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It's a sunny Wednesday morning and Rachel and Zoë are up in studio to greet the dawn and the fantastic line up of the day's show. First Rob Bollix brings another interesting Mind Trench where they learn the world's wonders from lima beans to 18th century headaches to chocolate milk. Then Pōneke based band Prison Choir pop up for a chat about their single, Tongue, and the band's future plans. Up next is Tim Batt with Mediabatt with all the latest media talk ranging from trucks to espionage. Finally, Amelia D'Screte regails the varied history of the word crazy and its fellow synonyms in Word Salad! Whakarongo mai!
Playlist
Ela Minus - they told us it was hard, but they were wrong
Roy Irwin - Carnation
Amadou & Mariam - M'Bife
Che-Fu - He Kotahi (As One)
Dry Cleaning - Scratchcard Lanyard
Emily Edrosa - Circle of Love (Steve Miller Band Cover)
Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams - Arahura
Jorge Elbrecht - The Clouds Are Gone
Jayda G - Both of Us - Jayda G Sunset Bliss Mix
Solo Ono - I'll Have a Double
four tet - Parallel 4
Broadcast - Tears in The Typing Pool
Good Sad Happy Bad - Blessed
Carb on Carb - It's Been A Rough Year [Live at Upoko Alpine Resort, 13/05/18]
AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove
Goat Girl - The Crack
Death Valley Girls - Hold My Hand
Silicon - Personal Computer
Madlib - Hopprock
Rew - Buttercup feat. P.H.F.
Recitals - Tongue
June Jones - Therapy
Fimo - Talking Now (Baby Zionov Cut)
Moor Mother and Billy Woods - Furies
Fuzz - Spit
Guardian Singles - Tea Lights Exploding
Womb - Dust to Dust
Magik Markers - Find You Ride
Tim Koh - Please Don't Go
Merk - H.N.Y.B.
Palberta - The Way That You Do
Parquet Courts - Hey Bug
Salad Boys - Walking Contradiction (Green Day Cover)
Welcome back to the 95bFM Breakfast Show for 2021! Rachel, joined in studio by Zoë, kick off the year in the crusiest way possible with music and chats, and hopefully you did too. In 2021, 95bFM is still standing strong despite the ever sinking construction pits just outside the window, through which the summer sun brightly blazes. Whakarongo mai!
Playlist
Marlon Williams - Bright Eyes [Art Garfunkel Cover]
The Magic Gang - Believe in Yourself (The Arthur Theme Song)
King Sweeties - Who Wouldn't Want To Be In Love
Kelsey Lu, Yves Tumor, Kelly Moran, Moses Boyd - let all the poisons that lurk in the mud seep out
Nilufer Yanya - Same Damn Luck
Hans Pucket - Comfort [Live at Whammy Bar 25/10/19]
LEAO - MUSIKA MALIE
Emily Edrosa - Action
The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers
Dead Famous People - Barlow's House
Na Noise - Swallow Tail
Fimo - Falling For You - Baby Zionov Version [edit]
Leaping Tiger - Gems
imugi 이무기 - Reflections
Church & AP - Happy Song feat. Deadforest
Little Dragon and Moses Sumney - The Other Lover
Fazerdaze - Little Uneasy
Shygirl - SIREN
Logic1000 - Lagos Gyration [Edit]
MF DOOM - Doomsday feat. Pebbles the Invisible Girl
Samara Alofa - 111
Transistor - Nothing New (Live Session)
Lion Dixon - King of the Bridge
Fray Mysterio - SUG
Wax Chattels - Efficiency
JANG - White Hell
The Chills - You're Immortal
Borrowed CS - Don't Touch
The Avalanches - Wherever You Go feat. Jamie XX and Neneh Cherry
Sarah Mary Chadwick - Let's Fight
The Love In - Late As Usual
Cory Hanson - Paper Fog
P.H.F. - Pretty
The Naenae Express - Everyone Deserves A Holiday
PollyHill - Mentors
BEING. - Count Me In (I've been dragging life(less))
