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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Oooh, some fancy international interviews for your Wednesday? Yes please; but to begin with, National's Deputy Leader, Paula Bennett, dials in to talk with Rachel about drug reform, Labour Party harassment allegations and Abortion Law Reform; Rob discovers some undersea conflicts between the Orca's and Great White's; Rachel spoke with Carrie Brownstein from Sleater-Kinney about their upcoming album, The Center Won’t Hold; and 95bFM's own Paddy interviewed Alex from Metz. A very full Breakfast of international artists. Lucky us.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Oooh, some fancy international interviews for your Wednesday? Yes please; but to begin with, National's Deputy Leader, Paula Bennett, dials in to talk with Rachel about drug reform, Labour Party harassment allegations and Abortion Law Reform; Rob discovers some undersea conflicts between the Orca's and Great White's; Rachel spoke with Carrie Brownstein from Sleater-Kinney about their upcoming album, The Center Won’t Hold; and 95bFM's own Paddy interviewed Alex from Metz. A very full Breakfast of international artists. Lucky us.
The Clean - Beatnik
Parsnip - When the Tree Bears Fruit
Na Noise - Then Who
Black Milk - Blame
Moses Boyd, Kevin Haynes Grupo Elegua - Rush Hour/Elegua (feat. Kevin Haynes Grupo Elegua)
Street Chant - Pedestrian Support League
Blood Orange - Dark & Handsome feat. Toro y Moi
Fontaines D.C. - Big
Sugarcubes - Regina
H. Hawkline - Television
Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston ft Bootsy Collins & The Roots
Ross From Friends - The Revolution [Edit]
Vivien Goldman - Launderette
Jordan Rakei - Say Something
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold
Sleater-Kinney - Can I Go On
Surf Friends - You've Got To Know
Bon Iver - Jelmore
Metz - Eraser
Nightmares On Wax - Deep Shadows [Moodymann Remix] [Edit]
Power Nap - Forever Man
Jenny Hval - High Alice
Créme Jéan - Sleepin' (At My House) (feat. Princess Chelsea)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rick Breeze reckons this trough just continues to deliver; Second Guessing shows us who really knows music; His Worship talks planting trees, dodgy dams, and land rezoning; Grace and Tash pop up to talk about Outlier Festival, happening this weekend; and Sam returns for Viewmaster to talk about The Boys.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rick Breeze reckons this trough just continues to deliver; Second Guessing shows us who really knows music; His Worship talks planting trees, dodgy dams, and land rezoning; Grace and Tash pop up to talk about Outlier Festival, happening this weekend; and Sam returns for Viewmaster to talk about The Boys.
Frankie Cosmos - Wannago
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
Ty Segall - The Fall
Bon Iver - Sh'Diah
Idles - I Dream Guillotine
GODTET - Oubladi feat. Mariam Sawires
Mac DeMarco - My Kind of Woman
GOON - Deny
Primal Scream - Some Velvet Morning (New Version)
Duds - No Remark
Archi Banal - soft x sweet
slowthai - Dead Leaves
Jean Paul Sartre Experience - Elemental
(Sandy) Alex G - Hope
Totems - $3.50
Motte - Give It To Me
Carnivorous Plant Society - Take
M.I.A. - Born Free
The War On Drugs - Under The Pressure
Die! Die! Die! - Casualties of Decades
Cate Le Bon - Sad Nudes
Kirin J Callinan - Love Delay
G&D, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Declaime - Peace Peace
Equip - Shadow Dancer [Eyeliner Remix]
Surfbort - Billy
Lightskinjohn, Cleophus - Conversation
Mbongwana Star ("bow-enna star") - Malukayi ft Konono No. 1
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Ah, another dusty Monday morning but that's nothing a good cuppa coffee and some tunes can't fix; Penelope Noir brings Sammy Salsa in the studio to talk NZFW and the life of a stylist in Aotearoa; JessB pops up to talk the cathartic birth of her new EP, New Views; Kiran brings in Wild Honey, basically an encyclopedia of NZ's Women poets; and Natural Ange talks about anxiety, depression and chilblains. That's Monday done.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Ah, another dusty Monday morning but that's nothing a good cuppa coffee and some tunes can't fix; Penelope Noir brings Sammy Salsa in the studio to talk NZFW and the life of a stylist in Aotearoa; JessB pops up to talk the cathartic birth of her new EP, New Views; Kiran brings in Wild Honey, basically an encyclopedia of NZ's Women poets; and Natural Ange talks about anxiety, depression and chilblains. That's Monday done.
