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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel gets Tess to disclose her shortlist for NZVAPOR Top 95 picks; Fabian talks must-see movies; Dr. Kirsten Zemke helps us with all our feelings with some emo; Liz from The Beths pops into the studio for a chat about touring, Sliver Scrolls and homecoming; and Zoë joins us with special guests from Alofa to talk about some tip-top theatre selections. Ahh, Friday at last.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel gets Tess to disclose her shortlist for NZVAPOR Top 95 picks; Fabian talks must-see movies; Dr. Kirsten Zemke helps us with all our feelings with some emo; Liz from The Beths pops into the studio for a chat about touring, Sliver Scrolls and homecoming; and Zoë joins us with special guests from Alofa to talk about some tip-top theatre selections. Ahh, Friday at last.
PJ Harvey, John Parish - Black Hearted Love
Angel Olsen - Lark
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Reunion
Girlboss - Real
Unsanitary Napkin - Corporatist Coup
(Sandy) Alex G - Taking
Nilufer Yanya - Heat Rises
JessB - MOOD
Cate Le Bon - Mother's Mother's Magazines
Die! Die! Die! - Like Everyone Else
Mac DeMarco - Chamber Of Reflection
Perfume Genius - Eye In The Wall [Edit]
The Beths - Future Me Hates Me
The Beths - Happy Unhappy
Dead Famous People - Postcard From Paradise
Indian Summer - Truman
Vayne - waitwait!
LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
Common - Leaders (Crib Love) feat. A-Trak
Raiza Biza - Trouble feat. Oddisee & Zenyth
Home Brew - Basketball Court feat. Esther Stephens
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Sunny morning morning seem to be the speciality on bFM Breakfast this week; Prof. Jennifer Curtin talks about what's been happening with the Labour Party, Brexit and NZ history being compulsory in all schools; Leisha talks asparagus and the elephant in the room; Troy brings in a few longer tracks; and Amelia runs us through the Top Ten and her love for democracy.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Sunny morning morning seem to be the speciality on bFM Breakfast this week; Prof. Jennifer Curtin talks about what's been happening with the Labour Party, Brexit and NZ history being compulsory in all schools; Leisha talks asparagus and the elephant in the room; Troy brings in a few longer tracks; and Amelia runs us through the Top Ten and her love for democracy.
The Mint Chicks - Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!
Iggy Pop - Loves Missing
Brittany Howard - 13th Century Metal
Taciana - Tudo Faz Sentido
Shonen Knife - Burning Farm
Kim Gordon - Air BnB
The Clean - Beatnik
Chastity Belt - Drown
Julia Jacklin - You Were Right
Lightning Bug - Vision Scraps
Dry Cleaning - Sit Down Meal
The Little Shadows - Time For Peace
Jonny Fritz - Are You Thirsty
Stereolab - The Free Design
Salami Rose Joe Louis - Suddenly
Sisters Underground - In The Neighbourhood
Mega Bog - Diary of a Rose
Common - Leaders (Crib Love) feat. A-Trak
Omni - Skeleton Key
Nils Frahm - All Armed
Joe Armon-Jones - Yellow Dandelion (feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess are in the studio with Rob and Yuki this morning, bright and early; Rob takes us into The Mind Trench looking for money; Spawts pop in ahead of their show tomorrow night to talk about the album release and playing across Aotearoa; and Elyssia, Vaimaila, and Falencie pop in to talk Auckland's vogue scene, and their show at The Basement, Reclamation. Big sunny Wednesday to get you through the week.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess are in the studio with Rob and Yuki this morning, bright and early; Rob takes us into The Mind Trench looking for money; Spawts pop in ahead of their show tomorrow night to talk about the album release and playing across Aotearoa; and Elyssia, Vaimaila, and Falencie pop in to talk Auckland's vogue scene, and their show at The Basement, Reclamation. Big sunny Wednesday to get you through the week.
Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
Sudan Archives - Confessions
Jonathan Bree - Waiting on the Moment
Wire - Ex-Lion Tamer
Pip Blom - Freckles
Pixies - Hey
The Bug - Skeng ft Killa P and Flow Dan
Miss June - Polio
Fazerdaze - Lucky Girl (Live at Laneway 2017)
Alexander Tucker - Energy Alphas
N. T. Honey - Running with Wolves
Dimmer - Crystalator
Trupa Trupa - Another Day
Black's Myths - Rapture
SPAWTS - Piss in the Wind
SPAWTS - Fairy Tales
Joan As Police Woman - Kiss [Prince Cover]
Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Israelites
Tiny Ruins - One Million Flowers [Solo]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control
Pokey LaFarge - Something In The Water
Gary Wilson & R. Stevie Moore - Gary Lives in a Weird, Weird World
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Straight into a catch up with His Worship this morning; we've got a classic for Second Guessing; Lulu Macrae from the Whammy pops in for a chat about the Whammyfest 2019; Sam's back for Viewmaster with a binge-worthy series; and Fabio comes up for Ready, Steady, Learn to teach us about human-computer interaction with music technology, hefty stuff.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Straight into a catch up with His Worship this morning; we've got a classic for Second Guessing; Lulu Macrae from the Whammy pops in for a chat about the Whammyfest 2019; Sam's back for Viewmaster with a binge-worthy series; and Fabio comes up for Ready, Steady, Learn to teach us about human-computer interaction with music technology, hefty stuff.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess talk about their pets; Penelope gives us the history of the pocket; Tony tells us Cadrona has had a spring dump of snow; Jenna's found Margaret Atwood's new book compelling, predictable and satisfying; and Natural Ange helps a couple of callers out with their ailments.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess talk about their pets; Penelope gives us the history of the pocket; Tony tells us Cadrona has had a spring dump of snow; Jenna's found Margaret Atwood's new book compelling, predictable and satisfying; and Natural Ange helps a couple of callers out with their ailments.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Nothing like a little bit of sun in the studio to wake you up for Friday; Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings in a genre she calls 'baby making music', her words, not ours; and Zoë's got theatre reckons from dawn to dusk for your weekend. Get thinking about your NZVAPOR Top 95 picks, we know it's tough.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Nothing like a little bit of sun in the studio to wake you up for Friday; Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings in a genre she calls 'baby making music', her words, not ours; and Zoë's got theatre reckons from dawn to dusk for your weekend. Get thinking about your NZVAPOR Top 95 picks, we know it's tough.
Whiri Tu Aka - Raumati
David Bowie - Oh! You Pretty Things
Daniel Johnston - True Love Will Find You In The End
Today on your bFM Breakfast: There's a lot going on in politics, and David Slack is in the studio to help us make sense of it all; Leisha's talking a meal that's close to her heart, curry; Tom Scott and Tom Broome pop up to bFM to talk about YGB Records and Don't Quit Your Day Job; Troy brings in some vinyl... And Tess drops it; and Amelia takes us back to last night, where she counts down the Top Ten.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: There's a lot going on in politics, and David Slack is in the studio to help us make sense of it all; Leisha's talking a meal that's close to her heart, curry; Tom Scott and Tom Broome pop up to bFM to talk about YGB Records and Don't Quit Your Day Job; Troy brings in some vinyl... And Tess drops it; and Amelia takes us back to last night, where she counts down the Top Ten.
Ngā Tae - TE IRA TANGATA
Cool Sounds - Hula Hoop Group
Voom - B Your Boy
Sulfate - Bush
Beverly Glenn-Copeland - In the Image
N. T. Honey - Running with Wolves
Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods
Steve Gunn - Vagabond
Moana and the Tribe - Tū
The Go-Betweens - Streets Of Your Town
K-Saba & Hone Be Good - Rona
Exit Fear - DEATHNOTE
The Meters - Cissy Strut
Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rob's full of spooky surprises this morning; Deputy Leader of The National Party, Paula Bennett talks to Rachel in the middle of a difficult week in politics; The Mind Trench searches for the Loch Ness monster; and Paul Horan talks comedy in Aotearoa, an untapped history. Plus, 95bFM News Director, Lillian Hanly shares some aroha for Te Reo Māori.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rob's full of spooky surprises this morning; Deputy Leader of The National Party, Paula Bennett talks to Rachel in the middle of a difficult week in politics; The Mind Trench searches for the Loch Ness monster; and Paul Horan talks comedy in Aotearoa, an untapped history. Plus, 95bFM News Director, Lillian Hanly shares some aroha for Te Reo Māori.
Wai - E Pa
Pulp - Common People
Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People
Medium Pace - Blue
Ariel Pink - Stray Here With You
Die! Die! Die! - Like Everyone Else
Mary Ocher, Julia Kent - Blue Crystal Fire- Robbie Basho Cover
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Second Guessing puts another winner in the draw for some free internet, thanks to Orcon; His Worship talks Te Wiki O Te Reo, the 10 Ton Project, and our humble city, Tāmaki Makaurau; Rachel had a chat with Mac DeMarco last week ahead of his upcoming tour; Alex talks the Great British Bake Off and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, two fantastic shows; and Dr. Sarah Gerritsen talks fast food vs. fresh produce.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Second Guessing puts another winner in the draw for some free internet, thanks to Orcon; His Worship talks Te Wiki O Te Reo, the 10 Ton Project, and our humble city, Tāmaki Makaurau; Rachel had a chat with Mac DeMarco last week ahead of his upcoming tour; Alex talks the Great British Bake Off and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, two fantastic shows; and Dr. Sarah Gerritsen talks fast food vs. fresh produce.