pickle darling - Be Not So Fearful [Bill Fay Cover]
Cate Le Bon - Daylight Matters
Emma- Jean Thackray - Speak No Evil (Night Dreamer)
Woah... new year, new me! It's 2021 and Keria is here to see you into the new year, with a grand ol' recap of some fave tunes from the FORBIDDEN year. Featuring tracks by Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich, u-Ziq, PGX, Apache Dropout, Deerhoof and Benny Sings. Get your groove on! Here's to 2021... ~ ~ ~
Playlist
P.H.F. - New Metal
Baby Zionov - Jeremy [Magnetic Fields Cover]
Gene Krupua & Buddy Rich - Drum Boogie
Riki Gooch & Alistair Fraser - Tutaki
The Virtual Shadow Ensemble - Streaming Consciousness
shannengeorgiapetersen - 8
Sulfate - Cyclone Pt.2
Jad Fair & Daniel Johnston - Casper The Friendly Ghost
µ-Ziq - Durian feat. Kazumi
Matthew Tavares & Leland Whitty - Blue
Church & AP - Happy Song feat. Deadforest
Steve Lacy - Atomic Vomit
recycleifpossible - I can't do anything else ...
Scott Mannion - Juniper Tree
PGX - Chocolate Factory
Bozo - Swim Down
JARV IS... - House Music All Night Long [Radio Edit]
avantdale bowling club - F(r)iends - Live at the Powerstation
a sleepy sounding Charlie hosts the final breakfast show of demon year 2020. 3 hours' worth of topsy turvy tunes, featuring tracks from Demae, Kutiman, Pharaoh Sanders and more!
Playlist
Broadcast - Echo's Answer
Skinny Pelembe - I'll Be on Your Mind
Surprise Chef - Deadlines
Massive Attack - Be Thankful For What You've Got
Demae - Basic Love
Bless the Mad, Edson Sean, ArinMaya - Show Me The Way
Brown Boy Magik - bby girl feat. imugi이무기
Sheep, Dog & Wolf - Two-Minds
Kutiman - Maasai
New Musik - Hunting
International Music System - Mojave
PollyHill - Mentors
The Sonarphonic - Super Breaker
Reservoir, Brandee Younger - Taking Flight
Star Feminine Band - Rew Be Me
Teaspoon, The Waves - Oh Yeh Soweto
Rubi Du - Guiding Star [Mokotron Remix]
Horatio Luna - Patrice
Twinkie Clark - Awake O Zion
Katie Dey - Darkness
Jackie Lynn - Dream St.
SPARKLE DIVISION - For Gato
Ultraista - Tin King
Karl Steven - Daleks
Amamelia - SHAPED LIKE A FRIEND VIP
Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Sunset Village
Jimetta Rose & Voices of Creation - Let The Sun Shine In
Lady Blackbird - Beware The Stranger
Fontaines D.C. - You Said
Soaked Oats - Shuggah Doom
Tour-Maubourg - Ode to Love
Sunshine - Give it To Me
Lou Rawls - Let Me Be Good to You
No Joy - Ageless
Photay - The People
Rew - Buttercup feat. P.H.F.
Viola Renea - Samsara
Ela Minus - they told us it was hard, but they were wrong
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Minimum Brain Size
Today on your bFM Breakfast: A huge day for bFM Breakfast as we head out on the road to give away the Summer Sorted Super Prize Pack, an absolute thrill; Fabian Fanboy dials in to give us a heads up on what films are out now; Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings us some summer chunes; Rachel jumps into the ute with all the prizes to deliver them to Richard; and Sam wraps up his top five tv shows of 2020. Meri Kirihimete bFM fambly!
Playlist
Today on your bFM Breakfast: A huge day for bFM Breakfast as we head out on the road to give away the Summer Sorted Super Prize Pack, an absolute thrill; Fabian Fanboy dials in to give us a heads up on what films are out now; Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings us some summer chunes; Rachel jumps into the ute with all the prizes to deliver them to Richard; and Sam wraps up his top five tv shows of 2020. Meri Kirihimete bFM fambly!
