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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Feeling a little sleepy after the Happy Mondays? Wowee, do we have the Wake Up Call for you today; after a few technical glitches, Fabian Fanboy is on the line to talk Oscars and tasty new releases; Dr. Kirsten Zemke comes in with a controversial genre; and Johanna and Alice join us to talk Silo Theatre Season Passes, ooooh yeah. Happy Friday's!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Feeling a little sleepy after the Happy Mondays? Wowee, do we have the Wake Up Call for you today; after a few technical glitches, Fabian Fanboy is on the line to talk Oscars and tasty new releases; Dr. Kirsten Zemke comes in with a controversial genre; and Johanna and Alice join us to talk Silo Theatre Season Passes, ooooh yeah. Happy Friday's!
The XX - VCR
Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
Santigold - Chasing Shadows
Jay-Z - U Don't Know
Feels - Deconstructed
Patrice Rushen - Haven't You Heard
The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
St Vincent - Emotional Rescue
The Stroppies - Nothing At All
The Crystal Method - Busy Child
February Montaine - Sidney feat. Alice Teale
The Veils - Not Yet
Yuval Noah Hariri - Homo Deus
prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover (Dimitri from Paris Remix)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey's got a few ideas about public transport, this morning; Rod Oram's got a lot to say on the Tax Working Group report; Teresa joins Mikey in studio to talk women in music, and Milk & Honey; Amanda's released her first feature-length documentary, Celia; and Troy's got a themes to his fresh releases today. Plus a tasty Top Ten from Amelia. Delicious.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey's got a few ideas about public transport, this morning; Rod Oram's got a lot to say on the Tax Working Group report; Teresa joins Mikey in studio to talk women in music, and Milk & Honey; Amanda's released her first feature-length documentary, Celia; and Troy's got a themes to his fresh releases today. Plus a tasty Top Ten from Amelia. Delicious.
Beach House - Space Song
Nightmares On Wax - Deep Shadows [Moodymann Remix] [Edit]
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Another friendly PSA from Mikey to kick start your bFM Breakfast; straight into politics as National MP Chris Penk dials in for a bit of talk about tax; Rob's segment is a little later today to give you all a sleep-in; and Amanda comes in to smooth out the duvet on all that capital gains tax stress everyone's been feeling. Cool, calm and collected, as always, on bFM.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Another friendly PSA from Mikey to kick start your bFM Breakfast; straight into politics as National MP Chris Penk dials in for a bit of talk about tax; Rob's segment is a little later today to give you all a sleep-in; and Amanda comes in to smooth out the duvet on all that capital gains tax stress everyone's been feeling. Cool, calm and collected, as always, on bFM.
Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
Sudan Archives - Nont For Sale
Suzi Analogue - 2DEEP (feat. Junglepussy)
Foals - Spanish Sahara
De La Soul - The Magic Number
Del the Funky Homosapien - Mistadobalina
French Concession - Never Ever
Nicola Cruz - Señor de las Piedras
Francisca Griffin - stardust
Lawrence Arabia - Everything's Minimal w/ Tiny Ruins
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rick Breeze reckons it's a little cooler, luckily Breakfast is here to warm you up; Mikey stumps the listeners with a musical What Am I? this morning; His Worship, aka the King of Funk, dials in to catch up; Steve who knows about films comes in for a quick review of the Oscars; Sam investigates True Detective at Tess's request; and Dr. Anne Gaskett teaches Mike a few things about the beautiful orchid. It's still summer, folks.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rick Breeze reckons it's a little cooler, luckily Breakfast is here to warm you up; Mikey stumps the listeners with a musical What Am I? this morning; His Worship, aka the King of Funk, dials in to catch up; Steve who knows about films comes in for a quick review of the Oscars; Sam investigates True Detective at Tess's request; and Dr. Anne Gaskett teaches Mike a few things about the beautiful orchid. It's still summer, folks.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
N.E.R.D - She Wants To Move
The Strokes - Soma
Roidz - Potluck
Urge Overkill - Sister Havana
Gerling - Death To The Apple Gerls
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
Happy Mondays - Loose Fit
Head Like A Hole - A Crying Shame
Betty Davis - F.U.N.K.
Vera Ellen - The Language of Flowers
Sun Kil Moon - Floating
The Stranglers - Grip '89 [(Get a) Grip (On Yourself) 1989
Fugazi - Do You Like Me
Shiraz & LSJ - Dwayne
Finn Andrews - One by the Venom
Quelle Chris - Guns
Alien Weaponry - Raupatu
Jeff Buckley & Elizabeth Fraser - All Flowers Bend Towards The Sun
Today on your bFM Breakfast: After a weekend spent catching up on some good ol' (new) binge-worthy TV, Mike's refreshed and excited for Monday; Pennie's back talking famous Fashun icons; Kiran's all about Pop today; and Natural Ange has some tips to help with Vertigo, winter blues, and bridal nerves. And as Mikey points out, it's b for Breakfast.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: After a weekend spent catching up on some good ol' (new) binge-worthy TV, Mike's refreshed and excited for Monday; Pennie's back talking famous Fashun icons; Kiran's all about Pop today; and Natural Ange has some tips to help with Vertigo, winter blues, and bridal nerves. And as Mikey points out, it's b for Breakfast.