(Sandy) Alex G - Hope
Darcy Clay - All I Gotta Do
Purple Pilgrims - I'm Not Saying
Charles Bradley - The World (Is Going Up In Flames)
Hybrid Rose - No Vacancy
Charles Bradley - Heartaches and Pain
The Murder Capital - Don't Cling to Life
Carnivorous Plant Society - Take
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
Water - Alligator
Kamasi Washington - Agents of the Multiverse
Power Nap - Forever Man
Shonen Knife - When You Sleep [My Bloody Valentine Cover]
Jay-Z - Brooklyn Go Hard ft Santogold
Nightmares On Wax - Gotta Smile [Folamour Remix] [Edit]
Today on your 95bFM Breakfast: so many new tracks, so many bloody prizes; Dr. Kirsten ventures into the world of the Juggalo; it's only the legendary Don McGlashan, live in-studio; Zoë has three picks, noble in reason and infinite in faculty; and Na Noise join Rachel in studio to talk about their new single and busy gigging schedule.
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Today on your 95bFM Breakfast: so many new tracks, so many bloody prizes; Dr. Kirsten ventures into the world of the Juggalo; it's only the legendary Don McGlashan, live in-studio; Zoe has three picks, noble in reason and infinite in faculty; and Na Noise join Rachel in studio to talk about their new single and busy gigging schedule.
Silver Jews - Smith & Jones
G&D [Georgia Anne Muldrow & Dudley Perkins] - P.A.L.
Harper Finn - Teenage Queen
Hookworms - Boxing Day
Church & AP - Roulette
Ciccone Youth - Addicted To Love
Mac DeMarco - Another One
Miss June - Enemies
Tyvek - Frustration Rock
Qaadir Howard - Bloodied and a Mess
Ladi6 - Royal Blue [Silent Jay, Sensible J and Leigh Fisher Remix]
Pixies - Vamos (pilgrim)
Wukong the Monkey King 悟空 - Decay
Sleater-Kinney - Modern Girl
Blam Blam Blam - Like My Job
Blam Blam Blam - There Is No Depression In New Zealand
Surf Friends - You've Got To Know
Kirin J Callinan - Big Enough (REMIX) (feat. Alex Cameron, Molly Lewis & Jimmy Barnes)
Today on your 95bFM Breakfast: Prof. Curtin's on the line to talk abortion law reform; prizes a-plenty and ways to win them; it's only yr local heroes Church & AP in-studio with a _brand new track_; Troy brings in a mighty triptych of fine reissues and/or excavated releases; and Amelia gets needlessly existential. As you do.
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Today on your 95bFM Breakfast: Prof. Curtin's on the line to talk abortion law reform; prizes a-plenty and ways to win them; it's only yr local heroes Church & AP in-studio with a _brand new track_; Troy brings in a mighty triptych of fine reissues and/or excavated releases; and Amelia gets needlessly existential. As you do.
Yamasuki Singers - Kono Samourai
Gauche - Running
Neneh Cherry - Trout
Lunch Lady - Window
SoccerPractise - Posture
Julien Dyne - Like Glue
French Vanilla - Move Along, Move Ahead
Kirin J Callinan - The Teacher feat. Connan Mockasin
New Order - Crystal
Kody Nielson - Bic's Birthday
Japanese Breakfast - The Body Is a Blade
Carnivorous Plant Society - Take
Ounce - Hooch
Launder - Wonder
Blood Orange - Dark & Handsome feat. Toro y Moi
Pixies - Caribou
The Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way
Shonen Knife - Lazybone
Church & AP - Ready Or Not
Church & AP - Roulette
Moon Duo - Lost Heads
ENO X DIRTY - Get That Cash
Julee Cruise - She Would Die For Love
SACHIKO KANENOBU - Anata Kara Toku E (Far Away From You)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess are both excited for their packed lunches this morning; Rob's had a special research request from Rachel herself on The Mind Trench; the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, calls in and talks Abortion Law, Ihumātao, and Iraq; and Miss Trinity Ice pops up to the studio for a chat about Girls Girls Girls, the drag show you don't want to miss. It might only be Wednesday, but it's Tess's ~emotional~ Friday, yippee.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess are both excited for their packed lunches this morning; Rob's had a special research request from Rachel herself on The Mind Trench; the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, calls in and talks Abortion Law, Ihumātao, and Iraq; and Miss Trinity Ice pops up to the studio for a chat about Girls Girls Girls, the drag show you don't want to miss. It might only be Wednesday, but it's Tess's ~emotional~ Friday, yippee.
Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
BEA1991 - loser wins
white denim - It Might Get Dark
Brenton Wood - Gimme Little Sign
DIIV - Skin Game
Ty Segall - The Arms
Aldous Harding - Designer
Bon Iver - Jelmore
Dinamarca - Luna feat. Pierre Kwenders
Blur - Parklife
Ross From Friends - The Revolution [Edit]
Mermaidens - Millennia
Billy Bragg - The Milkman of Human Kindness
Mitski - Washing Machine Heart
Nightmares On Wax - Flip Ya Lid
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Bellbottoms
Contenders - Attract/Repel
Shabazz Palaces, Thaddillac - Shine a Light
SJD - Unshine
The Echo Ohs - Fool
Créme Jéan - Dirty Dogs feat. Vincent H.L.
Wukong the Monkey King 悟空 - Decay
Amamelia - Gay Slut
Kirin J Callinan - Halo [Edit]
Coco Solid, Brown Boy Magik - Narratives
Archi Banal - soft x sweet
Public Service Broadcasting - People Will Always Need Coal
Althea and Donna - No More Fighting
Weyes Blood - Seven Words
"Mungo's Hi Fi, Eva Lazarus, Max Romeo" - Babylon Raid
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess are here to take you through your morning, keeping warm with high energies; a new game to test your musical knowledge (are you really a musical genius?) Second Guessing takes a winner; His Worship talks police presence at Ihumātao, where your rates go, and the rail link; and Luling Lin talks nutrition in babies. Rug up warm, folks.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess are here to take you through your morning, keeping warm with high energies; a new game to test your musical knowledge (are you really a musical genius?) Second Guessing takes a winner; His Worship talks police presence at Ihumātao, where your rates go, and the rail link; and Luling Lin talks nutrition in babies. Rug up warm, folks.
Upper Hutt Posse - E Tu
The Naenae Express - Phones
Shopping - Asking for a Friend
Archi Banal - soft x sweet
Laura Mvula, Nile Rodgers - Overcome
Bauhaus - Dark Entries
Amyl and The Sniffers - Cup of Destiny
Mac DeMarco - On The Square
Surf Friends - You've Got To Know
Cat Power - Cherokee
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains
Vivian Girls - Sick
Die! Die! Die! - Casualties of Decades
Carnivorous Plant Society - Shopping Mall
Tiny Ruins, Hamish Kilgour - Hurtling Through
Funkadelic - Hit It & Quit It
Jade Imagine - The News
PJ Harvey - Big Exit
Ciccone Youth - Addicted To Love
Miss June - Enemies
Beastie Boys - Sure Shot
The Mutton Birds - Nature
GOON - Deny
Kirin J Callinan - Big Enough (REMIX) (feat. Alex Cameron, Molly Lewis & Jimmy Barnes)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess are here to brighten up this grim Monday morning with some exciting gig announcements and heaps of tasty tunes; Jenna brings up a memoir that's full of memories close to her own heart; and Natural Ange is here to help you with your dental qualms this week. Nothing like some exciting news to wake you up for the week ahead.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess are here to brighten up this grim Monday morning with some exciting gig announcements and heaps of tasty tunes; Jenna brings up a memoir that's full of memories close to her own heart; and Natural Ange is here to help you with your dental qualms this week. Nothing like some exciting news to wake you up for the week ahead.
The Verlaines - Death and the Maiden
Blood Orange - Dark & Handsome feat. Toro y Moi
Cool Sounds - Around and Down
Troy Kingi - First Nation
Ty Segall - The Fall
Frankie Cosmos - Rings (On A Tree)
Power Nap - Forever Man
Parquet Courts - Stoned and Starving
Parsnip - Rip It Off
De La Soul - The Magic Number
Shonen Knife - Lazybone
Black Milk - TYME
Holy Shit, Ariel Pink - Tokyo Gamblers
Pixies - Gigantic
B Boys - Cognitive Dissonance
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Carnivorous Plant Society - The Baby
Nightmares On Wax - Now Is The Time
Mauno - Half It
Oh Sees - Poisoned Stones
SPAWTS - Brain Cells
Wolf Alice - Moaning Lisa Smile
Whitney - Valleys (My Love)
Ha the Unclear - Julius Caesar
The Desert Sessions - I Wanna Make It Wit Chu
The Stroppies - The Truth
The Congos - Fisherman
Foreign Beggars - Contact
Ben Folds Five - Brick
Kirin J Callinan - The Whole of the Moon [Waterboys Cover]
Die! Die! Die! - Casualties of Decades
David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights - Smoke you right out of here
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Another wintery day, but there's nothing like a hot cuppa coffee and some tunes to warm you up; Fabian Fanboy talks another Fast & Furious film and Support The Girls; Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings us two step, it's a good bop; the Daffodils pop up for a chat ahead of their show at Galatos tomorrow night; and Zoë brings in a special guest for her theatre guide. Tune in and keep warm.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Another wintery day, but there's nothing like a hot cuppa coffee and some tunes to warm you up; Fabian Fanboy talks another Fast & Furious film and Support The Girls; Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings us two step, it's a good bop; the Daffodils pop up for a chat ahead of their show at Galatos tomorrow night; and Zoë brings in a special guest for her theatre guide. Tune in and keep warm.
Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
Carnivorous Plant Society - The Baby
princess chelsea - The Loneliest Girl
The Screaming Meemees - At At - Remastered and Extended
Bailey Wiley, Noah Slee - DWN4U (feat. Noah Slee)
Power Nap - Forever Man
Mac DeMarco - Chamber Of Reflection
Yumi Zouma - Catastrophe
Ty Begall, White Fence - Please Don't Leave This Town
DIIV - Skin Game
SoccerPractise - Posture
Dinamarca - Luna feat. Pierre Kwenders
Surf Friends - You've Got To Know
Daffodils - A Leo Underwater
Miss June - Enemies
Peggy Gou - Han Pan
Clever Calvin - Don't You Think I Think So
Straitjacket Fits - If I Were You
M.I.A - Bring The Noize
Tyler, The Creator, Frank Ocean, Steve Lacey - 911/Mr Lonely
X-Ray Spex - I Am A Cliche
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Continental Breakfast
Today on your bFM Breakfast: An icy morning, but Rachel's positive we're getting closer to spring; Morgan Godfrey dials in for Political Commentary about Ihumātao and Oranga Tamariki; Ruby White pops up for some Breakfast Food, creme caramel is on the menu; Troy's got a few tasty selections From The Crate; and Amelia gives us the run down of the Top Ten from last night. Another crisp winter's day, keep warm!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: An icy morning, but Rachel's positive we're getting closer to spring; Morgan Godfrey dials in for Political Commentary about Ihumātao and Oranga Tamariki; Ruby White pops up for some Breakfast Food, creme caramel is on the menu; Troy's got a few tasty selections From The Crate; and Amelia gives us the run down of the Top Ten from last night. Another crisp winter's day, keep warm!
Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
Cookie Brooklyn & The Crumbs - Puff of Air
Jeanines - Winter in the Dark
The Middle East - Blood
Digable Planets - Pacifics (Sdtrk "N.Y. is Red Hot")
(Sandy) Alex G - Hope
Jordan Rakei - You & Me
JessB - MOOD
Working Men's Club - Suburban Heights
Wukong the Monkey King 悟空 - Decay
Show Me The Body - Not For Love
Patience - White of an Eye
Archi Banal - soft x sweet
Nightmares On Wax - Deep Shadows [Moodymann Remix] [Edit]
Miss June - Twitch
Miss June - Enemies
GOON - Deny
Sauna Youth - Transmitters
The Raincoats - No One's Little Girl
Edson Conceição - Filhos de Gandhi (Um Abraço em Gilberto Gil) [Mike Burns Edit]
SoccerPractise - Posture
Mazzy Star - I've Gotta Stop
Squid - Liquid Light
Dbldbl, Trapjaw Kelpie - Sleepy Dead
Zhukov - Join The Brick Throwers' Union Today
Blam Blam Blam - Don't Fight It Marsha, It's Bigger Than Both Of Us
Rosetta catches up with First Nations Artist Miss Kaninna, who is based out of Naarm in so-called Australia. Following the release of her debut EP Kaninna in 2024, Miss Kaninna has had a huge year of touring with the likes of Amyl And The Sniffers and Kneecap, and is heading back to Aotearoa in February, to play the last ever Splore! Whakarongo mai nei.
For our final catch up with The National Party of 2025, Rosetta and Milly have been declined interview requests by 16 Ministers. Rosetta catches up with Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey to chat about his recent comments regarding whether another hike in the alcohol levy is on the cards for 2026. Whakarongo mai nei!
Ladi6 joins Rosetta in the studio for a kōrero about her NYE House Party - taking over Whammy, Double Whammy and Public Bar to bring in 2026 the right way. The night features an all-star lineup of established icons and fresh talent including: Ladi6, Bailey Wiley, Benny Salvador, Christoph El Truento, DJ Pom, DJ Kerb, DylanBiscuit, Lijah, Mokomokai, and Nganeko. Whakarongo mai nei!
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!
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!
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.
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