Gregor - The Rock (and the Stars)
Roy Irwin - Warm
ela minus - megapunk [Elkka Remix]
LEAO - MUSIKA MALIE
Guardian Singles - Being Alone
Shame - Snow Day
Fimo - Falling For You - Baby Zionov Version [edit]
Che Fu - Misty Frequencies
Samara Alofa - 111
Dry Cleaning - Scratchcard Lanyard
Daphni - Sizzling feat. Paradise
Cut Off Your Hands - Blue Smoke Draft
p-rallel & Greentea Peng - Soulboy (IZCO Remix)
Goat Girl - The Crack
Leather IMAGE - What You Didn'
King Sweeties - Tonight We Could Go Out Dancing (As If It's The Last)
Andrew Ashong & Kaidi Tatham - Learning Lessens
Solo Ono - I'll Have a Double
Na Noise - Waiting For You
The Beths - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It feels a bit like Christmas Eve (it's not) at bFM as we gear up to draw the winner of the Summer Sorted Super Prize Pack; David Slack pops in to round up the year that's been 2020; Natalie talks us through some of her favourite cookbooks; Troy brings in some spicy discounts and hot tunes; and Sam Harmony and Scarlett from Friendly Potenial pop in to give us the lowdown on their Xmas party.
Playlist
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It feels a bit like Christmas Eve (it's not) at bFM as we gear up to draw the winner of the Summer Sorted Super Prize Pack; David Slack pops in to round up the year that's been 2020; Natalie talks us through some of her favourite cookbooks; Troy brings in some spicy discounts and hot tunes; and Sam Harmony and Scarlett from Friendly Potenial pop in to give us the lowdown on their Xmas party.
Merk - H.N.Y.B.
PJ Harvey - The Wind - Demo
Sinead O Brien - Fall With Me
Steve Lacy - Atomic Vomit
Amelia and Maddy - Christmas, Without You
Borrowed CS - Don't Touch
Samara Alofa - 111
Surly - Wait til the Stick Comes
Yaeji - Waking Up Down
Recitals - Tongue
Cootie Cuties - Panic Attack
SKILAA - Travelling
Mermaidens - Satsuma
Baby Zionov - Bada Ooom. (A Ba Nup Nup Nup Nup Nup Na Na Bada Oooom.)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking the show off with our first and last chat with the National Party's Dr. Shane Reti for 2020; Rob takes us through some of the best and most concerning stories of the year; Hannah from PGX pops in for a chat bout the band and some of their most played tracks on bFM; Tim joins us to talk about the media news; and Amelia gives us her rundown of the best words of 2020.
Playlist
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking the show off with our first and last chat with the National Party's Dr. Shane Reti for 2020; Rob takes us through some of the best and most concerning stories of the year; Hannah from PGX pops in for a chat bout the band and some of their most played tracks on bFM; Tim joins us to talk about the media news; and Amelia gives us her rundown of the best words of 2020.
Habibi - Angel Eyes
Visage - Visage
Goat Girl - The Crack
Schofield Strangelove - Playing It by Ear
Gum Country - Tennis (I Feel OK)
Parquet Courts - Hey Bug
IMPORT4NT - Call Failure
P.H.F. - More/Marsh
Shygirl - SIREN
Wajatta - Marmite
Womb - Dust to Dust
Sulfate - Cyclone Pt.2
PGX - Chocolate Factory
PGX - Peter Gutteridge
Marlon Williams - I Wonder Why [Live at 95bFM 13/11/2020]
Today on your bFM Breakfast: A couple of shout outs to kick off your Tuesday morning; we've got the last round of Second Guessing for the year; Rach had a chat with Zoe from Eggy all the way from Melbourne; Zoë pops in with some very festive theatre recommendations; and we hear from Marlon Williams on Short Player.
