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Today on your bFM Breakfast: What's colourful and spins around? Only Mike knows; His Worship is a busy man but always makes space for his favourites, aww; Sam returns with a horror classic... But is it really a _classic_? You decide; And Ramona Zharfpeykan teaches us about sustainability in businesses. As Mike says, it's always sunny on your bFM Breakfast.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: What's colourful and spins around? Only Mike knows; His Worship is a busy man but always makes space for his favourites, aww; Sam returns with a horror classic... But is it really a _classic_? You decide; And Ramona Zharfpeykan teaches us about sustainability in businesses. As Mike says, it's always sunny on your bFM Breakfast.
jitwam. - stronger
Bad Sav - Hens Teeth
Avantdale Bowling Club - Years Gone By
Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds (DFA Remix)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Where The Wild Roses Grow ft Kylie Minogue
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
Jonathan Bree - Say You Love Me Too feat. Clara Viñals
Poni Hoax - The Bird Is On Fire
Lawrence Arabia - Meaningless Words
Portishead - Chase the Tear
Me And My Toothbrush - Sister
Bella Boo - boyboy
The Rapture - Olio
Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
Marie and the Atom - Isol
First Move - Reporting From Hell
Headless Chickens - Choppers (Helibator remix)
Teenage Fanclub - Star Sign
Coburn - Give Me Love
Blood Orange - Out Of Your League feat. Steve Lacy
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Spring has sprung, right Rick Breeze? Hmm; Mike brings in rainbows with the Metal Memory Monday track; Pennie is _excited_ about her guest, Kristine Crabb; Suri tackles a deep and dark topic with her latest read; and Natural Ange reckons there's a lot of inflammation going on. See-ya August, hiii September.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Spring has sprung, right Rick Breeze? Hmm; Mike brings in rainbows with the Metal Memory Monday track; Pennie is _excited_ about her guest, Kristine Crabb; Suri tackles a deep and dark topic with her latest read; and Natural Ange reckons there's a lot of inflammation going on. See-ya August, hiii September.
tei. - I'm A Soy Chai Latte (ft. Doswami, Rodriguez)
Beirut - East Harlem
Blood Orange - Out Of Your League feat. Steve Lacy
SoccerPractise - Kaua E Mate Wheke
Here We Go Magic - Tunnelvision
Hum - Stars
The Mint Chicks - I Don't Want To Grow Old
New Order - Crystal
The Breeders - All Nerve
Yuck - Dark Magnet
Tom Vek - I Ain't Saying My Goodbyes
TrinityRoots - Beautiful People
The Dukes - Boo Ya!
DIO - Rainbow In The Dark
Unkle - Looking for the Rain (ft Mark Lanegan & Eska)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Waking up this morning to the beautiful sound of... The puma? Yep, soothing; Mike catches up with Fabian about the latest Hollywood wonders; Kirsten brings in what basically sounds like a zoo; Johanna introduces us to a special guest; and Onono join us to chat about Going Global; what a way to kick off Friday morning before The Others Way, yay!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Waking up this morning to the beautiful sound of... The puma? Yep, soothing; Mike catches up with Fabian about the latest Hollywood wonders; Kirsten brings in what basically sounds like a zoo; Johanna introduces us to a special guest; and Onono join us to chat about Going Global; what a way to kick off Friday morning before The Others Way, yay!
Latinaotearoa - Jazzy Samba
Avantdale Bowling Club - F(r)iends
Lapis - king of the light (feat. Reuben Hudson)
Jack White - Sixteen Saltines
Chemical Brothers - It Began In Afrika
Rhian Sheehan - Soma Dreams
Plaines - Things You'd Make Coats Of
DBLDBL - Orange Spree
Bailter Space - X
Kora - On My Mind
Hookworms - Negative Space
Sick Of It All - Scratch the Surface
Interpol - Number 10
Gaz Coombes - Walk the Walk
SoccerPractise - Kaua E Mate Wheke
ONONO - Custom
ONONO - Inner Tree
M.A.R.R.S - Pump Up The Volume
Lawrence Arabia - Meaningless Words
Bomb The Bass - Bug Powder Dust (Chemical bros remix)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking off Thursday morning with international chats with Sliver Scroll nominee's, oooh fancy; what's going on in the political world with the Doctor; His Worship joins us on Thursday instead of Tuesday, craziness!; Mike's old mate Joel comes in to chat about his latest play; and Troy brings the cherry on top with some tunessss. What a show!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking off Thursday morning with international chats with Sliver Scroll nominee's, oooh fancy; what's going on in the political world with the Doctor; His Worship joins us on Thursday instead of Tuesday, craziness!; Mike's old mate Joel comes in to chat about his latest play; and Troy brings the cherry on top with some tunessss. What a show!
TETO PRETO - BATE MAIS
Troy Kingi - Aztechknowledgey
The Beths - Future Me Hates Me
Interpol - If You Really Love Nothing
TrinityRoots - Little Things
Blood Orange - Out Of Your League feat. Steve Lacy
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Hunnybee
Dj TALK - HAD ENUF
Tom Cunliffe - I've Been Bitten By An Old White Man
nirvana - Been A Son
Fucked Up - The Other Shoe
paperclip people - Throw
Blair Parkes - none of it matters
Bad Sav - Hens Teeth
Helena Hauff - It Was All Fields Around Here When I Was A Kid
Today on you bFM Breakfast: While everybody's stuck in traffic on this rainy morning, Mike and Rob are exchanging a lengthy list of facts, and shocking revelations that the world is indeed _not_ flat; Maria joins us with tales of the deep web and that silk road everybody always talks about; Jacinda and Mike are reunited over various political affairs; and Amanda battles that traffic just to help you, listeners, with those finances. While it's bucketing down outside, Mike's saturing the studio with random facts this morning, enjoy.
