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Featuring an interview with The D4, plus Ready Steady Learn thanks to The University of Auckland. This week's Short Player features a snippet of Hunter's chat with Reb Fountain about her new album How Love Bends, which also happens to be the 95bFM Album of the Week this week!
Playlist
Andy Bell - pinball wanderer
Lake - Wonderful Sunlight
Father John Misty - I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All
Red Project - Booty (Original Mix)
flypaper - cut it up
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
KARKARA - Anthropia
Perfume Genius - No Front Teeth (feat. Aldous Harding)
Featuring Jazzy Vocals on Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke, Litia's telly review on Viewmaster, and track selections and recommendations from Cam on From The Crate thanks to Southbound Records!
Playlist
Casper Skulls - Dying in Eight Verses
KNEECAP - H.O.O.D 2025 mix
Peter Matson - Melancolía (feat. Pahua)
Abigail Lapell & Great Lake Swimmers - Wait Up (Acoustic)
Tom Lark - Rock & Roll Baby
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Perfume Genius - No Front Teeth (feat. Aldous Harding)
Serebii - Dime
Billy Strings - Home
The Veils - Melancholy Moon
Horsegirl - Frontrunner
CHAII - Safar
DvirNuns - Old School TB
Yamagucci & DvirNuns - First Choice
Sanoi, Boznich - Chill Bill
Judy Mowatt - Black Woman
Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - Delicious Light
Reb Fountain - He Commands You to Jump Into the Sea
It's a busy morning at the b! Jonny's packed show featured Political Commentary with David Slack and a chat with Sola Rosa and premiere of the new single The Sun Doesn't Shinefeaturing Joe Probert. Later, Jonny speaks with Florian Habicht, director of Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets, about the film's ten year anniversary and special screening at The Hollywood. Plus, Hayden from The Drug Foundation chats cocaine, harm reduction and the importance of testing on What's The Buzz? brought to you by The Level.
This morning on What's Up? Jonny chats to Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins about special economic zones and a hot topic at the moment- school lunches. Listen back to the Aural Emporium and catch Jonny's interview with Sea Mouse about his upcoming gig at Cross Street plus gets the scoop from Lauren Whitney about the maaaassive programme for this year's NZ International Comedy Festival, check it out here.
Playlist
The Cars - Moving in stereo
Zoë Fox and the Rocket Clocks - Tin Can Man
Sébastien Léger - Lanarka
Antonio Barret & Nice Guys - On Edge
Voom - TROUBLE
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Sababa 5 & Sophia Solomon - Shehzadi - शहज़ादी
The Strokes - Machu Picchu
Deerhunter - Desire Lines
Joey Valence & Brae - Ready Set
Jamie XX - F.U. (feat. Erykah Badu)
Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve - Creation
LTJ Bukem - Watercolours
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Idiot Box
Sea Mouse - Six Whiskeys Deep
Rubi Du - Played Me
Laraaji - Joyous Dance '82
Tom Lark - Rock & Roll Baby
Shihad - Home Again
Soaked Oats - Perfect Song
Serebii - Verrans Corner (ft Leith Sye Towers)
Ahoribuzz - Turnaround
Kinski - Newport
Katy J Pearson - Take Back the Radio (Flying Mojito Bros Refrito Dub)
Whakarongo mai to hear the fortnightly catch up with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson on Isthmus'n That, a kōrero with the Ōtepoti-based Wax Mustang ahead of his Aotearoa tour, Short Player recap of Max's chat to CCTV about their new album Austerity Blues, plus talking about the just-launched Ingeniouspodcast on Ready Steady Learn with Nikki Maddow, thanks to the University of Auckland.
Featuring the announce of the finalists up for this year's Taite Music Prize, check out the list here! This week's book review on Loose Reads is Suri's take on the debut novel by Nussaibah Younis, Fundamentally - brought to you by Time Out Bookstore.
Playlist
Graham Central Station - The Jam
Orions Belte - The Carneddau
Soul Family Sensation - I Don't Even Know If I Should Call You Baby (Marshall Jefferson Symphony)
There's a Tuesday - Margo
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Morgan Nagler - Cradle The Pain
Womb - Angels
Waxahatchee - Mud
J-Live - Satisfied
Chris Joss - Rififi Rococo
School Fair - You only love me cause you want something
Shame - Angie
Ezra Collective - No One's Watching Me (feat. Olivia Dean)
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.
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