Whether you're stuck in traffic, on your bike, or just chilling on the couch, 95bFM Drive will get you where you wanna be! Brought to you by The Beer Spot.
Featuring a guest interview with Jonathan Oglivie, the director of HEAD SOUTH, and a quick chat between castmember Stella Bennett (Benee) and Kaitlyn at the film's premiere. Members of From Outside were up in the studio for Friday Live brought to you by NZ On Air Music, with thanks to McLeod's Brewery.
Terrifying Thursday Drive has risen from the dead with the help of Milly the Monster!!! Get ready for some terrifying tunes, Hallo-weed with Chris Fowley, Scary Stories with DJ Matthew Creepy Crawly, Halloween potions with Nami Record Bar and two ghost come all the way from the 1960's production of Oliver Twist to tell us about Live Music Bar an online web series presented by UTR, and produced by Sports Team (who are definitely not the ghosts)! Jam packed and sure to scare the s*** out of you!
Featuring the weekly catchup for all things cinematic with Steve Newall on Flicks'n'That and What's Cooking with saxophonist Nathan Haines ahead of his show at The Powerstation this Rāhoroi. Thanks to The Beer Spot!
Playlist
Julian Lubin - Patience & Love
Kamasi Washington - Street Fighter Mas
Church - Same Thing
Shooless - Ignorant Bliss
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christoph el' truento - Drip feat. Ladi6
Letta Mbulu - Mahlalela
Van Morrison - You Gotta Make it through the world
Juno Is - Your Character Will Soon Unfold
BIRDPARTY - Motion Safety
Fazerdaze - A Thousand Years
The Lazy Eyes - Fuzz Jam
Oceans Before Me - Carry On The Walk
Repairs - LYLAS
Al Masrieen - Sah
Boncana Maiga - Yala M'le
Jazmine Mary - In A Field
Sci-Clone - 1980 One
Kenny Sterling & Dylan Biscuit - What You Need Feat. JY Lee & Cory Champion
Featuring an interview with Telenova ahead of their show this Rāmere at Neck of the Woods, the members of cumgirl8 phone in from their tourbus whilst on the road in the U.S. to talk about their new EP the 8th cumming and on AudioCulture, Michael Brown talks about New Zealand's first internet-only label Crystal Magic, which put out the music of many bFM favourites such as P.H.F., disasteradio, Little Phnx and more. Read Michael's article on the noisey library of New Zealand to find out more about Crystal Magic - shout out to Iwi Waiata - AudioCulture for bringing us stories from the archive each fortnight.
Featuring a guest interview with the organisers of Outlier Festival 2024 and a roundtable with Ones to Watch artists Sam Cullen and CRYSTAL. Thanks to The Beer Spot!
Playlist
The Unfaithful Ways - Trouble I'm In
Koizilla - ...andonandon...
Kim Deal - A Good Time Pushed
Jim Nothing - Sundown Clown
Nathan Haines - Squire For Hire feat. Marlena Shaw
Featuring an eventful chat with Lerm Werld and Andwahn about their first release on the label output for the local dance music collective, Friday Live with Pocket Money brought to you by NZ On Air Music with thanks to McLeod's Brewery, and a chat to Rita Mae about the new summer festival on the block for 2025, Slackbarn! Thanks to The Beet Spot!
Playlist
Sault - Glory
Pining Radiata - Burning
Ngozi Family - Kumanda Kwa Bambo Wanda
hanbee - Lovers
Ngozi Family, Paul Ngozi - Nizakupanga Ngozi
Mokotron - WAEREA
Best Bets - Monster
Wiri Donna - Being Alone
Dora Morelenbaum - Caco
Donald Byrd - Where Are We Going?
Nile Rodgers - It's All in Your Hands
AndWahn & DJ Bax - Locco Beat
DJawesomechillguy25 - chur bradda
ANDWAHN - How U Feel
the white stripes - Black Math
Te Huhu - On Holiday
Ben Rooth - Hot In Herre (Excursions Mix)
The Strokes - Soma
Recitals - Sunflower
blaccmass - doechii x kendrick lamar
Zhane - Crush
Dora Morelenbaum - Nem Te Procurar
Sade, The Neptunes - By Your Side (Neptunes Remix)
Ngozi Family, Paul Ngozi - Hi Babe
Watch The Ride - Wicked Man
Ephemerls, Wofgang Valbrum, Technimatic - Life Is Good (Technimatic Remix)
blacmass - andre 3000 x laila! - sixteen x we are so over
You heard it right, Fat Freddy's Drop have taken over 95bFM Drive, in anticipation of their brand new album Slo Mo! With the help of Slave and Milly, the crew drop some mean tunes as well as world first debuts of their new album. Izza good time.
