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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's Monday, we've got coffee and tunes plus a special announcement to kick your week off real nice; Penelope Noir answers a listener request and pays tribute to Gloria Vanderbilt; Kiran joins us to talk about a special book that was a winner of the 2019 International Booker Prize, Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi; and Natural Ange pops into the studio to talk about PMS. A good start to the week.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's Monday, we've got coffee and tunes plus a special announcement to kick your week off real nice; Penelope Noir answers a listener request and pays tribute to Gloria Vanderbilt; Kiran joins us to talk about a special book that was a winner of the 2019 International Booker Prize, Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi; and Natural Ange pops into the studio to talk about PMS. A good start to the week.
Gauche - Flash
Digable Planets - Jettin'
Dirty Pixels - On Ice
Sink Ya Teeth, Future Disco - If You See Me- Future Disco Edit
Christoph El Truento - Loco
Earth Tongue - Hidden Entrance
The Horrors - Who Can Say
Amyl and The Sniffers - Control
Justin Townes Earle - The Saint of Lost Causes
Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
Helado Negro - Seen My Aura
Blam Blam Blam - There Is No Depression In New Zealand
Today on your bFM Breakfast: You might be thinking, 'hey that's not Rachel!' ...and you're right, Sarah's taking the reins this morning; Fabian Fanboy talks some movies and some Twilight Zone and Black Mirror; Matt from Beastwars dials in and talks to Sarah about IV and their upcoming show; and Dylan pops up to the studio to talk about Going Global 2019. Plus cameo appearances from the 95bFM Top Ten's Amelia. Happy Friday!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: You might be thinking, hey that's not Rachel! And you're right, Sarah's taking the reins this morning; Fabian Fanboy talks some movies and some Twilight and Black Mirror; Matt from Beastwars dials in and talks to Sarah about Four and their upcoming show; and Dylan pops up to the studio to talk about Going Global. Plus, cameo appearances from Amelia from the Top Ten. Happy Friday!
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's really getting cold, Rachel even had to de-ice her car this morning, yikes; Rod Oram calls in for the US to talk about a wee reshuffle in NZ politics, and some proposed changes to voting; Leisha comes in to talk about citrus fruit on this crisp morning; Concord Dawn are in the studio chatting about 20 years of drum and bass; Troy's got a few tunes he's amped about; and Amelia runs us through the Top Ten. Warm up with some Breakfast.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's really getting cold, Rachel even had to de-ice her car this morning, yikes; Rod Oram calls in for the US to talk about a wee reshuffle in NZ politics, and some proposed changes to voting; Leisha comes in to talk about citrus fruit on this crisp morning; Concord Dawn are in the studio chatting about 20 years of drum and bass; Troy's got a few tunes he's amped about; and Amelia runs us through the Top Ten. Warm up with some Breakfast.
Toy Love - Sheep
ORION - Time for Crime
Sampa The Great - Final Form
Yamasuki Singers - Yamamoto Kakapote
Jamila Woods - BETTY (for Boogie)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Organ Farmer
Twerps - Back To You
Kirin J Callinan - It Takes A Muscle [Spectral Display Cover]
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel, Tess and Rob are all waking up with a good chinwag and a cuppa coffee; this week on The Mind Trench, Rob's feeling a little more positive and shares some wholesome tips; Rachel talks to our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, about Kiwi-Build, KiwiRail and some proposed voting changes; and one of the curators of the World Press Photo Exhibition, Yi Wen Hsia, pops up to the studio to chat with Rachel about this years entries.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel, Tess and Rob are all waking up with a good chinwag and a cuppa coffee; this week on The Mind Trench, Rob's feeling a little more positive and shares some wholesome tips; Rachel talks to our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, about Kiwi-Build, KiwiRail and some proposed voting changes; and one of the curators of the World Press Photo Exhibition, Yi Wen Hsia, pops up to the studio to chat with Rachel about this years entries.
Skinny Pelembe - No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish
Kurt Vile - Loading Zones
Purple Pilgrims - Two Worlds Apart
Little Dragon - Klapp Klapp
Cereal Killer - Being Cool
Reserve Game - Your Whip
Liam K. Swiggs - BEFORE 2 DAY
Stonefield - Sleep
Courtney Barnett - Nameless, Faceless
Sonic Youth - Superstar
Voom - Now I Am Me
Pip Blom - Don't Make It Difficult
Black Lips - Smiling (Radio Edit)
Jordan Rakei - You & Me
Terrible Truths - Lift Weights
Sassy 009 - Pretty Baby
Surf Friends - Outdoors
Sons of Kemet - My Queen Is Harriet Tubman
Equip - Cemetery Moonglow [Satin Sheets Remix]
Preoccupations - Espionage
Róisín Murphy - Incapable [Edit]
Justin Townes Earle - Can't Hardly Wait
Mystic Braves - Bright Blue Day Haze
Straitjacket Fits - Joyride
Bauhaus - Telegram Sam
Neneh Cherry - Faster Than The Truth
M.I.A - Baddygirl
Dick Diver - Calendar Days
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - How Long Do I Have To Wait For You?
