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Today on your bFM Breakfast: We've all got a little bit of Mondayitis, but nothing a good Star Wars joke can't fix; Justine joins us with some great advice for navigating employer issues during Covid-19; Church from Church & AP dials in for a chat about their latest single and watching the Godfather; and Kiran's been plowing through the Ockham NZ Book Awards fiction shortlist. May the fourth be with you (sorry).
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: We've all got a little bit of Mondayitis, but nothing a good Star Wars joke can't fix; Justine joins us with some great advice for navigating employer issues during Covid-19; Church from Church & AP dials in for a chat about their latest single and watching the Godfather; and Kiran's been plowing through the Ockham NZ Book Awards fiction shortlist. May the fourth be with you (sorry).
Lion Dixon - Luv
BADBADNOTGOOD, Jonah Yano - Goodbye Blue
Daniel Johnston - Freedom
Reb Fountain - The Last Word
Dateline - Don't Know (What to Do With Me) (Live at Neck of The Woods)
Quelle Chris & Chris Keys - Black Twitter feat. MosEL & Nelson Bandela
DIIV - Under The Sun [Live at Laneway 2016]
Perfume Genius, Initial Remix - On the Floor - Initial Talk Remix
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking things off with a bang and it's safe to say Tess's Friday has started off well; Fabian Fanboy throws down his Top Five NZ Films, being sure to set a few boundaries; Dr. Kirsten Zemke takes on a trip into Psychedelic Rock; Lucy joins us to talk about her fond memories of Whammy Bar and Wine Cellar; and Zoë comes through with some hot takes of virtual theatre for the weekend. Happy NZ Music Month!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking things off with a bang and it's safe to say Tess's Friday has started off well; Fabian Fanboy throws down his Top Five NZ Films, being sure to set a few boundaries; Dr. Kirsten Zemke takes on a trip into Psychedelic Rock; Lucy joins us to talk about her fond memories of Whammy Bar and Wine Cellar; and Zoë comes through with some hot takes of virtual theatre for the weekend. Happy NZ Music Month!
Big Thief - Love in Mine
Yaeji - NEVER SETTLING DOWN
SoccerPractise - Haere Mai e Tama
King Sweeties - Let's Just Stay In Bed
Rick Wade - Shinjuku Strut
Sarah Mary Chadwick - Let's Fight
serpentwithfeet - This Hill
Becca Mancari - Hunter
First Move - The Fuse
Fiona Apple - Heavy Balloon
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi Love
PollyHill - Pulp Facts (Live at Whammy Bar 31/05/2019)
Womb - Used To Be
Moon Duo - Free The Skull (Whammy 26 Nov)
The Echo Ohs - The Crawl (Live at The Wine Cellar 26/04/19)
David Bowie - Life On Mars
Kelela - LSDXOXO_TRUTH OR DARE_123 BPM
Anna Calvi - Don’t Beat The Girl out of My Boy [Hunted Version] feat. Courtney Barnett
Dateline - Love Hertz (Live at Neck of The Woods)
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Steady Heart
Holly Afoa - sister
Virtual Shadow Ensemble - New Moon (Whiro)
Wiri Donna - Manuka Money
The Beths - Dying to Believe
Omar S - You Want The Best
Coco Solid - Narratives feat. Brown Boy Magik [Prod. Haz Beats]
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess get confused about time; Rod Oram joins us for Political Commentary to talk economics at Alert Level Three; Tess talks about her journey to making a tasty curry, thanks to Madhur Jaffrey; and Reb Fountain dials in for a chat about her new album out and life in isolation.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess get confused about time; Rod Oram joins us for Political Commentary to talk economics at Alert Level Three; Tess talks about her journey to making a tasty curry, thanks to Madhur Jaffrey; and Reb Fountain dials in for a chat about her new album out and life in isolation.
