Pharaoh Swami joins us after a huge couple of weeks with Black Lives Matter protests in Aotearoa, and ahead of the Phoenix Summit: Rising tomorrow afternoon. Pharaoh chats to Rachel about the importance of looking inwards when it comes to tackling racism and prejudice, and how he got into music. Don't miss this event, get your tickets here.
Soft Plastics have a new single out and we're lucky enough to have Sophie on the line, all the way from Pōneke, to run us through what this track is about. Check it out on their Bandcamp here.
Deb5000 are one of our Fancy New Bands playing tonight at Whammy Bar (for free!) and Jess and Ciara popped in for a chat. You can catch them live at 9.30pm, but come down early to see the full line-up: Fable, Ripship, Dharmarat, Crap Date and Elegant world! And if you can't make it in person, you can tune-in on the radio or watch the live stream on the 95bFM facebook page.
Dharmarat is one of our Fancy New Bands performing this friday at Whammy Bar. He popped into studio to chat to us about his record WLKNZ, what he's been up to over lockdown, and what to expect from his set on friday. Tune in, and come geg! (It's free!)
Courtney Marvin (The Courtneys) and Connor Mayer have a fuzzy new guitar band called Gum Country. The spoke with Rachel this morning livefrom L.A. about their brand new album 'Somewhere', catching coronavirus, and Black Lives Matter protests happening on their doorstep. Tune in!
Queen of mournful bangers, Phoebe Bridgers, is back with her sophmore album, 'Punisher', out now via Dead Oceans. Rachel caught up with the L.A. based musician to have a chat about making the new record, working with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus on boygenius, ol' coronavirus and more. Tune in!
Los Angeles musician Christian Lee Hutson has worked with many indie stalwarts including Boygenius, Better Oblivion Community Centre and Phoebe Bridgers. Now he is taking centre stage with his own debut record 'Beginners', out now via ANTI- records. Tune in to hear his chat with Rachel about making the album.
Diggy Dupé joins us on Breakfast for a special spin of his brand new track CT&T. Rach chats to Diggy Dupé about making music over lockdown, the forthcoming album and how this track came to be.
We're joined by Noah Slee in the studio to chat about his latest single 'Here For It All' featuring Mike Nasa. Noah catches up with Rach, post-lockdown, about everything going on around us and the importance of music bringing people together.
Dr. Melani Anae is a senior lecturer in Pacific Studies at The University of Auckland, and an original member of the Polynesian Panthers. Today marks 49 years since the Panthers began, and this morning Melani spoke to us about how the group came to be and some of her experiences as a member.
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