Playlist
Today on your bFM Breakfast: A couple of shout outs to kick off your Tuesday morning; we've got the last round of Second Guessing for the year; Rach had a chat with Zoe from Eggy all the way from Melbourne; Zoë pops in with some very festive theatre recommendations; and we hear from Marlon Williams on Short Player.
Big Thief - Love in Mine
Yumi Zouma - Southwark - Alternate Version
Angel Olsen - (Summer Song)
Troy Kingi - Chronophobic Disco
Church & AP, Aidan Fine - MUSTBE
Guardian Singles - Can't Stop Moving
Shame - Snow Day
Lyra Pramuk - Witness
Dry Cleaning - Scratchcard Lanyard
Arcade Fire - Deep Blue
Sheep, Dog & Wolf - Two-Minds
Solo Ono - I'll Have a Double
avantdale bowling club - Money Is All That We Fight About
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's our last week of Breakfast for 2020 and we're really starting to feel festive; the Mayor dials in a day early to catch up with Rachel; Pennie gives us the lowdown on Kim Gordon's iconic Fashun; Being. pops into the studio to talk about playing the Folk Festival and sing us a few songs; Suri rounds up some of her favourite books from the year; and Justine helps us navigate annual leave on Red Dead Redemption.
Playlist
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's our last week of Breakfast for 2020 and we're really starting to feel festive; the Mayor dials in a day early to catch up with Rachel; Pennie gives us the lowdown on Kim Gordon's iconic Fashun; Being. pops into the studio to talk about playing the Folk Festival and sing us a few songs; Suri rounds up some of her favourite books from the year; and Justine helps us navigate annual leave on Red Dead Redemption.
Reb Fountain - Faster
Jamila Woods - SULA (Hardcover)
Lion Dixon - Good Grief
French Concession - Peak
Diggy Dupé - Hype
SKILAA - Travelling
ela minus - megapunk [Elkka Remix]
Sonic Youth - Shadow of a Doubt
Dead Famous People - Goddess Of Chill
No Zu - Talking To A Stranger [Hunters & Collectors Cover]
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.
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!
The legendary Stinky Jim is your bosom selecta i tēnei rā! Catch his show Stinky Grooves (which has been running for almost 30 years!) every Tuesday from 7 - 10pm, or replayed 4 - 7am on Wednesdays. Whakarongo mai nei!
Rosetta and Milly phone up our lovely mates down in Te Whanganui a Tara at Radio Active, Sunaina and Emma! They catch up on the Aotearoa Alternative Awards, and what's happening across the Capital and up in Tāmaki. Whakarongo mai nei!
For our last Travelling Tunes of the year, Kirsten is chatting with Rosetta and Milly about songs that 'tear you up inside' - let's all get in our feelings a little bit ahead of the festive season! Whakarongo mai nei.
Song selections:
Yusuf (Cat Stevens) - Father & Son (1970)
Chet Baker - I get along without you very well (1956)
Sarah McLachlan - When She Loved Me (Toy Story 2) (1999)
It's our last From The Crate of 2025! Cam joins Rosetta and Milly in the studio for a chat about all the wonderful new releases out on the shelves at Southbound today. Just in time for your Xmas shopping - because there's no better gift than some fresh wax! Whakarongo mai nei.
Song selections:
This is Lorelei - Holo Boy
A$AP Rocky - Both Eyes Closed
Viagra Boys - Call of the Wild
For our last catch up of the year, Rosetta and Milly have a kōrero with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson to chat about the newly announced Te Ara Urutau – Climate and Emergency Ready Fund. They also cover some of the Council's goals for the new year. Whakarongo mai nei!
Rosetta and Milly are joined in the studio by the wonderful team behind In The Pitts (aka bFM alumni Rachel, Zoë, Annabel and Callum) - a visual podcast that launched this year to document the Aotearoa indie music scene. They're up in studio to chat about their 2025 Yearbook - which you can pick up in zine-format at Public Bar tonight! Whakarongo mai nei.
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