KeiyaA - Rectifiya
Ariel Pink & Weyes Blood - Tears on Fire
Lala Lala - Destroyer
Borrowed CS, Mara TK - Arch
Rubi Du - Guiding Star [Mokotron Remix]
The Beths - Dying to Believe
serpentwithfeet - A Comma
Cowboy Machine - To The Border
B Beat Girls - For The Same Man
Amnesia Scanner - AS Going feat. LYZZA
Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best
Reb Fountain - Samson
Reb Fountain - Don't You Know Who I Am
Totems - Stunt 151
Koizilla - Weatherperson
Maurice Fulton & Peggy Gou - Jigoo
Best Bets - Older Guys
Quelle Chris & Chris Keys - SACRED SAFE feat. Merrill Garbus, Cavalier & Homeboy Sandman
Carnivorous Plant Society - Bob Dylan (Live at Ellen Melville 16/08/19)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's Wednesday (we think) and this week is just flying by; the Prime Minister joins us to talk about moving into Alert Level Three, student support and housing for homeless; Rob's got a real bag of all sorts this week; another Short Player with The Tacks; Tim's talking money in the Media; and Amelia gives us a speedy but informative lesson on months of the year.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's Wednesday (we think) and this week is just flying by; the Prime Minister joins us to talk about moving into Alert Level Three, student support and housing for homeless; Rob's got a real bag of all sorts this week; another Short Player with The Tacks; Tim's talking money in the Media; and Amelia gives us a speedy but informative lesson on months of the year.
Fiona Apple - Heavy Balloon
Lido Pimienta - Para Transcribir (LUNA)
Bananagun - Out of Reach
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Wah Wah - live in Madrid '19
b-lush - Right
The Cure - A Night Like This
Vanessa Worm - In Heaven We Are
Fold - Concrete Things
Trace Mountains - Dog Country
Kasabian - Stuntman
Quelle Chris & Chris Keys - SACRED SAFE feat. Merrill Garbus, Cavalier & Homeboy Sandman
The Tacks - How Many Times
Khruangbin - Time (You and I)
Virtual Shadow Ensemble - Truth is in the Shadow of a Doubt (feat. Aije & Janina Nana Yaa)
Teenage Fanclub - Star Sign
P.H.F. - GLUE
Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Vicariously Living
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Another short week and a lot of getting take-out for tea; Second Guessing proves just how well the listeners know their stuff; His Worship chats to Rachel about the ongoing water issue, public transport, and council run facilities; and co-founder of Eat Local NZ, Tim, joins us for a chat about how to support local cafes and restaurants.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Another short week and a lot of getting take-out for tea; Second Guessing proves just how well the listeners know their stuff; His Worship chats to Rachel about the ongoing water issue, public transport, and council run facilities; and co-founder of Eat Local NZ, Tim, joins us for a chat about how to support local cafes and restaurants.
Terrence Parker - Love's Got Me High - (Original Vocal Mix)
First Move - The Fuse
Primal Scream - Slip Inside This House
Patti Smith - Free Money
W.A.L.A, Salami Rose Joe Louis - Sacrum Test
shannengeorgiapetersen - demo
Quelle Chris & Chris Keys - SACRED SAFE feat. Merrill Garbus, Cavalier & Homeboy Sandman
The Clean - Anything Could Happen - Live
Supergrass - Going Out
Lawrence Arabia - Auckland CBD, Pt. 2
Kooba Tercu - Fair Game
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Can't Hear My Eyes
Kelly Lee Owens - Night
christoph el' truento - WASHED feat. lui tui
Giantess - Gone Gone Golden
Little Dragon - New Fiction
Repulsive Woman - I Get So Lonely (Live at The Wine Cellar 09/05/19)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Another week down, and some glorious sunshine to top it all off; Fabian Fanboy gives us his Top Five Steven Spielberg movies, absolute classics; Dr. Kirsten Zemke is bringing back New Wave; Hayden from Swallow The Rat joins Rachel to chat about the new album out today and touring in an uncertain time; Zoë's shares her top picks of theatre for the weekend (virtually, of course) and Sunday Painter is back with another lesson, this week.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Another week down, and some glorious sunshine to top it all off; Fabian Fanboy gives us his Top Five Steven Spielberg movies, absolute classics; Dr. Kirsten Zemke is bringing back New Wave; Hayden from Swallow The Rat joins Rachel to chat about the new album out today and touring in an uncertain time; Zoë's shares her top picks of theatre for the weekend (virtually, of course) and Sunday Painter is back with another lesson, this week.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess are make sure to get themselves ready for work *before* the show starts; David Slack shares his hot takes on the current political climate; Tess talks about eggs on Tesscipes; Chris Cudby brings in some funky new tracks to take us through the weekend; and Amelia gives us the lowdown of what happened on the Top Ten last night.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess are make sure to get themselves ready for work *before* the show starts; David Slack shares his hot takes on the current political climate; Tess talks about eggs on Tesscipes; Chris Cudby brings in some funky new tracks to take us through the weekend; and Amelia gives us the lowdown of what happened on the Top Ten last night.
