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Today on your bFM Breakfast we're beaming to you live from Real Groovy Records! We've got: live performances from Roy Irwin (sans Piss) and Baby Zionov; piping hot smash-browns from our mates at BurgerFuel; piping hot coffee from our mates at Coffee Supreme; a treasure hunt in the CD bins; Mikey talking a lot about his impending birthday; and Sarah's been sleep scrapping again.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey talks to David Slack about election promises and Metiria's admissions; Independent Music New Zealand's Dylan Pellett drops in for a sneaky embargo break while detailing the upcoming Going Global Music Summit; My Year with Helen director Gaylene Preston talks about her namesake award within the HP48HOURS Film Competition; Troy brings in the best misheard nod to King Curtis around; and Mike talks community and music with electronic musician-turned-Hare Krishna Denver McCarthy.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey talks to David Slack about election promises and Metiria's admissions; Independent Music New Zealand's Dylan Pellett drops in for a sneaky embargo break while detailing the upcoming Going Global Music Summit; My Year with Helen director Gaylene Preston talks about her namesake award within the HP48HOURS Film Competition; Troy brings in the best misheard nod to King Curtis around; and Mike talks community and music with electronic musician-turned-Hare Krishna Denver McCarthy.
Straitjacket Fits - Down In Splendour
Rizván - Life I Chose (feat. Diggy Dupé x Spycc)
B Boys - Discipline
Mac DeMarco - On The Level
The Rakes - The World Was A Mess But His Hair Was Perfect
Barry White - Never Gonna Give You Up
Indi. - Tablelands
Con Descendant - Summer Is Over
U.S. Girls - Window Shades
The XX - Heart Skipped A Beat
P.H.F. - Queen feat. Clairo
Suren Unka - 030
Shapeshifter - Electric Dream (State Of Mind Mix)
Jello Biafra & LARD - Drug Raid at 4am
Jupiter & Okwess - Ofakombolo
Verckys & L'Orchestre Veve - Sex Veve
Ekoplekz - Transience
Die! Die! Die! - How Soon Is Too Soon (It's Not Vintage It's Used)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey blows, and possibly transplants, Rob's mind; His Worship the Mayor calls in early to talk City Missions and sleeping rough; Clayton gives the rundown on the latest Studio Ghibli offering, The Red Turtle; Dr. Annie Goldson talks to Mike about her new doco, Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web; we give away more goodies than we know what's good for us; and Amanda Jane Robinson rounds out our NZIFF segment bMovies by reviewing Jonathan Olshefski’s new documentary Quest.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey blows, and possibly transplants, Rob's mind; His Worship the Mayor calls in early to talk City Missions and sleeping rough; Clayton gives the rundown on the latest Studio Ghibli offering, The Red Turtle; Dr. Annie Goldson talks to Mike about her new doco, Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web; we give away more goodies than we know what's good for us; and Amanda Jane Robinson rounds out our NZIFF segment bMovies by reviewing Jonathan Olshefski’s new documentary Quest.
Ride - Vapour Trail
Suicide - Cheree
Here We Go Magic - Tunnelvision
Girls - Summertime
Head Like A Hole - A Crying Shame
Charlotte Dos Santos - Good Sign
Pharrell vs Beck and a bit of annoying Jay-Z - Frontin' On Debra (DJ Reset Mashup)
Ocean Beach - Inverse
Smashing Pumpkins - Zero
Sisters Of Mercy - Temple Of Love
Foals - Mountain At My Gates (Jagwa Ma Mix)
Dizzee Rascal - Space
Kirin J Callinan - Victoria M.
Golden Bug - Horses
Souls of Mischief - 93 'til Infinity
Semi Lemon Kola - Before Heaven
Tourettes - John Key's Son's A DJ (ft Abraham Kunin)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: gigs, gigs everywhere and not the time to think; Big Ben's chime (really appreciate you didn't go with 'dong' here - Ed.); Penelope outlines eyeliner while Mike cranks the Charles & Eddie; Sarah lets slip her favourite bedtime stories; Ximena doubts the veracity of claims from the NZ Taxpayer's Union; and Dr. Marta's got some sound advice on children's health.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: gigs, gigs everywhere and not the time to think; Big Ben's chime (really appreciate you didn't go with 'dong' here - Ed.); Penelope outlines eyeliner while Mike cranks the Charles & Eddie; Sarah lets slip her favourite bedtime stories; Ximena doubts the veracity of claims from the NZ Taxpayer's Union; and Dr. Marta's got some sound advice on children's health.
