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Today on your bFM Breakfast: _so_ many tickets for you lucky lil' things; Whammy's having a double digit birthday; Jacinda's a bit busy; Unity's having a half century birthday; turns out Duncan Garner's laid a bit of a conversational minefield; and Ange brightens the mood with important facts on yr gut... and the parasites that may be lolling around inside it.
Playlist
Today on your bFM Breakfast: _so_ many tickets for you lucky lil' things; Whammy's having a double digit birthday; Jacinda's a bit busy; Unity's having a half century birthday; turns out Duncan Garner's laid a bit of a conversational minefield; and Ange brightens the mood with important facts on yr gut... and the parasites that may be lolling around inside it.
Warpaint - Undertow
Japanese Breakfast - Boyish
Primal Scream - Loaded
Pizzicato Five - Twiggy Twiggy Twiggy vs James Bond
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Over Everything
Simian Mobile Disco - Bad Blood (ft Alexis Taylor)
Roy Irwin - Storm
Anthrax - Only
The Cosbys! - Soul of a Man
Adam & the Ants - Antmusic
Disasteradio - Sweatshop
DBLDBL - Non-Stop 'Home and Away' Omnibus
The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
The Pleasure Majenta - Radical Social Incest
Lord Echo - Cosmic Echoes
!!! (Chk Chk Chk) - The Hammer
Crystal Castles - Not In Love ft Robert Smith
Claude VonStroke - The Greasy Beat ft Bootsy Collins
Nirvana - Negative Creep
Paprika Jones - Playpen Profile
BÊNNÍ - Pyrran Control Station
Black Flag - Six Pack
Terence Trent D'Arby - As Yet Untitled
Olumpice - Rotting In My Room feat. Bek Coogan
Marc Bolan & T-Rex - Telegram Sam (Kent Rockafeller Mix)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Fabian don't do no Blade Runner 2049 shilling - he's all about the holes in Affleck's sheets; Dr. Zemke brings in an instrument that burned brightly then burned out; Everybody Loves Jules; Mike takes you down to giveaway city; and Sarah begins her 'Shambles Sweet Shambles' cross stich for framing in studio.
Playlist
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Fabian don't do no Blade Runner 2049 shilling - he's all about the holes in Affleck's sheets; Dr. Zemke brings in an instrument that burned brightly then burned out; Everybody Loves Jules; Mike takes you down to giveaway city; and Sarah begins her 'Shambles Sweet Shambles' cross stich for framing in studio.
Pulp - This Is Hardcore
Paprika Jones - Playpen Profile
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Alfa Romero - Ten Leaves
Midnight Juggernauts - Into The Galaxy (Grandmaster Flash remix)
The Naenae Express - Go Out And Vote
RJD2 - The Horror
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
Feist - Century
Art Of Noise - Moments In Love
Jean Michel Jarre - Zoolooklogie
Tears For Fears - Shout
Shonen Knife - Jump Into the New World
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? (Peel Session Version)
The Fall - Repetition
Midnight Sister - Daddy Long Legs
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Over Everything
Man And The Echo - I Don't Give A Fuck What You Reckon
Today on your bFM Breakfast: when the cat's away, the mouse will play w/ brand new tracks and gig announces; Delaney likes cheese but not cheese laws; Troy's on the tenor sax; and Sarah's got Blade Runner on the brain.
Playlist
Today on your bFM Breakfast: when the cat's away, the mouse will play w/ brand new tracks and gig announces; Delaney likes cheese but not cheese laws; Troy's on the tenor sax; and Sarah's got Blade Runner on the brain.
Herbie Hancock - I Thought It Was You
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Necessary Evil
King Krule - Half Man Half Shark
Habibi - Far From Right
U.S. Girls - Woman's Work
Bressa Creeting Cake - Rocky Mountain
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Here Comes My Girl
The Pleasure Majenta - Radical Social Incest
Midnight Sister - Daddy Long Legs
Roy Irwin - Storm
Kane Strang - Things Are Never Simple
dizzee rascal - Business Man
Caribou - Sun
Gwen Guthrie - Padlock (Larry Levan Mix)
Feist - My Moon My Man
Sparks - Tryouts for the Human Race
DOS - Apocryphonium
Kamasi Washington - Knowledge
The Meters - Hand Clapping Song
Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
Today on your bFM Breakfast: no one can speak French (well, maybe Maria); His Worship the Mayor's getting pretty good at pre-empting our lines of questioning; Harry's got no time for Mikey's hi-jinx; it's only Shonen Knife, playing live in studio (!); and Sarah keeps blowing Lillian's news items.
Playlist
Today on your bFM Breakfast: no one can speak French (well, maybe Maria); His Worship the Mayor's getting pretty good at pre-empting our lines of questioning; Harry's got no time for Mikey's hi-jinx; it's only Shonen Knife, playing live in studio (!); and Sarah keeps blowing Lillian's news items.
Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
Bootsy Collins - I'd Rather Be With You
The Breeders - Wait in the Car
Vince Staples - Love Can Be...
New Order - Crystal
Liv.e - OMM
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Stairway to Heaven
Shonen Knife - Jump Into the New World
Lord Echo - Just Do You (feat. Mara TK)
Pixels - So Lucky
Nicola Cruz - La Cosecha
3Ds - Beautiful Things
beastie boys - Break The Root Down - Preston Reset edit
Hair Die - Backburning
Emergency Broadcast Network - Super Zen State (Power Chant No 2)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Steph loves goats; Penelope details just what makes models 'super'; some humanity in the face of a pretty horrible worldwide newsday; Alex, Aidee and Mike discuss who's the bigger Big Little Lies fan; and Emily's got some bad news about the ocean.
Playlist
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Steph loves goats; Penelope details just what makes models 'super'; some humanity in the face of a pretty horrible worldwide newsday; Alex, Aidee and Mike discuss who's the bigger Big Little Liars fan; and Emily's got some bad news about the ocean.
Cocteau Twins - I Wear Your Ring
Aaron Neville - Hercules
Julien Dyne - Hours feat. Ladi6
Atlas Sound - Shelia
St Vincent - Cruel
Marc Bolan & T Rex - Children Of The Revolution (The Reflex Revision)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mike goes gospel; Steph's on the oxys; Sarah's buzzed out in the mountains; Jacinda's fence still needs another coat (but who has the time?!); Eli's running rings 'round your reading list; and Kyuss has had it up to _here_ with Dad's control of the studio.
Playlist
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mike goes gospel; Steph's on the oxys; Sarah's buzzed out in the mountains; Jacinda's fence still needs another coat (but who has the time?!); Eli's running rings 'round your reading list; and Kyuss has had it up to _here_ with Dad's control of the studio.
Massive Attack - Angel
Connan Mockasin - Megumi The Milkyway Above
Francis the Great - Look Up In The Sky
Roy Irwin - Storm
!!! (Chk Chk Chk) - Me And Giuliani Down By The School Yard
The gold standard in breakfast radio: Robust political discussion with Rod Oram; The best eats and a new cookbook from Delaney Mes; Hot wax with Troy from Southbound; And a theatre guide thanks to The Vic.
A choca-block show. Rob Bollix ponders elephant sleeping patterns; Dr. Maria Walls reviews Risk, the Julien Assange doco; Phil Goff discusses affordability in Aucklands and its effect on school teachers; and Alex reviews Fear of the Walking Dead, available on NEON.
Tuesday Breakfast! Pennie discusses youth tribes with Mikey, and an excited caller regails them with tales from the middle ages; Professor Basil Sharp talks Climathon & renewable energy.
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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