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
SJD - Superman, You're Crying
P.H.F. - Boyish [Japanese Breakfast Cover]
Hot Chip - Dancing in the Dark
Mos Def - Quiet Dog Bite Hard
Alabama Shakes - Gimme All Your Love
Lawrence Arabia - A Little Hate feat. Heather Mansfield
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengence
Voom - B Your Boy
Midnight Juggernauts - Into The Galaxy (Grandmaster Flash remix)
Head Like A Hole - Spanish Goat Dancer
IMPORT4NT - When You Cry
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
Kurt Vile - Puppet To The Man
Yunal Noah Hariri - Homo Deus
Deerhunter - Plains
Lucy Dacus - I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore
Harriet Brown - Holy Place (Shinin')
Girlpool - Pretty
Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey reckons this mornings Breakfast will full you up with tunes; Fabian's talking Oscars and horror films from magical Hollywood; Dr. Kirsten Zemke is getting wavey on Travelling Tunes; and Johanna is living it up in Fringe Town with Hayley. A gloriously rainy morning.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey reckons this mornings Breakfast will full you up with tunes; Fabian's talking Oscars and horror films from magical Hollywood; Dr. Kirsten Zemke is getting wavey on Travelling Tunes; and Johanna is living it up in Fringe Town with Hayley. A gloriously rainy morning.
IMPORT4NT - When You Cry
(Sandy) Alex G - Sarah
Lawrence Arabia - Apple Pie Bed
Gil Scott Heron & Jamie XX - New York Is Killing Me
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
UNKLE feat. Mark Lanegan - Looking for the Rain
Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia
Lucy Dacus - Next of Kin
The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
Sleaford Mods - Kebab Spider
Swidt - Ric Flair (Wooo!)
The Stranglers - Grip '89 [(Get a) Grip (On Yourself) 1989
Today on your bFM Breakfast: We're going for a slower rise this morning; Dr. Bryce Edwards sheds some light on controversies; Troy brings in some sweet selections and a special one for Mikey; and Amelia rounds up the Top Ten from last night. Bangers for Breakfast.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: We're going for a slower rise this morning; Dr. Bryce Edwards sheds some light on controversies; Troy brings in some sweet selections and a special one for Mikey; and Amelia rounds up the Top Ten from last night. Bangers for Breakfast.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey is mastering the art of the early riser, thank you Altura coffee; Rick gets excited about the Supermoon; Rob is talking sharks not sea monster chains; the Prime Minister and Mikey have lots to catch up about; and we're bringing out the sunshine on Breakfast. Lovely Day.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey is mastering the art of the early riser, thank you Altura coffee; Rick gets excited about the Supermoon; Rob is talking sharks not sea monster chains; the Prime Minister and Mikey have lots to catch up about; and we're bringing out the sunshine on Breakfast. Lovely Day.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mike's back, fighting fit, with a bFM classic to wake you up; What Am I? bubbles over this morning; His Worship, the Mayor, talks Mangere Bridge and Eden Park; Sam's in studio with another superhero series; and Dr. Rick Henry is the expert on earthquakes with some exciting discoveries. Breakfast is brightening up yr gloomy morning, eh?
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mike's back, fighting fit, with a bFM classic to wake you up; What Am I? bubbles over this morning; His Worship, the Mayor, talks Mangere Bridge and Eden Park; Sam's in studio with another superhero series; and Dr. Rick Henry is the expert on earthquakes with some exciting discoveries. Breakfast is brightening up yr gloomy morning, eh?
Warpaint - Undertow
IMPORT4NT - When You Cry
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
Charlotte Adigéry - Cursed and Cussed
Slint - Good Morning, Captain
Queens Of The Stone Age - Go With The Flow
Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen
milk - Signal Me In The Mirror
She's So Rad - Confetti
The Nextmen - Hear What I Say ft Rodney P
Kurt Vile - One Trick Ponies
Rocket from the crypt - On A Rope
Cypress Hill - Real Estate
February Montaine - Sidney feat. Alice Teale
Dam Native - Behold My Kool Style (live on bFM Breakfast )
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's your Monday Breakfast with Tess (get well soon Mikey) slowing kicking off after a big weekend; Gareth Shute pops up to talk reggae history with the help of Dubhead; and Jenna's been inspired by the true crime trend with Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, oooo spooky. We know it's raining but isn't it cosy?!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's your Monday Breakfast with Tess (get well soon Mikey) slowing kicking off after a big weekend; Gareth Shute pops up to talk reggae history with the help of Dubhead; and Jenna's been inspired by the true crime trend with Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, oooo spooky. We know it's raining but isn't it cosy?!
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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