Whiri Tu Aka - Koanga
Crap Date - Ephemera
Tinariwen, Warren Ellis - Tenere Maloulat
Alien Weaponry - Ahi Kā
The Bats - Made Up In Blue
Sports Dreams - Sports Dreams
Kim Gordon - Sketch Artist
The Mint Chicks - The Son
Mermaidens - She's Running
The Echo Ohs - Wild Weeds
Hex - Witches of the Hex
BENEE - Kua Kore He Kupu / Soaked
Mac DeMarco - Finally Alone
Chris Cohen - Sweet William
Mac DeMarco - All Of Our Yesterdays
Beverly Glenn-Copeland - In the Image
Sudan Archives - Confessions
Flying Lotus - Do The Astral Plane
Vayne - YUCK
Straitjacket Fits - She Speeds
Patea Maori Club - Parihaka- Tewhiti- Tohu- Tawhiao
Steve Gunn - The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Metz - M.E.
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking of Te Wiki o Te Reo this week, karawhiua, give it a go folks; Kaaterama pops up to talk about Auckland Museum's Te Wiki o Te Reo event this weekend and her EP release; Kiran brings up the new Deborah Levy book, Time Out's Book of the Month, The Man Who Saw Everything; and Natural Ange talks diet. All this rain is great for ya plants, happy spring!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking of Te Wiki o Te Reo this week, karawhiua, give it a go folks; Kaaterama pops up to talk about Auckland Museum's Te Wiki o Te Reo event this weekend and her EP release; Kiran brings up the new Deborah Levy book, Time Out's Book of the Month, The Man Who Saw Everything; and Natural Ange talks diet. All this rain is great for ya plants, happy spring!
Moana and The Moa Hunters - A.E.I.O.U. - Akona Te Reo
The Clean - Getting Older
The Echo Ohs - Fool
SoccerPractise - Amene
Fimo - Falling For You
Water - Alligator
Sudan Archives - Confessions
Chastity Belt - Drown
Shonen Knife - When You Sleep [My Bloody Valentine Cover]
Grandaddy - Summer Here Kids
Polyester - Different for a Boy
Dry Cleaning - Conversation
Karnan Saba & HoneBeGood - Rona
Roy Irwin - Awful
Joan As Police Woman - The Magic
Sulfate - Bush
Kaaterama, Te Reanga Moorehu o Raatana - Paiheretia
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Do You Love Me?
Church & AP - Bank
Miss June - Anomaly
Sleater-Kinney - Restless
Nightmares On Wax - Gotta Smile [Folamour Remix] [Edit]
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
Rosetta and Milly phone up our lovely mates down in Te Whanganui a Tara at Radio Active, Sunaina and Emma! They catch up on the Aotearoa Alternative Awards, and what's happening across the Capital and up in Tāmaki. Whakarongo mai nei!
Rosetta and Milly are joined in the studio by the wonderful team behind In The Pitts (aka bFM alumni Rachel, Zoë, Annabel and Callum) - a visual podcast that launched this year to document the Aotearoa indie music scene. They're up in studio to chat about their 2025 Yearbook - which you can pick up in zine-format at Public Bar tonight! Whakarongo mai nei.
For our last catch up of the year, Rosetta and Milly have a kōrero with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson to chat about the newly announced Te Ara Urutau – Climate and Emergency Ready Fund. They also cover some of the Council's goals for the new year. Whakarongo mai nei!
Ben from the NZ Drug Foundation is up in studio for a chat with Rosetta and Milly about all the ways you can keep yourself and your friends safe this festival season. Big ups to all the mates who go above and beyond to look after their loved ones, test their drugs, and keep the vibes good this raumati! Whakarongo mai nei.
For our monthly catch up with the Labour Party, Rosetta and Milly chat with Chris Hipkins about the party's latest policy announcement; the Family Doctor Loan Scheme. They also chat about the latest in the McSkimming scandal, and what changes are required within the NZ Police moving forward. Whakarongo mai nei!
Milly sits down to chat with Portland-based ambient-folk artist Marisa Anderson about her forthcoming trip to Aotearoa, playing Port Noise festival in Ōhinehou Lyttleton, alongside Jim White! Whakarongo mai nei.
Senior lecturer at the Auckland Law School Dr Katherine Doolin joins Rosetta and Milly for Ready Steady Learn today. They chat about Katherine's mahi at the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Courts Conference, which took place last week. Whakarongo mai nei!
It's time for another Political Commentary with Lara - today we're covering Scrutiny Week, the latest in the McSkimming scandals and liability, and what's happening with Te Pāti Māori. Whakarongo mai nei!
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