Best Bets - Aerial Photograph
Look Blue Go Purple - 100 Times
Seablite - Heart Mountain
Julia Bardo - Lonely Morning
Slum of Legs - Benetint & Malevolence
Chassol - Savana Céline Aya Pt.II
Sorry - Rosie
Fugazi - Waiting Room
Virtual Shadow Ensemble - New Moon (Whiro)
WHIM - Familiar
The Spectre Collective - Thermal Underground
The Clean - Indigo Blue
Miss Chastity Ranch - Cops and Robbers
Sampa The Great - Mwana feat. Mwanje Tembo, Theresa Mutale Tembo, Sunburnt Soul Choir
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking off the show with a beautifully crisp morning (thanks Rick Breeze) and diving straight into some politics with National MP, Nicola Willis; Rob's giving taking us down the rabbit hole of defrosting; David Farrier joins us to talk all sorts of Webworms; Tim's here to update us on all things media; and Amelia's talking quarantine. Topical.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking off the show with a beautifully crisp morning (thanks Rick Breeze) and diving straight into some politics with National MP, Nicola Willis; Rob's giving taking us down the rabbit hole of defrosting; David Farrier joins us to talk all sorts of Webworms; Tim's here to update us on all things media; and Amelia's talking quarantine. Topical.
Womb - Used To Be
Tami Neilson - Call Your Mama
ana roxanne - I'm Every Sparkly Woman
Melkbelly - Sickeningly Teeth
Team Cat Food - Mind
Beauty Queen - This Time Around
Diggy Dupé - Keke Boy
The Flaming Lips - Race For The Prize
Whitney - Giving Up
The Breeders - Saints
Grace Jones - Hurricane
Amnesia Scanner - AS Going feat. LYZZA
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Steady Heart
four tet - Romantics
Big Thief - Not
Against All Logic - Alarm
Yves Tumor - Strawberry Privilege
Schofield Strangelove - Playing It by Ear
DJ 2FUK2 - DOG SONG feat. DJ DRAGONMASTER [GO NUCLEAR REMIX]
Today on your bFM Breakfast: We're holding it down on bFM with plenty of good tunes to help you through; His Worship catches up with Rachel about the PM's announcement and various other related topics; Larsen chats to us about the new project from Noa Records; and Sam Sinnott returns this week with a show that gets rave reviews all round. Settle in, bFM's got you.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: We're holding it down on bFM with plenty of good tunes to help you through; His Worship catches up with Rachel about the PM's announcement and various other related topics; Larsen chats to us about the new project from Noa Records; and Sam Sinnott returns this week with a show that gets rave reviews all round. Settle in, bFM's got you.