Primal Scream - Some Velvet Morning (New Version)
Chelsea Wolfe - 16 Psyche
SoccerPractise - Amene
Popstrangers - Heaven
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Hipocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin (Bonus Track Version)
Roy Irwin - Modern Man
Alex Cameron - Candy May
FIDLAR - Red Right Hand
Massive Attack - Teardrops (The Penelopes version)
Mad Season - Slip Away
Charles And Eddie - Would I Lie To You
JessB - Soul Free
The Icarus Line - Don't Let Me Save Your Soul
Lomboy - Loverboy
Eyes No Eyes - St Guillotine
PJ Harvey - C'Mon Billy
Bobby ò - She Has A Way
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
MELODOWNZ - $on of a Queen (prod. Baccyard)
Ounce - Hooch
Real Estate - It's Real
Ella Fitzgerald - Whisper Not
Mount Kimbie - Blue Train Lines (feat. King Krule)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: big, big news of the wintery dumping kind; Jacinda speaks to Little's swinging dick comments, Winston's bluster and Metiria's honesty; Dom Hoey won't tell us why his Heart Looks Like A Vagina; Sarah's up with her Las Vegas royalty while Troy Van Leeuwen compliments Mikey's questioning style; and Kiran schools us on skiffle.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: big, big news of the wintery dumping kind; Jacinda speaks to Little's swinging dick comments, Winston's bluster and Metiria's honesty; Dom Hoey won't tell us why his Heart Looks Like A Vagina; Sarah's up with her Las Vegas royalty while Troy Van Leeuwen compliments Mikey's questioning style; and Kiran schools us on skiffle.
Prince - She's Always In My Hair
Mermaidens - Sunstone
The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea
Roy Irwin - Demon's Cave
Charlotte Dos Santos - Good Sign
Fujiya and Miyagi - Cassettesingle
Blind Melon - Tones Of Home
Ladi6 - Guru (Karriem Riggins Remix)
Bad Brains - I Against I
Jeff Buckley - Mojo Pin
DMA's - Melbourne
Queens Of The Stone Age - The Way You Used To Do
Folk Implosion - Natural One
The Naenae Express - Dream State
The Strokes - Last Nite (live)
Die! Die! Die! - How Soon Is Too Soon (It's Not Vintage It's Used)
Billy Bragg - The Milkman Of Human Kindness
Denzel Curry - Hate Government
Ice Cream Creatures - I'll Stay
Tool - The Pot
Mr. Lif & Akrobatik (The Perceptionists) - Grab Hold
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Fabian lets Mike in on a little of Tinseltown's finest; Dr. Kirsten brings around the instrument we've all been waiting for; Suzi Jowsey Featherstone talks to us about the state of female mental health in New Zealand; Aussie band The Pinheads seem to have gone a bit too hard the night before their phoner; Matt and Matilda describe their theatrical Cock; and Mike's thwarted in the final minutes by technology. And, erm, minutes.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Fabian lets Mike in on a little of Tinseltown's finest; Dr. Kirsten brings around the instrument we've all been waiting for; Suzi Jowsey Featherstone talks to us about the state of female mental health in New Zealand; Aussie band The Pinheads seem to have gone a bit too hard the night before their phoner; Matt and Matilda describe their theatrical Cock; and Mike's thwarted in the final minutes by technology. And, erm, minutes.