Featuring an interview with Billy T Award 2025 nominee Itay Dom about his upcoming show Half Baked, a chat with director Miki Magasiva about his film Tinā due for release next year, and What's Cooking with Te-Whanganui-a-Tara band Revulva, who are currently embarking on their nation-wide tour to support their self-titled album! Thanks to The Beer Spot!
Featuring Spaced Out with Josh Aoraki thanks to the Stardome, an interview with Kirsten Morrell of Goldenhorse about her upcoming album, and a chat with Tusekah about her new single Baby's Breath. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to The Beer Spot!
Playlist
Borrowed CS - Hearsay feat. Mara TK
Minnie Riperton - Baby, This Love I Have
Nathan Haines, Chaos In The CBD - Belo Dia - Chaos In The CBD Remix
A busy, busy Drive for Rāhina evening! Matthew Crawley spoke to the winnner of the Play It Strange Songwriting Competition 2024, Keira Wallace, French crooner Ryder The Eagle ahead of his debut Aotearoa show at Double Whammy, Kaitlyn took a roaming mic down to Q Theatre to talk to Tom Sainsbury and the cast of upcoming Silo Theatre show Camp, and Crystal of Phoebe Rings about their eponymous EP that dropped on Friday last week! Thanks to The Beer Spot!
MELODOWNZ walks Tony Stamp through some of his favourite tracks and chats about his upcoming release MELO & BASS. Featuring the the following tracks:
Bone Thugs n Harmony - Thuggish Ruggish Bone
Skepta - Bullet From A Gun
The Isley Brothers - That Lady Pt. 1 & 2
MELODOWNZ - FEEL GOOD AURA w/ Caru feat. Romi Wrights
Today on Audio Culture we pay tribute to wāhine toa Lorraine Barry, who sadly passed over the weekend. Manager to Dave Dobbyn, Tom Scott and countless other artists, and an absolute force in the Aotearoa music scene - Gareth Shute came up to the studio to chat with Nick and Rosetta about Lorraine's impact. The trio chat about Lorraine's Northern Irish roots and involvement with global icons The Spice Girls, what brought her to Aotearoa, and her commitment to mentoring emerging industry professionals through organisations such as MMF. Lorraine features in AudioCulture's article Five Wāhine Toa of The Industry.
Naarm-based musician Paul Bender (Hiatus Kaiyote) has begun a tireless and nobel social media call to action, after his project The Sweet Enoughs had their streaming profiles hijacked by what appears to be AI-generated music. Turns out, it's becoming a really common issue; the low barriers for entry of digital distributors and lack of verification processes, combined with the speed and scale of AI content, making it harder for artists to protect their creative identities and autonomy across streaming. Rosetta decides to investigate, chatting with Paul, Dave Gibson from Elemeno P about a similar experience last year, Recorded Music NZ CEO Jo Oliver, and AI Music researcher Dr Fabio Morreale.
DUSTY and GHOS from MOKOMOKAI are up in the studio for a kōrero with Nick and Rosetta about the new record PONO!, the release of their debut self-titled record on vinyl, and their forthcoming tour! They're playing Double Whammy on July 19, tickets and more info from Madcap.
Peter Lineham phones in to catch up Crawley and us listeners about his recent travels to China and the ways in which religions are currently practiced in China.
Matthew is joined in the studio by folk musicians Australian Ned Collette and American Thalia Zedek (on the phone) to chat about their upcoming show at the Auckland Unitarian Church this Wednesday. Whakarongo mai nei!
Deva Mahal is in the studio to perform South Coastfeat. Estère- the first track from her forthcoming EP 'Future Classic'. We absolutely loved it, and if you loved it too you'll be able to catch the Pōneke-based artist live in Tāmaki when she's up for her tour in August!
Annie makes the 'Annie, Are You Okay?', a plum daquiri on offer this Winter season at Basement Theatre. Also joining HALFQUEEN and Annie in the studio are Nicko and Nicky, the crew behind the Live Reel improv night (now in it's 10th year).
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