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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Another week down, and some glorious sunshine to top it all off; Fabian Fanboy gives us his Top Five Steven Spielberg movies, absolute classics; Dr. Kirsten Zemke is bringing back New Wave; Hayden from Swallow The Rat joins Rachel to chat about the new album out today and touring in an uncertain time; Zoë's shares her top picks of theatre for the weekend (virtually, of course) and Sunday Painter is back with another lesson, this week.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Another week down, and some glorious sunshine to top it all off; Fabian Fanboy gives us his Top Five Steven Spielberg movies, absolute classics; Dr. Kirsten Zemke is bringing back New Wave; Hayden from Swallow The Rat joins Rachel to chat about the new album out today and touring in an uncertain time; Zoë's shares her top picks of theatre for the weekend (virtually, of course) and Sunday Painter is back with another lesson, this week.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess are make sure to get themselves ready for work *before* the show starts; David Slack shares his hot takes on the current political climate; Tess talks about eggs on Tesscipes; Chris Cudby brings in some funky new tracks to take us through the weekend; and Amelia gives us the lowdown of what happened on the Top Ten last night.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess are make sure to get themselves ready for work *before* the show starts; David Slack shares his hot takes on the current political climate; Tess talks about eggs on Tesscipes; Chris Cudby brings in some funky new tracks to take us through the weekend; and Amelia gives us the lowdown of what happened on the Top Ten last night.
Best Bets - Aerial Photograph
Look Blue Go Purple - 100 Times
Seablite - Heart Mountain
Julia Bardo - Lonely Morning
Slum of Legs - Benetint & Malevolence
Chassol - Savana Céline Aya Pt.II
Sorry - Rosie
Fugazi - Waiting Room
Virtual Shadow Ensemble - New Moon (Whiro)
WHIM - Familiar
The Spectre Collective - Thermal Underground
The Clean - Indigo Blue
Miss Chastity Ranch - Cops and Robbers
Sampa The Great - Mwana feat. Mwanje Tembo, Theresa Mutale Tembo, Sunburnt Soul Choir
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking off the show with a beautifully crisp morning (thanks Rick Breeze) and diving straight into some politics with National MP, Nicola Willis; Rob's giving taking us down the rabbit hole of defrosting; David Farrier joins us to talk all sorts of Webworms; Tim's here to update us on all things media; and Amelia's talking quarantine. Topical.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking off the show with a beautifully crisp morning (thanks Rick Breeze) and diving straight into some politics with National MP, Nicola Willis; Rob's giving taking us down the rabbit hole of defrosting; David Farrier joins us to talk all sorts of Webworms; Tim's here to update us on all things media; and Amelia's talking quarantine. Topical.
Womb - Used To Be
Tami Neilson - Call Your Mama
ana roxanne - I'm Every Sparkly Woman
Melkbelly - Sickeningly Teeth
Team Cat Food - Mind
Beauty Queen - This Time Around
Diggy Dupé - Keke Boy
The Flaming Lips - Race For The Prize
Whitney - Giving Up
The Breeders - Saints
grace jones - Hurricane
Amnesia Scanner - AS Going feat. LYZZA
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Steady Heart
Four Tet - Romantics
Big Thief - Not
Against All Logic - Alarm
Yves Tumor - Strawberry Privilege
Schofield Strangelove - Playing It by Ear
DJ 2FUK2 - DOG SONG feat. DJ DRAGONMASTER [GO NUCLEAR REMIX]
Today on your bFM Breakfast: We're holding it down on bFM with plenty of good tunes to help you through; His Worship catches up with Rachel about the PM's announcement and various other related topics; Larsen chats to us about the new project from Noa Records; and Sam Sinnott returns this week with a show that gets rave reviews all round. Settle in, bFM's got you.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: We're holding it down on bFM with plenty of good tunes to help you through; His Worship catches up with Rachel about the PM's announcement and various other related topics; Larsen chats to us about the new project from Noa Records; and Sam Sinnott returns this week with a show that gets rave reviews all round. Settle in, bFM's got you.
John Maus - Keep Pushing On
Yves Tumor - Strawberry Privilege
Grace Cummings - Sleep
Peel Dream Magazine - Escalator Ism
Vanessa Worm - In Heaven We Are
ESG - Moody
Sampa The Great - Energy feat. Nadeem Din-Gabisi
Bjork - Venus As A Boy
Pickle Darling - Greta
The Beths - Dying to Believe
imugi 이무기 - Greensmoke
The Fall - Hit The North Pt. 1
Basic Plumbing - Bad Mood
Lion Dixon - Good Grief
Virtual Shadow Ensemble - Kanohi ki te Kanohi, in a Virtual World feat. Julian Lubin
Virtual Shadow Ensemble - Truth is in the Shadow of a Doubt (feat. Aije & Janina Nana Yaa)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: A foggy Monday in Tāmaki Makaurau, in desperate need of a Wake Up Call and some coffee; Justine's on the line to kick of the week with some top tips for union matters on Red Dead Redemption; Alice Snedden and Rose Matafeo chat to Rachel about Boners of the Heart and their celeb crushes; and Jenna's been ploughing through her reading list, this week special mentions go to Rebecca Solnit's Recollections of My Non-Existence. Plus, some top tips for cooking eggplant. Nice.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: A foggy Monday in Tāmaki Makaurau, in desperate need of a Wake Up Call and some coffee; Justine's on the line to kick of the week with some top tips for union matters on Red Dead Redemption; Alice Snedden and Rose Matafeo chat to Rachel about Boners of the Heart and their celeb crushes; and Jenna's been ploughing through her reading list, this week special mentions go to Rebecca Solnit's Recollections of My Non-Existence. Plus, some top tips for cooking eggplant. Nice.
