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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Everything's ka pai in the studio this morning with another beautiful sunrise; Shamebeel chats to Rachel about the economic package in response to Covid-19; we're lucky enough to have a listen to Lillian's interview with Troy Kingi at Womad; Troy from Southbound brings in his hot takes; and Amelia runs us through the Top Ten.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Everything's ka pai in the studio this morning with another beautiful sunrise; Shamebeel chats to Rachel about the economic package in response to Covid-19; we're lucky enough to have a listen to Lillian's interview with Troy Kingi at Womad; Troy from Southbound brings in his hot takes; and Amelia runs us through the Top Ten.
Yves Tumor - Gospel For A New Century
Bon Iver - Naeem
SKILAA - But I Do
Sisters Underground - Ain't It True
Go Nuclear - Can't Stop A Feeling
Roy Irwin - Spit
Small Faces - Tin Soldier
Hans Pucket - Comfort
Tiny Ruins - Olympic Girls
Nadia Reid - Other Side of The Wheel
Use No Hooks - Circumstances Beyond Our Control
Say Sue Me - Good For Some Reason (Spring Version)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Trucking along, admist some strange times; the Prime Minister calls in to gives us the lowdown on the Economic Package in response to Coronavirus and how New Zealand is doing a year on from March 15; Rob takes us into The Mind Trench to an interesting part of history; Tim pops into the studio to talk about the media, wow; and Natural Ange is here just when we need her. Stay wholesome and make some hummus.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Trucking along, admist some strange times; the Prime Minister calls in to gives us the lowdown on the Economic Package in response to Coronavirus and how New Zealand is doing a year on from March 15; Rob takes us into The Mind Trench to an interesting part of history; Tim pops into the studio to talk about the media, wow; and Natural Ange is here just when we need her. Stay wholesome and make some hummus.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess atttempt to crack the complicated puzzle of daylight savings; the Mayor dials to talk about how to cope during the pandemic, a new train and lowering our emissions; Sam's got a TV show for y'all to watch, timely; and Sarah pops in to talk about Kauri dieback on Ready, Steady, Learn.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess atttempt to crack the complicated puzzle of daylight savings; the Mayor dials to talk about how to cope during the pandemic, a new train and lowering our emissions; Sam's got a TV show for y'all to watch, timely; and Sarah pops in to talk about Kauri dieback on Ready, Steady, Learn.
Karen Dalton - Good Bless the Child
Ria Hall - History
Hamerkop - Egg
Empress Of - Give Me Another Chance
The Tacks - Merivale
DIIV - Doused
Weyes Blood - Movies
MGMT - Electric Feel
Use No Hooks - Spoonful
The Clean - Tally Ho!
Nadia Reid - I Don't Want To Take Anything From You
Lawrence Arabia - The 03
Contenders - The Heat
Four Tet - Baby
Julia Bardo - I Wanna Feel Love
Swallow the Rat - Bird of Ill
JessB - MOOD
Bailter Space - Retro
Perfume Genius - On The Floor
SUPEREGO, Sampa the Great - O.B.S. (Outer Body Stranger) [feat. Sampa the Great]
Lawrence Arabia - A Little Hate feat. Heather Mansfield
The Androidss - Auckland Tonight
OMC - We R the OMC
Shht - Hello? Hello!
WhyFi. - THEME SONG
Khruangbin - People Everywhere (Still Alive)
Terry - Take the Cellphone
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind - Frankie Knuckles Remix
Today on your bFM Breakfast: In times like this, music is our go to, and we're here for you with tunes a-plenty; Alice Canton pops in to talk about her upcoming show Year of the Tiger (虎—hǔ); and Jenna pops in with a book to help you do nothing.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: In times like this, music is our go to, and we're here for you with tunes a-plenty; Alice Canton pops in to talk about her upcoming show Year of the Tiger (虎—hǔ); and Jenna pops in with a book to help you do nothing.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: What a beautiful morning; Fabian Fanboy dials in from LA and talks movies to watch at home; Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings in some debatable music; Anne O'Brien joins us to run through the Auckland Writers Festival line up; Roimata pops in to talk about Emilia, a bFM favourite in the theatre world; and Joel Bray joins us amid the Auckland Arts Festival to talk about his show Biladurang.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: What a beautiful morning; Fabian Fanboy dials in from LA and talks movies to watch at home; Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings in some debatable music; Anne O'Brien joins us to run through the Auckland Writers Festival line up; Roimata pops in to talk about Emilia, a bFM favourite in the theatre world; and Joel Bray joins us amid the Auckland Arts Festival to talk about his show Biladurang.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Sherry are holding the fort while Tess has a day off; David Slack says wash your hands, techno legend Ritchie Hawtin has a chat ahead of Beacon Festival this weekend, Troy has some fresh new vinyl for us, and Amelia fills us in on the 95bFM Top Ten. Big chur to that.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's a full studio with Rachel this morning; National MP Nicola Willis dials in to give us the lowdown on what the National Party has been up to; Rob talks birds on The Mind Trench; Rachel had a chat to Donita Sparks from L7 ahead of their gig; and Anthonie Tonnon's on the line to talk about the Mataura Paper Mill.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's a full studio with Rachel this morning; National MP Nicola Willis dials in to give us the lowdown on what the National Party has been up to; Rob talks birds on The Mind Trench; Rachel had a chat to Donita Sparks from L7 ahead of their gig; and Anthonie Tonnon's on the line to talk about the Mataura Paper Mill.
