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 Spaced Out with Josh Aoraki thanks to The Stardome, an interview with Te-Whanganui-a-Tara band Mallgoth, and Rosetta chats to the one-and-only JessB about the upcoming album release tour for Feels Like Home - catch the Tāmaki show this weekend at Whammy!
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
Bard Of Bollox - MR
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!
Nicola and Adam of Basement Theatre are in the studio to mix-up a delicious mocktail and chat about their Summer Season and Pride '26 programming. Including (but, not limited to!) clowning, Big Queer Improv Party 3, and an indigenous queer film night this weekend - TAKAPAPA. Check out the Basement website for the full rundown on all the exciting things happening across February and beyond.
Chris chats about new findings from a U.S. based study that links legalisation with declining rates of drug-use amongst high school aged students, an update on Aaron Barlow's sentencing, and a potential new supplier of home-grown and made hemp milk.
David Herkt joins the show for this week's Audio Culture. This week's focus is David's recent piece about Mojo's on Queen. An iconic venue that was home to New Zealand’s first, largest, and longest-running transgender show.
Chris Fowlie chats to HALFQUEEN about a Tāmaki Makaurau-based police officer being investigated for possession of cannabis, police bias as Māori are charged more with cannabis-related crimes than Pākehā, a study showing cannabis is safer than alcohol or tobacco amongst other things! Thanks to The Hemp Store!
Billie Fee and Damian Golfinopoulos of Grecco Romank joins Joel in the studio to share some upbeat track selections, discuss their upcoming appearance at Drive Island on February 13th, and a first spin on their upcoming single!
Billie and Damian's selections:
Lords Of Acid - Lust - Let's Get High (Remastered Band Edition)
It's time for Spaced Out with Josh! Nick chats with Josh about the 'wet-run' test for NASA's upcoming Artemis 2 launch, and the sad disappearance of the Mars MAVEN spacecraft.
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