Motte - Give It To Me
Yves Tumor - Medicine Burn
Cleo Sol - Why Don't You
Totems - Workin Wit
Dick Move - Chop!
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Steady Heart
Cate Le Bon - Daylight Matters
Hans Pucket - Old U Vs the New U
Le Couleur - Silhouette
b-lush - Right
Fiona Apple - Heavy Balloon
Ria Hall - History
Becca Mancari - Hunter
christoph el' truento - nov
Pixies - Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf Mix)
Funkadelic - Can You Get To That
Meer, Kaden Green - Najaf
Yumi Zouma - The Brae
Power Nap - Forever Man
Patti Smith - Because The Night
Quelle Chris & Chris Keys - SACRED SAFE feat. Merrill Garbus, Cavalier & Homeboy Sandman
Today on your bFM Breakfast: All the days might be blurring but it is indeed a Friday and we're happy to be here; Fabian Fanboy gives his top five Paul Verhoeven films; Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings us Neo Soul, and we love it; Vanessa and Ruth chat to Rachel about how you can get your entries in for the 48 hour Film Festival; Zoë brings us some more virutal theatre; and we're happy to bring you a new (old) segment, Sunday Painter!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: All the days might be blurring but it is indeed a Friday and we're happy to be here; Fabian Fanboy gives his top five Paul Verhoeven films; Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings us Neo Soul, and we love it; Vanessa and Ruth chat to Rachel about how you can get your entries in for the 48 hour Film Festival; Zoë brings us some more virutal theatre; and we're happy to bring you a new (old) segment, Sunday Painter!
The Fall - Lost In Music
Wolf Alice - Bros
LEAO - 1000 FANTOMS
alexa casino - Erase Embrace feat. Brownboymagik
Giantess - Mother's Daughter
Soft Plastics - I Love My Wife
SMOOT - Welcome To Nowhere feat. Jeff Henderson
Greg Foat - The Door into Summer
Ria Hall - History
Diggy Dupé - Keke Boy
Amamelia - So Good
The Go-Betweens - Cattle and Cane
The Chills - Double Summer
b-lush - Right
Queen Neptune - The Queen's Speech
Louisa Nicklin - Home Again (Live at The Wine Cellar 08/11/18)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Nothing like a bit of sunshine streaming into the bFM studio, and Tess's bedroom studio; Dr. Bryce Edwards catches up with Rachel about the PM's paycut and what our democracy looks like; Tess talks everyone's latest hobby, making pasta; Vanessa from Pantograph Punch joins Rachel for a chat about their online festival; Chris Cudby brings three new tracks for us to wrap our ears around; and Amelia's got a hot new Top Ten to share with us.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Nothing like a bit of sunshine streaming into the bFM studio, and Tess's bedroom studio; Dr. Bryce Edwards catches up with Rachel about the PM's paycut and what our democracy looks like; Tess talks everyone's latest hobby, making pasta; Vanessa from Pantograph Punch joins Rachel for a chat about their online festival; Chris Cudby brings three new tracks for us to wrap our ears around; and Amelia's got a hot new Top Ten to share with us.
b-lush - Right
Lion Dixon - King Of The Bridge
The Pastels - Comin' Through
Paula Tape - Panamericana
Becca Mancari - Hunter
Erykah Badu - On & On
christoph el' truento - nov
Damon Locks, Black Monument Ensemble - Stay Beautiful
U.S. Girls - And Yet It Moves / Y Se Mueve
The Amps - Tipp City
Quelle Chris & Chris Keys - SACRED SAFE feat. Merrill Garbus, Cavalier & Homeboy Sandman
Soft Plastics - I Love My Wife
D. Tyrone - Darkstar
The End of The Affair
Gladie - Cosmic Joke
Thundercat - Innerstellar Love
Giantess - Mother's Daughter
Feng - End
Thee Golden Geese - Stuck In The Studio
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Hugh & the New Zealanders - What's Wrong With Huntly?