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Today on you bFM Breakfast: While everybody's stuck in traffic on this rainy morning, Mike and Rob are exchanging a lengthy list of facts, and shocking revelations that the world is indeed _not_ flat; Maria joins us with tales of the deep web and that silk road everybody always talks about; Jacinda and Mike are reunited over various political affairs; and Amanda battles that traffic just to help you, listeners, with those finances. While it's bucketing down outside, Mike's saturing the studio with random facts this morning, enjoy.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Listeners it may be your lucky day, that's right, three whole rounds of What Am I? on the show this morning; Mike's excited about a very special announcement; and we're honoured to have Caitlin, former Craccum writer on the show this morning. Things don't always go to plan but hey, we're all in this together guys. Aww.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Listeners it may be your lucky day, that's right, three whole rounds of What Am I? on the show this morning; Mike's excited about a very special announcement; and we're honoured to have Caitlin, former Craccum writer on the show this morning. Things don't always go to plan but hey, we're all in this together guys. Aww.
imugi 이무기 - I Am
Blood Orange - Chamakay
Ween - Voodoo Lady
Diggy Dupé - The Hill
David Byrne & Brian Eno - The Jezebel Spirit
EPMD - You Gots To Chill
Led Zeppelin - The immigrant song (sparkys funk metal remix)
Bloc Party - I Still Remember (Musix Box and Tears Remix)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mike's indulging in metal this morning, if that doesn't wake you up...; Pennie's gifts us a special interview this week; Jenna's got some true crime grit this morning from just around the corner actually; and Natural Ange is here to help you get through those Monday blues.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mike indulging in metal this morning, if that doesn't wake you up...; Pennie's gifts us a special interview this week; Jenna's got some true crime grit this morning from just around the corner actually; and Natural Ange is here to help you get through those Monday blues.
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Blood Orange - Charcoal Baby
Kikagaku Moyo/幾何学模様 - Gatherings
Faith No More - The Real Thing
SoccerPractise - Kaua E Mate Wheke
CAN - Millionenspiel
Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You)
Teenage Fanclub - Everything Flows
Straitjacket Fits - Bad Note For A Heart
New Order - Blue Monday
Unsanitary Napkin - State Psychopathy
Interpol - The Rover
Mitski - A Pearl
Wolf Alice - Yuk Foo
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots pt. 1
Robosonic - Madman
DBLDBL - Orange Spree
Roy Montgomery - Outsider Love Ballad No. 1 feat. Katie Von Schleicher
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Fabian Fanboy dials in from an exotic place afar, the supermarket, to give us the latest in Hollywood; Kirsten takes Mike on a trip down memory lane with the Casio VL Tone, awww; Johanna Cosgrove is always excited about the ~theatre~; and motorway traffic stopped to let a family of ducks cross the road, need we say more? Happy Friday!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Fabian Fanboy dials in from an exotic place afar, the supermarket, to give us the latest in Hollywood; Kirsten takes Mike on a trip down memory lane with the Casio VL Tone, awww; Johanna Cosgrove is always excited about the ~theatre~; and motorway traffic stopped to let a family of ducks cross the road, need we say more? Happy Friday!
Bauhaus - Telegram Sam
Helena Hauff - It Was All Fields Around Here When I Was A Kid
The Twilight Singers - On The Corner
Gaz Coombes - World's Strongest Man
MEEr - EAST MIDDLE
Head Like A Hole - Faster Hooves
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots pt. 1
Cowboy Machine - To The Border
Shapeshifter - Electric Dream (State Of Mind Remix)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Who spilt all the politics over the Breakfast show this morning? It's everywhere; lucky for us, David is here to smooth it over; Mike's getting _very_ excited about the bass, but NOT the base; and Troy joins us with good tunes, long tunes and a special tribute tunes this morning; so yeah, Mike's had a fun morning, nice.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Who spilt all the politics over the Breakfast show this morning? It's everywhere; lucky for us, David is here to smooth it over; Mike's getting _very_ excited about the bass, but NOT the base; and Troy joins us with good tunes, long tunes and a special tribute tunes this morning; so yeah, Mike's had a fun morning, nice.
Bon Iver - 8 (circle)
@peace - Time Travelling
IllBaz, Raiza Biza & MeloDownz - Major
Mitski - A Pearl
Arctic Monkeys - You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But...
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rob's teaching Mikey about the birth of the ~ocean~; Clayton's talking talking heads; Simon dials in to catch up with Mike on all the latest politics; and Craig is here to comfort all your money woes.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rob's teaching Mikey about the birth of the ~ocean~; Clayton's talking talking heads; Simon dials in to catch up with Mike on all the latest politics; and Craig is here to comfort all your money woes.
Avantdale Bowling Club - Years Gone By
SoccerPractise - Kaua E Mate Wheke
Shriekback - Nemesis
Max Romeo & the Upsetters - One Step Forward
Swidt - Who Run It
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
SJD - Tree People
Pumpkinhead - Water
Blur - Parklife
Miss Red - Come Again
Holy Fuck - Latin America
Blair Parkes - none of it matters
Courtney Barnett - Nobody really cares if you don't go to the party
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!