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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
Sof's covering i tēnei ata ! Dr Kirsten Zemke talks international shoegaze for Travelling Tunes, Litia recommends Materialists (2025) for Viewmaster, and Cam recommends us his vinyl of the week for From the Crate, thanks to Southbound Records!
Playlist
Big Thief - Incomprehensible
LT - Darien Gap
SALON MUSIC - nagisa nite
Alex G - June Guitar
O & THE MO - Make Way For The Sun
Fazerdaze - Motorway
Saint Etienne, Pete Wiggs - Alone Together - Hove Lawns Sunset Mix
smerz - Roll the dice
ESG - Dance
School Fair - vexed
Happyness - Naked Patients
Salt Water Criminals - Staring at the Outstretched Hand
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!
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.
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!