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Featuring What's Up? with Green Party MP Steve Abel, the Aural Emporium, and a chat with comedian David Correos about his show Noise Zealand at this years' Comedy Festival!
Playlist
Soundgarden - Burden In My Hand
Viagra Boys - Pyramid of Health
New Candys - Crime Wave
Franc Moody - Driving On The Wrong Side Of The Road
Chris Staples - Golden Age
Neal Francis & Say She She - Broken Glass
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Talmud Beach - Mountain Man
Gelli Haha - Funny Music
Slomosa - Rice
Sababa 5 - VU
Roger Fakhr - road of farewell
Orions Belt - The Unshaken Frame
Public Service Broadcasting - The Pit
Hemi Hemingway - (To Be) Without You
LEIGH - I Still Love the Moon
Funky Destination - The Inside Man (Soopasoul remix)
Timewarp Inc - My Belly Dream
Grecco Romank - Don't Get Caught (Feat. Princess Chelsea)
Lola - Spirits
Eli Winter - For a Fallen Rocket
Lammping & Bloodshot Bill - Never Never
Day We Ran - Foaming
Voom - Relax
Arcane Allies - Cards
Jazmine Mary - Memphis
Dave Dobbyn - Language
The Professional Againsters - I wanna Rock (and roll)
This morning Jonny chats with Leif Vollebekk ahead of his show in Auckland, catches up with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson on Isthmus'n That, former Morning Glory host Charlotte Ryan selects tunes and chats us through her new playlist for NZ On Air, and Ready Steady Learn with Nadine Riwai thanks to the University of Auckland!
Playlist
Bailter Space - X
Diagonal - Anticipation
The Big Moon - Trouble
Beverly Kills - Eyes Wide Open
Lawn - Sports Gun
Fèng - C-SAW (ruins)
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Leif Vollebekk - Hot Tears
Leif Vollebekk - Long Blue Light
Purple Mountains - Storyline Fever
DOPE LEMON - Sugarcat
The Bats - Loline
Neive Strang - Gather Round
christoph el' truento - Performer Dub feat. Mara TK (Locomotive Version)
The Phoenix Foundation - Whistling in the Darkness
Featuring Fashun with Penelope Noir, Loose Reads with Jenna thanks to Time Out Bookstore, and an interview with Henrik from Viagra Boys chatting their new album and just announced tour and show next year at the Powerstation!
Playlist
Elephant Stone - The Clampdown
Downtown Brown - Easy Ride
Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Sorry I Am Late
Lammping & Bloodshot Bill - Never Never
Kenny Sterling - Isle Of Light
Albert King - Born under a bad sign
Dick Dale - Jungle Fever
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Warpaint - Krimson
Jazmine Mary - Memphis
GIFT - Light Runner
Michael Llewellyn - The Fish Song
Marlon Williams - Rere Mai Nga Rau
Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension
Angelo Outlaw - Time Traveler
Avalon Emerson - Treat Mode
Bon Iver - There s A Rhythmn
Elliot Dawson - I Don't Want to Have to Ask The Question
Voom - B Your Boy
Voom - Relax
Voom - King Kong
Viagra Boys - Sports
Viagra Boys - Uno II
Viagra Boys - Girls & Boys [Live - Shrimp Sessions 2]
Featuring Steve Newall's chat with McLusky about their new album, Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke, Viewmaster with Litia and Cam's selections From The Crate thanks to our mates at Southbound Records.
Playlist
Diskopunk - Step It Up
DOPE LEMON - John Belushi
New Candys - Crime Wave
Dave Weir - Almost June Time
Quad Super Six - What's Going On
Marlon Williams - Rere Mai Nga Rau
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Mclusky - juan party system
ngaru - 4AM COCO WATER
Yumi Zouma - Bashville on the Sugar
Fu Manchu - Module Overload
Black Sabbath - The Wizard
Hemi Hemingway - (To Be) Without You
Keira Wallace - Lambs Arent Waking Yet
Voom - Crazy Feeling
Troy Kingi - Tangata Whenua
Pixies - Down To The Well
Dargz - Lou's Tune (Live Version)
JStar - Dorsey Star
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Dirty Dirty
Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton - Walk On Boy (Live At The American Legion Post 82)
Featuring Political Commentary with Tim Greene, a guest interview with Liam Finn about his turn towards punk on the new single Spiraling, and Natural Ange.
