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 Elle's interview with shoegaze legends Alison's Halo, Flicks 'n' That with Steve Newall, Sof's interview with James Krivchenia of Big Thief about their sixth studio album 'Double Infinity', and What's Cooking with Joel Field of Ōtepoti-based Pearly*.
Featuring Stage Direction with the castmembers of Mother Play showing next month at Silo Theatre, Baby Zionov and Brad of Créme Jéan phone in to yarn about their free show at Public Bar this Thursday and new music. Later, Peter Lineham phones in for your weekly dose of That's The Spirit, and then Em is in the studio for a yarn about new music and her just-released track Lucky Star.
Featuring some good punk and a touch of electroclash on Rāmere Drive. Punk quartet The Sourare in for Friday Live, brought to you by NZ on Air Musicand our mates at McLeod's Brewery. Whakarongo mai nei to catch a heavy set and get some insight into the band's origins as a Hole covergroup.
Featuring Marijuana Media with Chris, thanks to The Hempstore. John Minto appears in the bFM studio for a kōrero with HALFQUEEN about the maaassive Splore 2026 lineup (Sister Nancy and Nightmares on Wax?!). Later, a delicious tipple recipe courtesy of our mates at Stiffy.
On a stacked and packed day on Wednesday Drive, we unfortunately have no Flicks 'n' that as Steve was in absentia, instead, however, we listened back to Sofia's interview with Freak Slug.
Jim Nothing came in to chat about some absolutely stunning tracks for What's Cooking.
Finally, we listened back to Elle's interview with Flooding, an impressive noise rock trio, based out of Kansas.
Featuring AudioCulture with Martyn Pepperell discussing the career of Philippa McIntyre, also known as DJ Philippa, and more recently as Philippa. Check out Martyn's write-up on AudioCulture.
Featuring That's The Spirit with Peter Lineham and a bunch of epic tunes courtesy of Crawley. Later, General Manager Tom makes a guest appearance for a song request.
Lucia returns for a guest show before she jets off overseas! Featuring local heavy-hitting punk duo TOOMS on Friday Live, brought to you by NZ On Air Music, with thanks to McLeod's Brewery.
Featuring Marijuana Media with Chris Fowlie, thanks to The Hempstore. Later, a delicious recipe on Cocktail Corner, thanks to Stiffy. Plus, listen out for Weapon of the Week!
Featuring an interview with Moin (UK) about their EP 'Belly Up', Flicks 'n' That with Steve Newall, What's Cooking with Dick Move, and an interview with TSENATE about her latest single 'ALL IN'.
Sof chats with Ben Easton, Dottie Cockram and Harry Catchpole of deary (UK) ahead of releasing their debut LP Birdingvia Bella Union on April 3. The album is a curated act of care for the listener, guiding us through its ethereal, dreamy shoegaze, fuzzy guitar tones, and vocal instrumentation, all while giving us these instrumental intervals to reflect as the band considers their place in the world and the consequences of our being as people on this earth.
Birding by deary is out this Friday 3 April via Bella Union, where all good music is found.
Rosa Nevison, co-editor at Newzician Magazine came in with some recommendations after their recent nomination for NZ On Air Outstanding Music Journalism Award at the Taite Awards 2026.
Today Steve brings us some television recommendations! These include Japanese Comedy show You Laugh You Lose, Deadloch and murder series Imperfect Women.
Coming off the back of his self-titled record released September last year, Sof spoke with London-based singer-songwriter mark william lewis ahead of his upcoming Australia and New Zealand tour. Mark talks about balancing solitude and routine on the road, exploring music, art, and poetry in equal measure, and walking the line between vulnerability and ambiguity. Listen back to the long-cut of their interview <3
mark william lewis is playing at Double Whammy on April 6th. Tickets available here.
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