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess talk movies and keeping warm after Rick Breeze's cold weather warnings; another round of Search & Destroy in the quest for a year's worth of free Orcon internet; His Worship talks Matariki, free transport and gambling; Sandra Reid from NZIFF comes in to join the chat about movies and the film festival programme; Sam's got some Big Little Lies on his mind; and Deb Polson talks about the University's new Design degree.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess talk movies and keeping warm after Rick Breeze's cold weather warnings; another round of Search & Destroy in the quest for a year's worth of free Orcon internet; His Worship talks Matariki, free transport and gambling; Sandra Reid from NZIFF comes in to join the chat about movies and the film festival programme; Sam's got some Big Little Lies on his mind; and Deb Polson talks about the University's new Design degree.
Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Dirty Pixels - Spacesuit
Molly Burch - Only One
The Mint Chicks - Bad Buzz
Sister Sledge - Thinking of You
Golden Grrrls - New Pop
Róisín Murphy - Incapable [Edit]
Justin Townes Earle - Can't Hardly Wait
Burial - Claustro
Grass Widow - To Where
Lawrence Arabia - Everything's Minimal w/ Tiny Ruins
Depeche Mode - Spacewalker
Miss June - Best Girl
raveena - Nectar
Soaked Oats - Don't Chew
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel's feeling bright and sprightly this Monday morning; Penelope Noir talks berets, fashion and history this week; Matthew and Tom join Rachel to talk about Strange Things; Jenna's talking about Handmaid's Tale and more importantly, The Farm; and Natural Ange is here with some tea suggestions to help you stress less. And lucky for you, Monday's are for exciting announcements, yay.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel's feeling bright and sprightly this Monday morning; Penelope Noir talks berets, fashion and history this week; Matthew and Tom join Rachel to talk about Strange Things; Jenna's talking about Handmaid's Tale and more importantly, The Farm; and Natural Ange is here with some tea suggestions to help you stress less. And lucky for you, Monday's are for exciting announcements, yay.
The Aggro Men - Ropes & Chains
Rotary Connection - I Am The Black Gold of the Sun
Gregor - This Heat
Stonefield - Sleep
Mitski - Why Didn't You Stop Me?
Earth Tongue - Probing the New Reality
Ariel Pink & Weyes Blood - Tears on Fire
Jordan Rakei - Rolling into One
Babe Rainbow - Love Forever
Jay Som - Pirouette
Pipe-Eye - Inside/Outside
Justin Townes Earle - If I Was the Devil
The Screaming MeeMees - Till I Die
Sampa The Great - Final Form
prince - Raspberry Beret
Moodymann - I'll Provide
Same Name Confusion - Trudy
French Vanilla - Joan of Marc by Marc
Arcade Fire - Deep Blue
Surf Friends - Outdoors
Peaking Lights - Mirror in the Sky
Flying Lotus - Burning Down The House feat. George Clinton
Kirin J Callinan - The Whole of the Moon [Waterboys Cover]
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess are excited for some Friday Breakfast, Drive Island, and a sleep in over the weekend; Fabian Fanboy's got some hot new releases to fill up these cold winter days; Dr. Kirsten Zemke educates us on Math Rock; and Zoë joins us with Kate from Fleshies to talk body stigma and theatre.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess are excited for some Friday Breakfast, Drive Island, and a sleep in over the weekend; Fabian Fanboy's got some hot new releases to fill up these cold winter days; Dr. Kirsten Zemke educates us on Math Rock; and Zoë joins us with Kate from Fleshies to talk body stigma and theatre.
Moana and the Tribe - Tū
Alvvays - Adult Diversion
Marlon Williams - What's Chasing You [Live at 95bFM - 30/11/18]
Death Valley Girls - Street Justice
Rozi Plain, Boxed In - Friend City- Boxed In Remix
Contenders - Teenage Crybaby
Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds - Kris Kringle ju Ju
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Moodymann - I'll Provide
SPAWTS - Piss in the Wind
Frankie Cosmos - Windows
Deaton Chris Anthony - 1999 She
Air - Sexy Boy
Mary Lattimore - Glamorous Mom
(Sandy) Alex G - Gretel
Astro Children - Play it as it Lays
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Kill Them Dreams Money Worshippers
Scott Mannion - Be Your Mine
Pvnisher - Private Hell
raveena - Nectar
Same Name Confusion - Trudy
Mbongwana Star ("bow-enna star") - Malukayi ft Konono No. 1
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toro y Moi - Bombs Away- Toro y Moi Remake
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's Thursday, it's a full moon and we're serving up a healthy plateful of Breakfast; Rod Oram talks a huge amount of politics with Rachel this morning, international and national; Leisha talks beersies and foodsies; him joins Rachel to talk about touring Aotearoa and creating her latest album; Troy brings in some jazzmatazz and tasty treats; Qiane dials in to talk celebrating Matariki; and Amelia gives us the goss on what went down in the Top Ten last night.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's Thursday, it's a full moon and we're serving up a healthy plateful of Breakfast; Rod Oram talks a huge amount of politics with Rachel this morning, international and national; Leisha talks beersies and foodsies; him joins Rachel to talk about touring Aotearoa and creating her latest album; Troy brings in some jazzmatazz and tasty treats; Qiane dials in to talk celebrating Matariki; and Amelia gives us the goss on what went down in the Top Ten last night.
