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A lightning round of Second Guessing; a catch up with the Mayor in Sounding Off with Phil Goff; the delightful James Mustapic on the line for a chat about his new show; Stage Direction with Alice Canton; and some killer tunes. No skips! Whakarongo mai!
Playlist
Raveena - Asha's Kiss feat. Asha Puthli
Crystal Chen - Top Down
Ida Sands - Start All Over Again
Khruangbin - So We Won't Forget
Earth Tongue - Astonishing Comet
Te Kuru Dewes & Troy Kingi - Tūwhitia Te Hopo
Dera Meelan - Lullaby Feat. Church & Nganeko
Emma Ruth Rundle - Pump Organ Song
Data Animal - Ded Can Dare
Nia Archives - Part of Me
Magugu - Kala Your Mamu
Aldous Harding - Ennui
Princess Chelsea - I Miss My Man
Unitone HiFi - Amateur ft Coco Solid
Vitesse X - Therma Maxima
Clea Vincent - Panama Paname
Tim Presley - Fog City
Sam Gendel & Antonia Cytrynowicz - WONDERING, WAITING
Ducks Ltd. - Head On feat. Illuminati Hotties
Eden Burns & Christopher Tubbs - The Siren's Song
DAWN - Bussifame
Upper Hutt Posse - E Tu
Beth Orton - Stolen Car
Hans. - Nelele
Ibibio Sound Machine - Truth No Lie
Benny Salvador - DUCK RICE
Denzel Curry - Melt Session #1 feat. Robert Glasper
Monday stuff! There's someFashunwith Penelope Noir, Loose Readswith Suri, A Room of One's Own with Salene, with some fire tunes sprinkled throughout. Whakarongo mai!
Playlist
Jane Inc. - 2120
N.T. Honey - Moon Ritual
Bibbi & SUN - I Don't Mind
TE KAAHU - Waikato
Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia [Edit]
Lucy Dacus - I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore
Benny Salvador - DUCK RICE
The Modern Lovers - Old World
T.G. Shand - Little Sieve
Sonic Youth - Machine
pickle darling - Be Not So Fearful [Bill Fay Cover]
Sin City - Breakdown In Dallas
Chelsea Wolfe - If You Have Ghosts [Roky Erickson Cover]
Long Distance Runner - Shadow
Noah Slee - Healing
Kadhja Bonet - Dear Gina
Aldous Harding - Warm Chris
Perfume Genius - On The Floor
Troy Kingi - All Your Ships Have Sailed
Ducks Ltd. - Head On feat. Illuminati Hotties
Dudley Benson - It's Otepoti's Fault
Girlpool - Nothing Gives Me Pleasure
hanbee - Weekenders feat. Hans.
Data Animal - Metal Gear Soul
Black Belt Eagle Scout - Soft Stud
A Blunt Jester - Cat Door (All My Cats On The Dance Floor - Mix)
It's Thursday y'all, get stuck into some Political Commentary, Breakfast Food, a chat with DARTZ, Mediabatt, and a chat with Janaye Henry! Whakarongo mai!
Playlist
belle and sebastian - Wrapped Up In Books
Beach House - Superstar
Aldous Harding - Lawn
Melody's Echo Chamber - Crystallized
Big Thief - Not
Dera Meelan - Lullaby Feat. Church & Nganeko
Benny Salvador - DUCK RICE
imugi 이무기 - Bittersweet feat. Pollyhill
BUB - Jeez Louise
ROSALIA - CUUUUuuuuuute
Dartz - Toyota Corolla
Dartz - Dominion Road (Dumpling House)
Welcomer - Cicadas 3
Badd Energy - Third Eye
Dead Famous People - Home Fire
Devon Rexi - Naster
Unsanitary Napkin - Speak Up For Women, You Don't Speak For Me
Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia [Edit]
Greta O'Leary - Outnumbered
Hans Pucket - Straight To My Heart
hanbee - Weekenders feat. Hans.
Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain
Princess Chelsea - Everything Is Going To Be Alright
The show kicks off with some Political Commentary, then Lucy Suttor rocks up for some Breakfast Food, there's a kōrero with TE KAAHU about her beautiful new single 'Waikato', Ripship are all the line to chat about a gig tonight, and finally, Natural Ange heals us all. Whakarongo mai.
Playlist
Welcomer - Cicadas 3
Nala Sinephro - Space 2
Don McGlashan - Go Back In
Sean Thompson's Weird Ears - Curse of The Conscience
The Deputy Leader of the Opposition Nicola Willis phones up for her first What's Up segment. On the cards are chats about the cost of living crisis, Simon Bridges' resignation, and housing market trends, particularly what it means for renters. Whakarongo mai!
Okay, here's some Wednesday stuff for you. Deputy Leader of the Opposition Nicola Willis enters theWhat's Up rotation of politicians; imposter potatoes, an ancient octopus, and Stephen Sondheim on The Mind Trench; and Amelia ponders the pointlessness of taxonomy on Word Salad. Whakarongo mai!
Playlist
Wednesday tunes 👾
Şatellites - Disko Arabesque
Modal Melodies - Occupants
The Courtneys - Lost Boys
Dom Peter & Sly A 10 - Au Maquis Electroniq
Princess Chelsea - Everything Is Going To Be Alright
Jenny Hval - Freedom
Parquet Courts - Wide Awake (Live at Laneway 2019)
Mokotron - TAWHITO
Yard Act - Payday
Louisa Nicklin - Next To Myself [Live at Roundhead]
I tēnei ata Rachel is joined by Tuva'a while Zoë has a day off; Second Guessing kicks the day into gear; we catch up with the Mayor; Rachel chats to Sean from Parquet Courts; Alice Canton and Anders Falstie-Jensen talkabout 'Back to Square One?'; and we learn about congenital heart disease with Dr Simone Watkins on Ready, Steady, Learn.
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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