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.
It was quite the party on Rāmere Drive! Beth Torrance kicked things off with the first Friday Live of the evening, playing several tracks from her just-released EP in the bFM lounge to a crowd of vollies and staff. Then LIPS turned things up a notch for the second Friday Live and played their new track with E From EELS, plus a couple more to get us all excited for their Halloween show with Thee Golden Geese! Huge thank you toMcLeod's Brewery and NZ On Air Music for supporting Friday Live! Towards the end of the evening, Nick spoke to the artist currently sitting at the top of the 95bFM Top Ten and played a first spin of the second track of his new EP - Julian Lubin! Dylan and Matt ofMānuka Recordings were also in the studio alongside Julian to speak on the kaupapa of the label and it's collaborative approach to releasing music. Thanks to The Beer Spot!
Playlist
Theia - BALDH3AD!
Fela Kuti, Roy Ayers - Africa Centre Of The World
Oceans Before Me, Mara TK - Rāhapa feat. Troy Kingi
Womb - One Is Always Heading Somewhere
Reflection Eternal - Africa Dream
Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y
Nathan Haines, Chaos In The CBD - Belo Dia - Chaos In The CBD Remix
Wiri Donna - The Gold
Ezra Collective - Space Is The Place
J DILLA - Stop
The Surfrajettes - Toxic
Recitals - Sunflower
The Linda Lindas - Nothing Would Change
Milton Nascimento, Lo Borges - Cravo E Canela
Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Darkest Light - Remastered
The Meters - Fire on The Bayou
Iti Bubbas, WYNONA, MĀ - So Fine
Ezra Collective, Fela Kuti - Lady - Ezra Collective Version
Ice - Ozan Koukle
Ryder The Eagle - Wounded Bird
Sister Nancy - One Two
Zhane - Sending My Love
Gregory Issacs - Cool Down The Pace
Jazz Liberatorz - Ease My Mind - Feat. Tre Hardson, Fat Lip & Omni
Julian Lubin - Clarity
MĀ - Pūhā me te Porohewa
Virtual Shadow Ensemble - Kanohi ki te Kanohi, in a Virtual World feat. Julian Lubin
This week on Thursday Drive, Milly is joined by Chris from the Hempstore for Marijuana Media, Ripship talking about Eyegum Scenic Tour #4, Example talking about his appearance at Synthony in the Domain, and Big Sur talking about their brand new EP Black Mountain. We even squeezed in some tunes too!
Featuring Flicks 'n' That with Ste and Eve covering this year's Show Me Shorts festival, plus What's Cooking with Goodwill down in Ōtautahi. Thanks to The Beer Spot!
Playlist
JessB - Talk Of The Town
Eko - Ndolo Embe Mulema
Opolopo, Diane Charlemagne - Round And Round
Mokotron - ŌHĀKĪ
MĀ - Pūhā me te Porohewa
Big Sur - Sleeping Dogs
Body of Work - Maudlin To None
Juno Is - Another Deal
Goodwill - Plans
The Dynamics - Money(Samurai Disco Version)
Lack Of Afro - Browsing Youtube
Pining Radiata - Burning
Cass McCombs - Krakatau
Wiri Donna - Being Alone
Babehoven - Lightness is Loud
Goodwill - Kind Hands
Shooless - Ignorant Bliss
P.H.F. - Doe
Wendall Harrison - Take Time Out
Jujulipps - Good Guys
Lord Echo - The Book Keeper
Burning Babylon - Sproing A Dub
Ethanol Blend - Underwater
Soft Plastics - Day Job
Recitals - GRADIENT
Nathan Haines - Squire For Hire feat. Marlena Shaw
What a stacked show for Monday! Matthew Crawley jumps into Drive by announcing the talented list of nominees up for awards at this year's The Mighty Aotearoa Alternative Awards brought to you by The Student Radio Network in association with NZ On Air. Read the full list and all the details here. Matthew then spoke to multi-hyphenate Emily Wheatcross-Snape a.k.a Em about her brand new album Phases and work with RecordEnable. Whakatū-based artist Young Moon phones in ahead of his show at The Tuning Fork on Saturday, 19 October. To round out the show, Matthew and Finn of The Veils kōrero about their new single The Ladder. Whakarongo mai nei!
Featuring an interview with RNZŌ about Laneway 2025 and Exploding Rainbow Orchestra, Friday Live with Ocean Beach thanks to McLeod's Brewery and NZ On Air Music, and Nick talks to Greta O'Leary about her gig with Fables on Sunday + an acoustic performance! Thanks to The Beer Spot!
Playlist
AJA Ft. MĀ - Quiet Storm
Ice - Ozan Koukle
RNZŌ - Stick up
Ezra Collective, M.anifest, and Moonchild Sanelly - Streets is Calling
Lo Borges - Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser
Juno Is - Another Deal
Mokotron - WAEREA
We Will Ride Fast - Born In The Heart Of The Universe
This Thursday on 95bFM Drive Milly takes you through two exciting hours including Marijuana Media, a live performance from Louis Baker, and some cocktails with help from Pink Plates and Harry. Just good vibes!
Featuring That's The Spirit with Peter Lineham and a guest interview with mentor Rei and student Uta ahead of the Play It Strange award ceremony happening next week. Whakarongo mai nei!
Tom of Tarndanya-based noise country band Twine calls in from Pōneke to select tracks for What's Cooking and chat about Junk Vol. II happening this weekend across both Whammys and Public Bar. Tom's track selections include:
The Drones - Jezebel
Allegra Krieger - A Place for It to Land
Pavement - Father to a Sister of Thought
Michael Hurley - I Stole the Right to Live
Twine - New Cleaner
Steve recommends a couple good series to hunker down with as Winter kicks-in. First up is the series Mind Menders with Sonia Grey which investigates psychedelic therapy for mental health treatments and tracks the recent LSD trial at the University of Auckland. Then, Steve talks Murderbot and why you should watch it on cold and rainy nights.
Today on Audio Culture, Andrew Schmidt is up in studio to chat with Nick and Rosetta about his article, Harmonic Generators: 10 NZ Garage Rock Classics. The trio listen to some tracks from Chants R&B, The Axel Grinders, and the D4, and chat about how the sound has evolved over the years.
Nick catches up with Benny Salvador to chat all things Aunty Records, and get the scoop on their upcoming gig this Friday June 6 at Whammy Bar! Featuring an all star lineup of Benny, Borrowed CS, Goldtooth, Zi!, and Surly - you can get your tickets from UTR.
Tusekah is in the studio to perform an acoustic version of her brand new track Always! Brought to you by NZ On Air Music, with thanks to McLeod's Brewery!
Arahi is in the bFM studio to provide you with a sample of what's to come when they perform at one of Tāmaki's most beloved festivals, The Others Way on 29th November 2025. Brought to you by NZ On Air Music, with thanks to McLeod's Brewery.
Whakarongo mai nei to HALFQUEEN's kōrero with Aniva Artist in Residence Moe Laga about the upcoming show Fetū x Fetu'u, part of this year's F.O.L.A. programme.
Jude and Celina of Manawatū super-group either eyether jump on the phone with Lou to share some of their favourite tracks and discuss their forthcoming EP The Dog's Gone. The band's track selections include:
The Breeders - No Aloha The Muffs - Lucky Guy Marty Robbins - Doggone Cowboy Aegis - Fouler
Callum and Annabel chat to brothers and directing duo Danny and Michael Philippou about their new film, the suburban, quintessentially Aussie, and absolutely terrifying Bring Her Back, which releases tomorrow in New Zealand cinemas!
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