoustic)
Rod Oram and Mike unpack the days upcoming budget announcement; Sarah and Pearl run you through the town's theatre and Top10; Troy and Pip from Southbound bring in some tracks and some prizes (!); and milk perform an ambient set in the bFM offices for your lucky, lucky earholes.
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Rod Oram and Mike unpack the days upcoming budget announcement; Sarah and Pearl run you through the town's theatre and Top10; Troy and Pip from Southbound bring in some tracks and some prizes (!); and milk perform an ambient set in the bFM offices for your lucky, lucky earholes.
Gil Scott-Heron - Home Is Where The Hatred Is
Ounce - Hooch
Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven (Du Tonc Rework)
Faultline - The Colossal Gray Sunshine feat. The Flaming Lips (Paul Oakenfeld Remix)
Ocean Beach - Evil Little People
Flash Harry - Beverly
Baton De Cul-de-sac - Something
Afghan Whigs - Demon in Profile
Kane Strang - Oh So You're Off I See
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nuclear Fusion
Cypress Hill - Pigs
Love Deluxe - Cool Breeze Over The Mountains
Savages - Husbands
Childish Gambino - Riot
The Undertones - You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It)
Reuben Winter's (Totems / P.H.F. / Caroles / Roidz) "emo guitar" project, milk, play live from the bFM office for the third of our NZ Music Month Breakfast Live to Airs.
Dr. Maria joins us in studio for the first of many in-person DVD explorations; Mike and Phil Goff talk about Manchester; Rob talks cryptozoology; and it turns out tuatara aren't lizards. Sorry.
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Dr. Maria joins us in studio for the first of many in-person DVD explorations; Mike and Phil Goff talk about Manchester; Rob talks cryptozoology; and it turns out tuatara aren't lizards. Sorry.
Warpaint - New Song (Soulwax Remix)
M83 - Shadows
No Vacation - Mind Fields
Soundgarden - Come Together
Superette - Touch Me
The Phenomenal Handclap Band - Baby (Clock Opera Remix)
Wilco - I Might
Foals - Mountain at My Gates (Jono Ma [Jagwar Ma] Mix)
Deep dives into the song vaults; Penelope Noir explores the role of the 'older woman's' place in the world of fashion; Kate Brettkelly-Chalmers explores the idea of 'time' in contemporary art; and ...draw us a picture of thunder, would you?
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Deep dives into the song vaults; Penelope Noir explores the role of the 'older woman's' place in the world of fashion; Kate Brettkelly-Chalmers explores the idea of 'time' in contemporary art; and ...draw us a picture of thunder, would you?
Chemical Brothers - Out Of Control ft Bernard Sumner
Morphine - Buena
Moon Lander - Pseudoephedrine
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jesus Alone
Dan Le sac vs Scroobius Pip - Letter to God
Devo - Girl U Want
Dion Lunadon - Fire
rainy weather - Not That Easy
Angelo Badalamenti feat. Julee Cruise - Laura Palmer's Theme
For the first of our NZ Music Month Breakfast live to airs we're joined by the bloody legend that is Pat Kraus. Not to mention our stellar cast of regulars: Jacinda Ardern; Natural Ange; Kiran Dass; and Ximena Smith.
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For the first of our NZ Music Month Breakfast live to airs we're joined by the bloody legend that is Pat Kraus. Not to mention our stellar cast of regulars: Jacinda Ardern; Natural Ange; Kiran Dass; and Ximena Smith.
For our last Political Commentary of the year, Rosetta and Milly catch up with Lara to recap 2025 and chat about what to look out for in 2026 - election year! Whakarongo mai nei.
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Rosetta and Milly chat with Kavishan Ranatunga, who is a PhD student at the Faculty of Engineering, and is studying the potential for volcanic rock alternatives to cement, to reduce carbon emissions. Whakarongo mai nei!
Christian from eighthirty is up for our final kōrero of the year! This week, we're giving away the boujee new black label Colombian - Sebastian Ramirez beans, so make sure you text in throughout the week to win! Whakarongo mai nei.
It's our last Loose Reads for the year, and Suri's last Loose Reads ever! Rosetta and Milly chat with her about her favourite reads of 2025, whats in her summer reading pile, and her ins and outs for 2026 literature. Whakarongo mai nei!
The legendary Stinky Jim is your bosom selecta i tēnei rā! Catch his show Stinky Grooves (which has been running for almost 30 years!) every Tuesday from 7 - 10pm, or replayed 4 - 7am on Wednesdays. Whakarongo mai nei!
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
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