Today on your bFM Breakfast: A little chillier this morning, lucky we've got plenty of hot tunes to warm us up; the Prime Minister dials in to catch up with Rachel about the latest with Alert Level Four; Rob's got a mixed bag on The Mind Trench; Ben Woods chats to us about Better, Living, Everyone; Tim gets a few things off his chest about our current Mediascape; and Amelia teaches us another word to add to our vocabulary.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: A little chillier this morning, lucky we've got plenty of hot tunes to warm us up; the Prime Minister dials in to catch up with Rachel about the latest with Alert Level Four; Rob's got a mixed bag on The Mind Trench; Ben Woods chats to us about Better, Living, Everyone; Tim gets a few things off his chest about our current Mediascape; and Amelia teaches us another word to add to our vocabulary.
Nadia Reid - The Future
Thigh Master - Pity Run
The Goon Sax - Sometimes Accidentally
Keanu Raves - Yeah I Bought a TB-3
The Tacks - How Many Times
Soft Plastics - I Love My Wife
Alec - For A Shine
Ty Segall - Coconut
The Breeders - Wait In The Car
Disasteradio - Sweatshop
Happy Mondays - Hallelujah
Womb - Used To Be
Ben Woods - INDULGE
Marlon Williams - Portrait of a Man [Screamin' Jay Hawkins Cover] (Live at Laneway 2020)
Al Green - Love and Happiness
christoph el' truento - nov
Dungen - A3
Lucy Dacus - Night Shift
Rolling Blackouts CF - French Press
The Solution - Feels So Right (Victor Simonelli Original Mix)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: We're back after our Easter staycation with plenty of good tunes to kickstart your short week; His Worship joins us to catch up about putting Council contracts on hold, the Government's Education rollout and the Council's Welfare Package; and a round of Second Guessing proves the listenerships collective genius.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: We're back after our Easter staycation with plenty of good tunes to kickstart your short week; His Worship joins us to catch up about putting Council contracts on hold, the Government's Education rollout and the Council's Welfare Package; and a round of Second Guessing proves the listenerships collective genius.
Julia Holter - Feel You
Jeanines - Either Way
laura marling - Alexandra
Merk - Hang [Live at 95bFM 14/02/18]
The Beths - Dying to Believe
Thundercat - Innerstellar Love
John Maus - Rights For Gays
Roy Irwin - Demon's Cave
Pharoah Sanders - Love Is Everywhere- Live In Paris (1975)
Hamerkop - The Splendour That Was Rome
Deeper - Helena's Flowers
The Libertines - Don't Look back Into The Sun [Single Version]
Protomartyr - Processed By The Boys
Miss Chastity Ranch - Cops and Robbers
Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You)
The Spectre Collective - Thermal Underground
Mazzy Star - Bells Ring
WHIM - Familiar
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Steady Heart
Courtney Barnett - Nameless, Faceless
The 1978ers (yU & Slimkat) - Without A Clue
Midwife - Anyone Can Play Guitar
Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto
Becca Mancari - Hunter
Peel Dream Magazine - Do It
Blam Blam Blam - There Is No Depression In New Zealand
JARV IS... - House Music All Night Long [Radio Edit]
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Up bright and early for your Good Friday Breakfast Special; Fabian Fanboy gives us his Top Five Resurrection Movies for Easter; Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings us Skiffle and takes Rachel down memory lane; Lucy from Dick Move joins us with their new single; Zoë's got a broad range of theatre for you to check out; and Gorjan from Academy Cinema's runs us through their new on demand cinema. Plenty to wrap around on your staycation over Easter.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Up bright and early for your Good Friday Breakfast Special; Fabian Fanboy gives us his Top Five Resurrection Movies for Easter; Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings us Skiffle and takes Rachel down memory lane; Lucy from Dick Move joins us with their new single; Zoë's got a broad range of theatre for you to check out; and Gorjan from Academy Cinema's runs us through their new on demand cinema. Plenty to wrap around on your staycation over Easter.
Lucy Dacus - Troublemaker Doppleganger
Vivian Girls - At It Again
sault - We Are the Sun
Big Thief - Shoulders
Joe KORI - Tink Three Six / Drowning
Jitwam - WhereYouGonnaGo?
Ann Peebles - A Good Day For Lovin'
Habibi - The World Ain't Round, It's Square
Róisín Murphy - Murphy's Law
MAOCHIE FEMCHAIN - If Only
b-lush - Right
Jay Som - A Thousand Words
christoph el' truento - nov
Grace Cummings - There Flies a Seagull
Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto
Yves Tumor - Dream Palette
Peel Dream Magazine - Nyc Illuminati
Loose Tooth - Lonely
WhyFi. - I THINK TOO MUCH feat. DALYAN RD & JY Lee
Dick Move - Dick Move
Dick Move - Chop!
Hercules & Love Affair, ANOHNI - Raise Me Up (feat. ANOHNI) [Hercules 2019 Mix]
Toy Love - Bride Of Frankenstein
Fax Yourself, Carrie Ann - Strut Your Funky Stuff - mixed
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!
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