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's guest host for Rāapa Drive is none other than Billy T nominated comedian Tim Batt! Featuring Flicks 'n' That with Steve Newall and What's Cooking guest selections by Arahi - plus the run down on his latest single Baby's Back!
Rosetta and Nick chat to Dave Borrie of Ōtepoti band L. Hotel about their latest single Dead Ends and on Audio Culture, Gareth Shute revisits the wide-spanning career and music of Stanley Manthyngand Fatal Jelly Space, as well as the newly launched NZ On Screen Rainbow Collection.
Woohoo! Friday is finally here, and it's the debut of our new co-hosts Milly and Tuva'a, the start of your weekend is in safe hands. Featuring a guest interview with DJ awesomechillguy25 and Dishwasher about their just released EP Papyrus, plus Sam Cullen is in the studio for an unplugged Friday Live brought to you by NZ On Air Music with thanks to McLeod's Brewery.
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Playlist
Michael Llewellyn - Down By The Packs
Sworn Virgins - Fifty Dollar Bills
Theophilius London, Tame Impala - Only You
Colter Carson - Tabu
Dishwasher & djawesomechillguy25 - How Do I Do The Funny Font (Curious Mix)
Featuring Marijuana Media with Chris thanks to The Hempstore, Cocktail Corner with Bassment Theatre, and celebrating the debut show of our new Thursday Drive show host HALFQUEEN!
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Playlist
NGARU - Uphill Battle
Jamie XX - F.U. (feat. Erykah Badu)
Fontaines D.C. - Starburster
Ripship - CHROME
Sharon Van Etten - Jupiter 4
Perfume Genius - No Front Teeth (feat. Aldous Harding)
Featuring Flicks 'n' That with Steve Newall, guest selections on What's Cooking with Ōtautahi postpunk doomnoise trioMoider Mother, and Joel of Radio Mother speaks to the founders of Nymphoabout the origins of their iconic clubnight (and now label), plus some of the exciting things they have planned for the future! This interview is part of our coverage of Auckland Pride 2025. Whakarongo mai nei!
Featuring a guest interview with Horsegirl about their new abum "Phonetics On and On", Josh Aoraki returns for Spaced Out thanks to the Stardome, and Maddy Hakaraia de Young phones in to talk about the massive 2025 programme for the Māoriland Film Festival!
Featuring a guest interview with Horsegirl about their new abum "Phonetics On and On", Josh Aoraki returns for Spaced Out thanks to the Stardome, and Maddy Hakaraia de Young phones in to talk about the massive 2025 programme for the Māoriland Film Festival!
The Nudge & Troy Kingi - He Ōrite
Outkast - Aquemini
CCTV - austerity blues
Sababa 5 & Sophia Solomon - Shehzadi - शहज़ादी
Jack Glacier - upb4thasun
Nubiyan Twist - Morning Light ft. Ria Moran
Louisa Williamson - In Tune (feat. MĀ)
Flea Miller - Letter Dog
LIPS - Heave Ho
Courtney Barnett - Lotta Love
Neive Strang - Gather Round
Marlon Williams - Aua Atu Rā
Womb - Angels
Fontaines D.C. - Jackie Down The Line
Blair Parkes - splendour
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Trouble
Perfume Genius - It's a Mirror
Blondshell - T&A
Mekons - Mudcrawlers
The D4 - Judgement Day
Joe Armon Jones - Mollison Dub
Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star
Ezra Collective & Fela Kuti - Lady (Ezra Collective Version)
Featuring heaps of good stuff! Matthew Crawley is away doing Matthew things so Kaitlyn steps in for a massive Monday Drive. Featuring kōrero with Jason Parker about their show Little Gay In as part of Basement Theatre's Pride 2025 programme - check out all the shows here. Later, Kaitlyn phones Americana folk legend Simon Joyner ahead of Port Noise 2025down in Ōhinehou (we have massive fomo) and they catch up on his recent tour of Aotearoa over the week just been. 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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