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.
Today on the show, Nick and Rosetta are playing 100% Aotearoa Music for Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa, NZ Music Month! Strap in, the pair also catch up with Arjuna Oakes to chat about his new album While I'm Distracted, and Gareth Shute is up in the studio, to relive some epic moments over the last 25 years of NZMM, for AudioCulture!
Featuring Friday Live with post-punk Tāmaki three-piece Swallow the Rat live from the bFM lounge ahead of their much-awaited EP release, brought to you by NZ On Air Music, with thanks to McLeod's Brewery.
A stacked Rāpare Drive for you! Featuing Marijuana Media with Chris Fowlie, thanks to The Hempstore! Then a recipe for a Best Foods Mayo White Russian crafted up by comedian Michelle Wiley and inspired by this years' NZ Intl. Comedy Festival. Catch Michelle inIs Who She Says She Is at The Classic Studio from 20 May. Then, local legend selector GoldTooth was in the studio to chat about ActionStation and Dental For All's party Flossin, happening this Saturday at East Street Hall!
Playlist
milk - MAPLE
Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade
Xiao Xiao - Left Right
CRUSH - What if I wanted it
Ezra Collective - Hear My Cry
PollyHill & Samara Alofa - PAIN (QUEEN OF THE HILL EDGING REMIX)
Elliot Dawson - I Don't Want to Have to Ask The Question
MOKOMOKAI, The Hongi Slicker - GET OUT
ardini orca - Saint Mikhael and the Dragon
Hildegard - Cruel
Jessica Pratt - World on a String
Moses Sumney, Hayley Williams - I Like It I Like It
Clear Path Ensemble - Cascade d'Ars
Greatsouth - Speedstar
Wet Leg - catch these fists
Voom - TROUBLE
Arca - Puta
Vv Pete, UTILITY, Brodinski - GO DUMB
Teether, Kuya Neil - BLUSH
The Beths - Metal
Hemi Hemingway - (To Be) Without You
Womb - Just Like Waves
Yukimi - Winter Is Not Dead
1tbsp - Isso (feat. MC Pânico)
Bloc Party - Hunting For Witches
FUTURE BROWN - Dangerzone (feat. Kelela & Ian Isiah)
Yusef Dayes - Turquoise Galaxy
Lefto Early Bird - Diane Charlamagne feat. Iman Houssein
treV - For You Around Me
Son of Dan - Affirmation
Florence Adooni - Vocalize My Luv
Westside Gunn, Slick Rick, Busta Rhymes - Ocean Prime
Featuring a bunch of great guests this Rāapa Drive, Leif Vollebekk starts off the show with an acoustic set, then Steve reviews the newest addition to the Final Destination franchise and more on Flicks 'n' That. Priya of BUB is on What's Cooking with to talk through some of her favourite tracks and the band's new album Can't Even, and Ant Timpson phones in to talk about the 12 hour TRASHATHON happening at the Hollywood Avondale the weekend after next.
Today on the show, Nick and Rosetta chat with Josh for Spaced Out, thanks to the Stardome! Nick has a kōrero with Australian house DJ 1tbsp about his forthcoming EP and show at Neck Of The Woods on May 24, and Rosetta catches up with Liam K. Swiggs of The Big Fresh Collective to chat about FOOTMAHI 2025! Plus news, weather, surf, prizes, and plenty of good toooons :) Whakarongo mai nei!
Lee Whall takes over Rāapa Drive! Whakarongo mai nei and catch Steve's roundup of what's good to watch this week on Flicks 'n' That, guest selections and kōrero about archive for humble stoneson What's Cooking with Pōneke multi-hyphanate Fèng, plus Michael Brown and Lukas Rowell discuss the book Eyeliner's Buy Now and vaporwave.
Today on the show Rosetta and Nick chat with Theo from Daffodils about their new, completely free, monthly night of music at Whammy's Public Bar (FKA The Wine Cellar) - Public Service! The duo also catch up with Paul Kennedy for AudioCulture, to chat about the 50th anniversary of the Official Aotearoa Music Charts. Plus news, weather, surf, prizes, and plenty of goooood music.
Elle spoke to New York-based 4-piece Voyeur about their latest single, Anti-Ugly. Voyeur's enigmatic take on post-punk is echoed on this latest release, giving us another track to "get off" to.
Livvy Bennett of Mamalarky (LA) chats to Sof about their most recent album Hex Key. Together, they discuss the unpredictability of the record, self-producing, and music as an output to process and heal.
This week on What's Cooking, we had Lilith of Eveline Breaker, who's playing a show at Whammy Bar on the 16th of August alongside Lucian Rice, Dropper and First Reserve. Lilith played us three tracks that have been inspiring upcoming work.
Alice and Matthew are joined over the phone by Tom Clarke, a player in ATCs current show; MARY: The Birth of Frankenstein, written by Jess Sawyer. They discuss the upcoming show run at ASB Waterfront Theatre!
Ceci Sturman, Hannah Pruzinsky, and James Chrisman of Sister. (NYC) chat with Sof about their sophomore LP, Two Birds. Together, they discuss the intimacy of female friendship and changing and growing, both musically and personally.
Steve takes us through some of the films from the NZIFF schedule he's seen thus far, as well as what he's recommending and what he's looking forward to before the festival kicks off this Friday.
Ōtepoti band Pearly* were in town for the Eyegum Scenic Tour and made a pitstop in the bFM studio for a killer Friday Live set. Brought to you by NZ On Air Music, with thanks to our mates at McLeod's Brewery.