Ahmed Ben Ali - Damek Majeb / اغنية دمعك ماجاب
Yves Tumor - Kerosene!
Polaroids of Polarbears - Hakihea 31 2019
Louisa Nicklin - Speaks To Him
Gil Scott Heron, Makaya McCraven - I'll Take Care of You
Pulp - Mile End
Bjork - Arisen My Senses
Sparrows, Fazerdaze - Gold in the Tide (feat. Fazerdaze)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: A big morning, yikes, thank goodness for all these fantastic tunes; Second Guessing proves rather difficult this morning; the Mayor chats to Rachel about what's going on in Tāmaki Makaurau; and Laura Pedofsky from the University of Auckland talks about Kegel exercises.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: A big morning, yikes, thank goodness for all these fantastic tunes; Second Guessing proves rather difficult this morning; the Mayor chats to Rachel about what's going on in Tāmaki Makaurau; and Laura Pedofsky from the University of Auckland talks about Kegel exercises.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Slowly easing into your Monday after a big weekend; Penelope Noir comes in talking of Crocs, polarising topic; Suri brings in a memoir that is a definite must-read; and we've got plenty of tunes to kick start your week with a bang.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Slowly easing into your Monday after a big weekend; Penelope Noir comes in talking of Crocs, polarising topic; Suri brings in a memoir that is a definite must-read; and we've got plenty of tunes to kick start your week with a bang.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: A beautiful Friday morning, just lovely; very excitingly, the new U.S. Girls album is out today, Rachel's stoked; Dr. Kirsten Zemke is very into Crunk; The Bats pop into the studio to talk about a busy weekend ahead; Same Name Confusion are here and also very excited for Cross Street Music Festival; and Zoë returns with Eve de Castro-Robinson to chat about the Auckland Arts Festival.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: A beautiful Friday morning, just lovely; very excitingly, the new U.S. Girls album is out today, Rachel's stoked; Dr. Kirsten Zemke is very into Crunk; The Bats pop into the studio to talk about a busy weekend ahead; Same Name Confusion are here and also very excited for Cross Street Music Festival; and Zoë returns with Eve de Castro-Robinson to chat about the Auckland Arts Festival.
Each year, IMNZ and The New Zealand Music Comission present Going Global- a Tāmaki Makaurau based conference that brings music industry professionals from around the world to Aotearoa, to connect with NZ musicians. It's a great opportunity for local acts to get a foot in the door with overseas music scenes, and the first collection of panelists for the conference have just been announced. Rosetta caught up with Pippa Ryan-Kidd, chairperson for IMNZ, to talk about the conference. Whakarongo mai nei!
One of the Outrageous Fortune co-writers James Griffin is up in the studio to chat about the cult-classic TV series turning 20! To celebrate, James and Rachel Lang are sitting down to chat with fans this Friday July 18 at Kōmanawa Theatre, Henderson. Whakarongo mai nei!
Alphabethead AKA David Morrison dials in for a kōrero with Milly and Rosetta about his new track 'I'm Lucy Lawless' - an epic launch of his latest electronic music collection, complete with a Xena: Warrior Princess war cry! The trio also catch up about Alphabethead joining the Sun Return whānau, and what we can expect from new music. Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Rosetta and Milly are joined on air by Dr. Sereana Naepi, who is an associate Professor of Sociology at Waipapa Taumata Rau, The University of Auckland. Sereana was an editor on the newly published book Oceans Between Us: Pacific Peoples and Racism in Aotearoa - an unflinching examination of racism in NZ, featuring essays from 13 Pacific academics analysing racism across education, health, justice and society. Whakarongo mai nei!
Continuing on from last week's kōrero with Sam about Battle Jackets, Pennie joins Milly and Rosetta for a chat about the uniforms of various different fandoms and the subcultures that they create! The trio chat Turbojugend, Juggalos, Maggots and more - whakarongo mai nei!
Suri is up in the studio to chat about Mary McCarthy's 1957 memoir Memories of a Catholic Girlhood: a witty, scathing, piercingly insightful and stylishly written reflection on the author's 1920s upbringing. Whakarongo mai nei!
Dr Kirsten Zemke phones into the studio to have a yarn with Annabel and Callum about jazz scat vocals and is evolution this morning on Travelling Tunes!
Playlist: Dizzy Gillespie - Oop-Pop-A-Da (1947-1994 Remastered) Tania María - Yatra – Ta (1981) Mark Murphy - Bebop Lives (Boplicity) (2015)
Cam's picks for today include tracks from Tami Neilson's forthcoming album Neon Cowgirl, The Circling Sun's Orbit, and Kokoroko's Tuff Times Never Last.
David finally clocks the reference in the Political Commentary introduction and discusses how former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern may be called in front of the Royal Commission investigating New Zealand's Covid-19 pandemic to give evidence on the government's response, as well as the discourse in the political and media sphere.
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