Miss June - Best Girl
U.S. Girls - Damn That Valley
Deaton Chris Anthony - 1999 She
Surf Friends - Outdoors
The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Gamma Knife (Live at Laneway 2017)
Jordan Rakei - You & Me
Colbey - Out My Window
Loyle Carner - Ottolenghi
Purple Pilgrims - Two Worlds Apart
Palberta - Sound Of The Beat
Ty Segall - Taste
Justin Townes Earle - The Saint of Lost Causes
him - these girls
Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
Damon Locks, Blacl Mountain Ensemble - The Colors That You Bring
Folk Implosion - Natural One
A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (We've Got)
Jane Weaver - Element (Loops Variation)
Tomasa Del Real - Neoperreo Bailoteo
BEA1991 - did you feel me slip away?
Soaked Oats - Don't Chew
Borrowed cs - Don't Stand Alone
Contenders - Dead Brain Rot
Digable Planets - Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Studio is packed nice and early this morning, with coffee on tap; Rob's got some research that's made him a little sad, but also, puppies; Carl and Dylan from Loop group join us to talk about their bike makers space being turned into a carpark, ironic; and Chippy's in studio to talk about First Thursday's, a reason to get out of the house in winter. Warm up with Wednesday Breakfast, nice.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Studio is packed nice and early this morning, with coffee on tap; Rob's got some research that's made him a little sad, but also, puppies; Carl and Dylan from Loop group join us to talk about their bike makers space being turned into a carpark, ironic; and Chippy's in studio to talk about First Thursday's, a reason to get out of the house in winter. Warm up with Wednesday Breakfast, nice.
Primal Scream - Movin' On Up
Wurld Series - Grey Men
Wolf Alice - Space & Time
Lucky Boy^ - Maybe, Listen? feat. Bray Bray
Cat Power - Ruin
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
French Vanilla - Joan of Marc by Marc
Scott Mannion - Be Your Mine
Seazoo - Dig
Rizván - GET UP feat. BeNZa
Ounce - Crocodile
Laura Marling - Nothing, Not Nearly
The Chills - Pink Frost
(Sandy) Alex G - Gretel
Feist - Century
Jordan Rakei - Nerve [Ross From Friends Remix]
Mount Kimbie - Blue Train Lines (feat. King Krule)
Peach Kelli Pop - Dreamphone
Moana and the Tribe - Tū
SPAWTS - Piss in the Wind
The Mauskovic Dance Band - Late Night People
Justin Townes Earle - The Saint of Lost Causes
Suede - Animal Nitrate
The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So
The B-52's - Give Me Back My Man
Brian Tamaki and the Kool Aid Kids - Tunnel Vision
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's Tuesday, the day Rachel reckons is a real hump day; Search & Destroy strikes again; His Worship talks a climate emergency, one million trees, and recycling, yikes; Sam comes in for Viewmaster with Tales of the City; and Professor Michael Witbrock talks computer system and AI. Wowee.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's Tuesday, the day Rachel reckons is a real hump day; Search & Destroy strikes again; His Worship talks a climate emergency, one million trees, and recycling, yikes; Sam comes in for Viewmaster with Tales of the City; and Professor Michael Witbrock talks computer system and AI. Wowee.
Jarod McTaggart is a Masters student at the School of Biological Sciences. Jarod is studying towards a Masters in Science, Biosecuirty and Conservation. Jarord and Jonny chat about pekapeka/bats, echolocation and the co-evolution between pekapeka and moths.
Jenna from Time Out Bookstoretalks to us about the new book from Becky Manawatu called Kataraina - it's an intense read and follows on from Aue, whilst taking a different stylistic tack.
This Saturday is also Aotearoa New Zealand Bookshop Day and it's happening all across local bookstores in Tāmaki Makaurau in 12th October 2024!
Jim White spoke to Jonny about the self-titled debut album from The Hard Quartet, released last Friday as well as how the supergroup formed and an exciting tour planned for next year. Whakarongo mai nei ~
Holy smokes! The second lineup drop for The Others Way is out of this world, listen back to Jonny chat to legend Ladyhawke about all the goodstuff lined up for this year's festival.
Litia has returned from Fiji, and is back to tell us all about Nobody Wants This the new romcom series on Netflix starring Kristen Bell - it's juicy, silly and worth a binge!
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