We're all very excited for Catacombs this weekend, and lucky for us, we've got Vanessa Worm in the studio ahead of the show. Chatting to Sarah about mental health in the electronic world, music labels and what she's been up to in the last little while. Get your tickets now, this is not something you want to miss.
We've lucky enough to have Anthonie Tonnon in the studio ahead of his very exciting upcoming tour, Rail Land. Anthonie chats to Sarah about rediscovering old Rail loops, and creating an experience that is not only magical, but a real journey as well. Chartering trains to extraordinary community venues to play gigs with songs old and new creates what can only be called a magical evening. Get your tickets here, this is a delight that's not to be missed.
Andrew Wilson from Die! Die! Die! is on the line chatting to Rachel about what they've been up to ahead of their gig in December. Is that the sound of a new album coming? Very exciting, stay tuned and get your tickets to the gig here, you don't want to miss this.
Martin Sagadin has directed music videos for all of your favourite bands (Aldous Harding, Ben Woods, Marlon Williams, Tiny Ruins and heaps more) and this morning he popped into studio to talk about his first feature length film 'Spring Interlude'. Tune in to hear more, and head along to one of the screenings at Academy Cinema from December the 5th!
Dharmarat pops into the studio bringing with him his album, which dropped today. After sitting at number one on the 95bFM Top Ten for a solid few weeks, he chats to Rachel about what he's been up to, recording the album and collaborating with his mates. Wrap your ears around this today!
Mark Fisher from the World AIDS Day festival popped into studio this morning to chat about what the festival is and how it is rasing awareness and destigmatising HIV in Aotearoa. Tune in to find out what's on!
Our new media mate, Tim Batt, pops into the studio to give us the lowdown of our complex media landscape. From sales to mergers and everything in between, including a clip from last week's VNZMAs, Tim's here to help us unpack this uncharted territory.
Laneway festival has just announced the food trucks coming to Albert Park for the 2020 festival and, to celebrate, Festival Firector Julian and Alex from Peach's Hot Chicken popped into studio with some tasty (and extremely hot) kai. Will the Breakfast crew survive the legendary 'Holy Cluck' spice wings? Tune in!
This morning we spoke to Luke Wood, Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design at the University of Canterbury’s Ilam School of Fine Arts, about A Short Run: A Selection of New Zealand Lathe-Cut records. Luke has curated the exhibition which celebrates the mahi of legendary Peter King and the weird and wonderful music he has cut. Tune in to hear more- and come on down to the 95bFM Drive Show happening at Objectspace this friday with Pumice and special guests playing live!
Cherhooo it's the VNZMAs! Johnny and Big Hungry were live on the ground at the awards and spoke to heaps of the nominees and winners. We listen back to Troy Kingi (winner of Best Roots and Best Maori Artist), The Beths (winner of Best Group and Best Alternative Artist), and Peter Urlich of Th' Dudes (inducted into the NZ Music Hall of Fame). Awesome!