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 a double bill Friday Live. First up is one of Godzone's most beloved bands The Beths, followed by a killer set from Hans Pucket. Brought to you by NZ On Air Musicand McLeod's Brewery.
Another huge Rāpare Drive, featuring the usual Marijuana Media, an interview with Andrew Ponton, the director of BATI - the first Fijian film to be selected for NZIFF, the first of the our month long fling with Stiffy for Cocktail Corner, and a silly interview with the one and only nonbinary rapper, the voice of Down Under, Jamaica Moana, to talk about their debut album Bud & Deni. Thanks to The Beer Spot!
Playlist
El Sie7e, Tokischa - Te La SingX - Remix
WondaGurl - OCEANS
jackaltheblackal - GARCIAN
Badbadnotgood / Ghostface Killah - Ray Gun (feat. DOOM)
Tippa Lee meets the Naram Rhythm Section - Musically Bad
Nourished By Time - BABYBABY
John Glacier - Fly With Me
Dj Babatr - Sucio feat. LYZZA
TAKATAPUNANI - PERFECT TEN
George Riley - Slow
Nick León - Crush
Hun Lynch - Loloma
freya - Pearl
PollyHill, Samara Alofa - HOME (MOKOTRON REMIX)
Alex Warren, Jelly Roll - Bloodline
1515 - SAFALE
The Clash - Rock the Casbah (Ranking Roger)
Shinehead - Jamaican in New York
Coco Solid - Vailima [Prod. Jizmatron]
Jamaica Moana, Kevin Jz Prodigy - FINALE
Jamaica Moana, Drewza - LIVIN' OUT WEST
Witch - Unimvwesha Shuga feat. Theresa N'Gambi & Hanna Tembo
Today on the show, we listen back to Elle's chat with Voyeur. Steve talks to us about films he's seen during the NZIFF, for Flicks 'n' that. Lilith of Eveline Breaker played us some tracks for What's Cooking. Finally, we heard Sof's interview with Mamalarky. Alongside the usual range of tunes and somewhat coherent banter.
Playlist
Soft Bait - Applause
Joanna Robertson - Days
Voyeur - Anti-Ugly
Cameron Winter - Nina + Field of Cops
james K - Doom Bikini
Valentina Magaletti, YPY - Her Own Reflection
Dale Kerrigan - Mornington Park
Yves Tumor, NINA - WE DONT COUNT
Knitting - Spirit Gum
Ringlets - Sucking on a Surly Pout
Shadow Community 그림자 공동체 - Restless Song 동요
Estère, Fancy Fingers, Winyo - Duog Dala
Princess Chelsea - Aftertouch (Disasteradio Cover)
Nicholas is joined on drive by host of brilliant guests. Including Josh Aoraki from Stardome. Director of Went Up the Hill, Samuel Van Grinsven. And, Audioculture with Yadana Saw to talk about the life and legacy of Christopher Ta'aloga Faiumu aka MU.
Monday Drive on the B! with the legend Matthew Crawley :)) Joined again by Alice Canton for Stage direction, talking over the phone to Tom Clarke from Auckland Theatre Company. Later on That's the Spirit, Peter Lineham chats about the Cambodia-thai dispute.
Steve Newall shares some film recs ahead of NZIFF kicking off this Friday for Flick's 'n' That. Alice Freya Delargey Jones of freya selects some tunes and chats with Sof and Elle about her debut album Of Water for What's Cooking. And Sof interviewed Ceci Sturman, Hannah Pruzinsky, and James Chrisman of Sister. (NYC) about their sophomore album Two Birds.
Ōtepoti band Pearly* for a meeeeean Friday Live set, thanks to NZ On Air Music and McLeod's Brewery. Later Tuva'a is joined by a rotating crew of bFM guests to discuss their picks for this year's Whānau Mārama | NZ International Film Festival.
Former lead vocalist of The Instigators and Kiwi music stalwart - Sonya Waters, shared a number of alternative songs by Kiwi artists that you should know about.
Josh discusses the rescue mission underway for the astronauts stranded at the Tiangong space station, NASA's plans in early 2026 to send a space mission to the moon, and new images of the interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS.
Molly is joined in the studio by Toody Cole, the aptly dubbed 'Godmother of Rock n Roll'. Toody has returned to Aotearoa to play music from the catalogue of the infamous garage-rock pioneers Dead Moon and Pierced Arrows. Toody played bass and sung in both bands alongside her husband Fred Cole, who passed away in 2017. This time around, Toody's band is comprised of Pierced Arrows bandmate Kelly Haliburton, as well as Kelly's bandmate, Christopher March, from Jenny Don't & The Spurs. Toody plays Tāmaki tonight before heading across the country and then making a final stop back at Galatos for The Others Way 2025. Whakarongo mai nei!
Molly speaks with Craig Robertson, a professor in Media Studies at Northeastern University over in the U.S., former writer for Aotearoa’s longest running music mag Rip It Up, who's back in Aotearoa to tour his newly published book, Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly. Published via Auckland University Press, the biographry is a comprehensive account of Knox's life and career from Invercargill to current day. It's an honest account of an artist who's innumerable creative outputs since the '70s have cemented his place as behemoth in the musical landscape and cultural history of this country.
You'll be able to catch Craig in conversation with Russell Brown at Real Groovy from 6pm, alongside Don McGlashan and SJD, Groopchat and Gemma Gracewood.
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