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Rosetta from Psycho Gab is in the studio to chat about the band’s new track Gabben. On Fashun Pennie brings you a recap of the Taite Prize looks from the Penelope Noir Black Carpet. Big Sur are in the studio to chat about their new single and the Fancy New Band showcase this Friday at The Tuning Fork. Jenna reviews Amma from Saraid de Silva on Loose Reads. The team from Night Waffles are in to chat about Larybinth. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Nathaniel Russell - Silver
花溪 Flowerstream - Air Talk
Heavee - StarSeeker
Habibi - Do You Want Me Now
Jim Nothing - Hourglass
Molly Payton - Accelerate
The Fuzzy Robes - Collect for Midday
Tom Lark - Dumb Luck
Psycho Gab - Messy
Psycho Gab - Gabben
Big Thief - Not
The Style Council - Speak Like A Child
Vera Ellen - Homewrecker
Vera Ellen - Fake Milk
Kolonel Djafaar - Phil’s First Tear
Joe Ghatt - Always Remember
Church - Fairytale
Bat For Lashes - What's A Girl To Do?
Big Sur - Lands
Thee Golden Geese - Back Foot
The Local Group - what a time to be alive
Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
Repairs - To Hell With Good Intentions
Los Palms - From The Shadows
Mokotron - Decolonize Existence (Big Fat Raro Remix)
We bring you all the behind the scenes coverage from the Taite Prize 2024, including chats with nominees and winners across all categories! Dr Kirsten Zemke chats about speedy rappers on Travelling Tunes, brought to you by Drake Street Studios. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
The Streets - Good Old Daze
St. Vincent - All Born Screaming feat. Cate Le Bon
David Bowie - Magic Dance
Church - Fairytale
King Loser - Troubled Land
Look Blue Go Purple - Circumspect Penelope
Cindy Lee - Glitz
Dehd - Alien
Lady Shaka - E Tu
Voom - Martin Phillipps
milk - Sugar Glider
Jim Nothing - Hourglass
Mokotron - HĪRERETIA RĀ (Akcept Remix)
Night Lunch - 1 MILLION PINES
Soft Plastics - Saturn Return
Jujulipps - Airplane Mode
Los Palms - From The Shadows
Princess Chelsea - Everything Is Going To Be Alright
Mо̄rena! Sofia and Joel have got your morning sorted this ANZAC Day. A chill start, with lots of kiwi artists, before ramping it up with some EDM/house. Whakarongo tonu mai!
Playlist
The Black Keys - Read Em And Weep
The Dandy Warhols - We Used To Be Friends
Mermaidens - Sister
Mumm-ra - jeremy
Marlin's Dreaming - Showman
Street Chant - Pedestrian Support League (radio edit)
Joe Ghatt - Always Remember
Vera Ellen - Imposter
pineja - Hard To Think
The Fuzzy Robes - Collect for Midday
Gretel Hänlyn - War With America
P.H.F. - Lack of Interest [Unplugged]
Reb Fountain - FASTER
Ben Bonetti - Halcyon
Thievery Corporation - Sweet Tides
The Chills - Pink Frost
And$um - Toon World (ft. Seb The Vegabond)
Overmono - Good Lies
Peter Cat Recording Co. - Floated By
The Phoenix Foundation - Beside Yourself (with Fazerdaze)
Te Huhu - Skipping Stones
Phoebe Rings - 아스라이 (Aseurai)
Byllie-jean - E moko feat. Marlon Williams
Two Shell - Talk To Me (feat. FKA twigs)
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Slipped Disc
Max Graef - Jazz 104
Air - How Does It Make You Feel?
Caroline Polachek - Spring Is Coming With A Strawberry In The Mouth
Juno Is - Floating
Awning - Benevolent
Gnoomes - Ule (radio edit)
Jockstrap - 50/50
SG Lewis, Chloe Caillet - Costa
Everything But The Girl - Wrong
Les Rythmes Digitales - Jacques You Body (Make Me Sweat)
We recap the Taite Prize from yesterday evening! Rachel speaks to the 2024 winner of the Taite Prize, Vera Ellen. On What's Up with Nicola Willis Rachel speaks to the Deputy Leader of the National party about her recent trip to Washington DC, Budget priorities and tax cuts, and the fast track approvals bill. The Bard of Bollix chats whales on The Mind Trench. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Cindy Lee - Realistik Heaven
Gregor - Angels
Kraus - Snow Descending on a Mountain Lake
Arooj Aftab - Raat Ki Rani
Earth Tongue - Grave Pressure
Byllie-jean - E moko feat. Marlon Williams
Skeptics - Agitator
Th Blisks - Do You Bless It?