John Maus - Keep Pushing On
Yves Tumor - Strawberry Privilege
Grace Cummings - Sleep
Peel Dream Magazine - Escalator Ism
Vanessa Worm - In Heaven We Are
ESG - Moody
Sampa The Great - Energy feat. Nadeem Din-Gabisi
Björk - Venus As A Boy
Pickle Darling - Greta
The Beths - Dying to Believe
imugi 이무기 - Greensmoke
The Fall - Hit The North Pt. 1
Basic Plumbing - Bad Mood
Lion Dixon - Good Grief
Virtual Shadow Ensemble - Kanohi ki te Kanohi, in a Virtual World feat. Julian Lubin
Virtual Shadow Ensemble - Truth is in the Shadow of a Doubt (feat. Aije & Janina Nana Yaa)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: A foggy Monday in Tāmaki Makaurau, in desperate need of a Wake Up Call and some coffee; Justine's on the line to kick of the week with some top tips for union matters on Red Dead Redemption; Alice Snedden and Rose Matafeo chat to Rachel about Boners of the Heart and their celeb crushes; and Jenna's been ploughing through her reading list, this week special mentions go to Rebecca Solnit's Recollections of My Non-Existence. Plus, some top tips for cooking eggplant. Nice.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: A foggy Monday in Tāmaki Makaurau, in desperate need of a Wake Up Call and some coffee; Justine's on the line to kick of the week with some top tips for union matters on Red Dead Redemption; Alice Snedden and Rose Matafeo chat to Rachel about Boners of the Heart and their celeb crushes; and Jenna's been ploughing through her reading list, this week special mentions go to Rebecca Solnit's Recollections of My Non-Existence. Plus, some top tips for cooking eggplant. Nice.
Motte - Give It To Me
Yves Tumor - Medicine Burn
Cleo Sol - Why Don't You
Totems - Workin Wit
Dick Move - Chop!
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Steady Heart
Cate Le Bon - Daylight Matters
Hans Pucket - Old U Vs the New U
Le Couleur - Silhouette
b-lush - Right
Fiona Apple - Heavy Balloon
Ria Hall - History
Becca Mancari - Hunter
christoph el' truento - nov
Pixies - Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf Mix)
Funkadelic - Can You Get To That
Meer, Kaden Green - Najaf
Yumi Zouma - The Brae
Power Nap - Forever Man
Patti Smith - Because The Night
Quelle Chris & Chris Keys - SACRED SAFE feat. Merrill Garbus, Cavalier & Homeboy Sandman
Rosetta catches up with First Nations Artist Miss Kaninna, who is based out of Naarm in so-called Australia. Following the release of her debut EP Kaninna in 2024, Miss Kaninna has had a huge year of touring with the likes of Amyl And The Sniffers and Kneecap, and is heading back to Aotearoa in February, to play the last ever Splore! Whakarongo mai nei.
For our final catch up with The National Party of 2025, Rosetta and Milly have been declined interview requests by 16 Ministers. Rosetta catches up with Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey to chat about his recent comments regarding whether another hike in the alcohol levy is on the cards for 2026. Whakarongo mai nei!
Ladi6 joins Rosetta in the studio for a kōrero about her NYE House Party - taking over Whammy, Double Whammy and Public Bar to bring in 2026 the right way. The night features an all-star lineup of established icons and fresh talent including: Ladi6, Bailey Wiley, Benny Salvador, Christoph El Truento, DJ Pom, DJ Kerb, DylanBiscuit, Lijah, Mokomokai, and Nganeko. Whakarongo mai nei!
For our last Political Commentary of the year, Rosetta and Milly catch up with Lara to recap 2025 and chat about what to look out for in 2026 - election year! Whakarongo mai nei.
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Rosetta and Milly chat with Kavishan Ranatunga, who is a PhD student at the Faculty of Engineering, and is studying the potential for volcanic rock alternatives to cement, to reduce carbon emissions. Whakarongo mai nei!
It's our last Loose Reads for the year, and Suri's last Loose Reads ever! Rosetta and Milly chat with her about her favourite reads of 2025, whats in her summer reading pile, and her ins and outs for 2026 literature. Whakarongo mai nei!
Christian from eighthirty is up for our final kōrero of the year! This week, we're giving away the boujee new black label Colombian - Sebastian Ramirez beans, so make sure you text in throughout the week to win! Whakarongo mai nei.
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