Playlist
Beirut - No No No (edit)
Public Service Broadcasting - The Pit
Curse Of Lono - Think I'm Alright Now
Chris Joss - I Want Freedom (Smokey Bandits Remix)
Butcher Brown - Git Along
Stereolab - Aerial Troubles
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Folk Bitch Trio - The Actor
Wet Leg - catch these fists
The Heavy Heavy - Salina
The Bamboos - Ride On Time
Kenny Sterling - Isle Of Light
Joan As Police Woman - Real Life
The Bats - Loline
Jack Bromwich - Never Dreamed
Liam Finn - The Howl
Julien Baker & TORRES - Bottom of a Bottle
Jazmine Mary - Memphis
Bon Iver - There s A Rhythmn
Perfume Genius - Clean Heart
ardini orca - Saint Mikhael and the Dragon
Avalon Emerson - Treat Mode
Six Figga Digga - C.O.C. Flow (feat. Stan Spit, McGruff & Big L)
Featuring the fortnightly catch-up with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson on Isthmus'n That, and Daniel Kelly talks research into food-growing techniques that avoid contributing to climate change on Ready Steady Learn, thanks to the University of Auckland!
A packed to the gills morning for you. Starting off with Political Commentary with Dr Bryce Edwards. Later, two 95bFM special announcements, first Tāmaki Makaurau's most beloved multi-venue street festival The Other's Way is back for 2025, and Dave Dobbyn will be performing for one-show-only for the Winter Series. Love Square chat to Jonny about the upcoming first-ever K Road FAM festival, and then Downtown Days on the harbour. Hayden discusses mushrooms (just in time for Autumn) on What's The Buzz thanks to The Leveland the New Zealand Drug Foundation.
Playlist
Southside of Bombay - What's The Time, Mr Wolf?
The Ponsonby DCs - G'Day Mate
OMC - Land of Plenty
Snapper - Cause of You
Hemi Hemingway - (To Be) Without You
Moon Lander - Pseudoephedrine
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Wet Leg - catch these fists
An Emerald City - Ulica Bolslaw
Goat - Ouroboros
Jonathan Bree - You're So Cool
Perfume Genius - Clean Heart
Love Square - Layer
Love Square - Sonido Amazonico
Durand Jones & The Indications - Been So Long
Bon Iver - There s A Rhythmn
Yumi Zouma - Bashville on the Sugar
David Dobbyn - Blindman's Bend
Stereolab - Aerial Troubles
Grecco Romank - Don't Get Caught (Feat. Princess Chelsea)
Jessica Pratt - World on a String
Leif Vollebekk - Apalachee Plain
Liam Finn - The Howl
Elliot Dawson - I Don't Want to Have to Ask The Question
Rosetta and Milly catch up with Zac from Radio One to hear about what's happening down in Ōtepoti, upcoming gigs, and favourite recent releases! Whakarongo mai nei!
HALFQUEEN had a kōrero with Nabihah Iqbal ahead of her DJ set at Neck of The Woods this Saturday, as part of Strange Universe Autumn Edition - with Mariam on support. Whakarongo mai nei!
Rosetta and Milly catch up with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson to chat about the Auckland Council's annual plan which is now out for public consultation, the proposed rates rise, and fires in rubbish trucks started by lithium batteries. Whakarongo mai nei!
Continuing our journey in the fashion of uniforms, Pennie chats with Rosetta and Milly about the evolution of military uniforms from flamboyance to camoflage - and how military tactics and changes and influenced uniforms. Whakarongo mai nei!
Natural Ange is back for another kōrero with Rosetta and Milly! This month, the trio catch up about which natural sweeteners are the best, perimenopause, psoriasis and more. Whakarongo mai nei!
Milly sat down for a kōrero with Robert from The Bats ahead of their Corner Coming Up Aotearoa tour - including their show this Saturday at The Hollywood Avondale as part of Strange Universe! Whakarongo mai nei.
Strange Universe has begun, and opening the line-up is Norwegian duo Smerz!
Performing off the back of their 2025 album, Big City Life, Smerz eloquently flit between slower, melancholic tracks and flirtier club numbers, all bound by this thread of romance that runs throughout their work. Blending experimental art pop, electronic, alternative R&B, and even classical elements, their sound embraces the unpredictable, making them impossible to pin down to a single genre.
Listen back to Sof's interview with Catharina Stoltenberg and Henriette Motzfeldt ahead of their Tāmaki debut.
Political Scientist Lara Greaves joins the show to discuss the current state of global conflict and its nuances, as well as our nation's leaders' reactions to it. As well as Kiwi’s thoughts about our parties in the face of an imminent election this year. And the rise of minor parties globally.