Mokotron - Decolonize Existence (Big Fat Raro Remix)
Dartz - Dangerous Day To Be A Cold One
The Morning Star - Marchfly
Alpha Blondy - I Wish You Were Here
Troy Kingi - Mighty Invader
Jim Nothing - Hourglass
Groove Armada - Shameless ft Bryan Ferry
beet-wix - slug level standards
Vera Ellen - Homewrecker
Vera Ellen - Fake Milk
Jujulipps - Special!
King Loser - Neurons
Look Blue Go Purple - Circumspect Penelope
Teremoana - O.P.C
Princess Chelsea - Everything Is Going To Be Alright
Isthmus'n That with Desley Simpson sees Rachel speak to the Deputy Mayor about her advocacy to the banking sector about storm affected homeowners, and Auckland Council's deadline on weather impacted property owners applying for categorisation. Iraia Whakamoe of the Bill Withers Social Club is dialling in to chat about the gig this Saturday at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre. Stage Direction is with Dominic Ona-Ariki, Beulah Koale and Neil Amituanai, who chat about their show I Love You G from Massive Theatre. Ready Steady Learn is with Anthony Walters from the Liggins Institute talking about a treatment developed here in Aotearoa 50 years ago to help babies at risk of being born prematurely. Whakarongo mai nei!
Welcome back to another week on the b! Penelope Noir gives us a history of Kate Sylvester's legacy in Aotearoa on Fashun. On Loose Reads, Suri reviews Wandering Stars from Tommy Orange. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Flowerstream - Air Talk
Cindy Lee - Flesh And Blood
Sunny Morris - Mother, It's Not My Fault
Water From Your Eyes - Warm Storm
Ty Segall - Night of the Vampire [Roky Erickson Cover]
Beth Orton - Haunted Satellite
Goodie Train - I Got To Tell Somebody feat. Sam Frazier Jr.
Grace Cummings - Common Man
Jim Nothing - Hourglass
Khruangbin - Fifteen Fifty-Three
Babyteeth - Poser
Jonathan Bree - You're So Cool
Awning - Benevolent
The Cat's Miaow - Between The Stations and the Silence
Princess Chelsea - All The Stars [Live at Laneway 2015]
Marlin's Dreaming - Showman
Kolonel Djafaar - Phil’s First Tear
Lee Scratch Perry and Shaun Ryder - Green Banana
Program - Sparks
Blondshell - Docket feat. Bully
beet-wix - slug level standards
Gnoomes - Ule (radio edit)
Oceans Before Me, Mara TK - Rāhapa feat. Troy Kingi
Marc Daalder gives us some Political Commentary about the Resource Management Amendment Bill, Warner Brothers/ Stuff deal and the Wellington tunnel plan. Lucinda Bennett chats about feijoas on Breakfast Food. On Greening Out Jim chats about why autumn gives us so many colours! Beth Torrance speaks to Rachel about her new single Tiny Flowers, out via Particle Recordings. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Los Palms - From The Shadows
Martha Skye Murphy - Need feat. Roy Montgomery
Aoife Nessa Frances & Hollow Hand - Always Something
Molly Payton - Accelerate
Te Huhu - Skipping Stones
Mokotron - Decolonize Existence (Big Fat Raro Remix)
Fu Manchu - Hands of the Zodiac
Persimmon - True Crime
Repairs - LYLAS
Nia Archives - Cards on the Table
Bill Withers - Use Me
Princess Chelsea - I Love My Boyfriend (Live at Ellen Melville 19/10/18)
We check in with the leader of the opposition on What's Up, where Rachel speaks to Chris Hipkins about public sector job cuts, media sector challenges and closure of Newshub and the government's first Resource Management Amendment Bill. On The Mind Trench Rob Bollix chats about things animals (frogs and worms, specifically) can do, that humans can't. Turns out, it's heaps. Martin, James and Nicola from REPAIRS are in the studio to chat about their new album, Disappointing Sequel. Justine helps with your union and employment queries on Red Dead Redemption. Whakarongo mai nei!
Alex guesses a Nina Simone track with one hit of one second on Second Guessing. Liam Hoff from Night Lunch is dialling in to chat about their new single, 1 Million Pines. Stage Direction is with Ana Scotney (creator and performer) talking about ScatterGun: After the Death of Rūaumoko, a solo show from Silo Theatre. Robin Laven from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute is on Ready Steady Learn to talking about his research into breast cancer. Whakarongo mai nei!
Dan and Jordan of Khaki Department from Te Papaioea are dialling in to chat about their new single Boogie Boarding. On Loose Reads Jenna’s in the studio to talk about Vladivostok Circus, a new novel from Elisa Shua Dusapin. Whakarongo mai nei!
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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