Warpaint - New Song (Soulwax Remix)
Gabriel Garzón Montano - Sour Mango (Seven Davis Jr. Remix)
Pavement - Gold Soundz
Voom - Beth
Portishead - Chase the Tear
Baton De Cul-de-sac - Something
Sueno Latino - Sueno Latino (Illusion Mix)
P.H.F. - Queen feat. Clairo
SoccerPractise - Amene
The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman
James Brown - The Spank (Pt. 1)
Talking Heads - Crosseyed And Painless
Pixies - Debaser
Volcano Choir - Island, IS
Primal Scream - Loaded
B Boys - Another Thing
Funkdoobiest - Wopbabalubop
Kane Strang - Oh So You're Off I See
The Pinheads - Gimmie Back
White Zombie - Welcome To Planet Motherfucker
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Mr. Lif & Akrobatik (The Perceptionists) - Grab Hold
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Jordan Mooney stops by to talk about playing some other dude called Jordan in TVNZ's new Sunday Theatre'The Dance Exponents: Why Does Love?'; Steph keeps her surf spot secrets in the face of Mikey's insistence; Troy joins us a little earlier and we all get a little wiser in From the Crate; Ant Healey and Fazerdaze talk to Mike about songwriting and the 2017 APRA Silver Scrolls longlist announce; and everyone else is either freezing, moving house, or in France.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Jordan Mooney stops by to talk about playing some other dude called Jordan in TVNZ's new Sunday Theatre 'The Dance Exponents: Why Does Love?'; Steph keeps her surf spot secrets in the face of Mikey's insistence; Troy joins us a little earlier and we all get a little wiser in From the Crate; Ant Healey and Fazerdaze talk to Mike about songwriting and the 2017 APRA Silver Scrolls longlist announce; and everyone else is either freezing, moving house, or in France.
Slowdive - Star Roving
Nadia Reid - Richard
Randa - Fashion
Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You
Queens Of The Stone Age - The Way You Used To Do
MC 900 FT Jesus - If I Only Had A Brain
Space Farm - Space Farm
SassyBlack - I'll Wait For You
Parallel Dance Ensemble - Shopping Cart
David Bowie - Young Americans
Chelsea Wolfe - 16 Psyche
The Courtneys - Tour
Kirin J Callinan - S.A.D. (Song About Drugs)
Emmanuel Kahe et Jeanette Kemogne - 'Ye Medjuie'
Songhoy Blues - Sahara feat. Iggy Pop
Richard Pinhas - Variations VII Sur Le Thème Des Bene Gesserit
Swidt - Little Did She Know
Fazerdaze - Lucky Girl
Cut Off Your Hands - Hate Somebody
Die! Die! Die! - How Soon Is Too Soon (It's Not Vintage It's Used)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rob details his recent psychic takeover; Dr. Maria seeds a studio-wide David Lynchathon; Julian Boshier drops in to talk about his sensational Head Like A Hole documentary, Swagger of Thieves, and Ximena runs through the contradictions and questions inherent in the new Laura Poitras documentary on Julian Assange, Risk, as part of our weekly NZIFF segment, 'bMovies'; and Mikey and Sarah yell at a departing Adam from another room.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rob details his recent psychic takeover; Dr. Maria seeds a studio-wide David Lynchathon; Julian Boshier drops in to talk about his sensational Head Like A Hole documentary, Swagger of Thieves, and Ximena runs through the contradictions and questions inherent in the new Laura Poitras documentary on Julian Assange, Risk, as part of our weekly NZIFF segment, 'bMovies'; and Mikey and Sarah yell at a departing Adam from another room.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Chris Marshall, bass in both Miss June and The Miltones, drops in to talk short burst touring; Penelope Noir and Aimee from Tatty's educate on the recycled clothing game; we air our special interview with Baby Driver director Edgar Wright; Simon Velvin stops by to talk all things Semi-Permanent; and we stay in the lobby to learn about the anthropological study of multi-player online video game music.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Chris Marshall, bass in both Miss June and The Miltones, drops in to talk short burst touring; Penelope Noir and Aimee from Tatty's educate on the recycled clothing game; we air our special interview with Baby Driver director Edgar Wright; Simon Velvin stops by to talk all things Semi-Permanent; and we stay in the lobby to learn about the anthropological study of multi-player online video game music.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: we give a hearty shaka to our new surf reporter, Stephanie; Jacinda Ardern uses rude words on air pre-watershed (awesome); Mikey's a Bad Feminist; the team bask in the warm post-deGrasse Tyson glow (apart from Ximena, who has her own stories to tell); and Ange takes verrucas, travel belly and critics to task.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: we give a hearty shaka to our new surf reporter, Stephanie; Jacinda Ardern uses rude words on air pre-watershed (awesome); Mikey's a Bad Feminist; the team bask in the warm post-deGrasse Tyson glow (apart from Ximena, who has her own stories to tell); and Ange takes verrucas, travel belly and critics to task.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jesus Alone
Foals - Providence
The Stooges - Down On The Street
Blue For Noon - Beginnings
B Boys - Discipline
Manic Street Preachers - Loves Sweet Exile
Die! Die! Die! - How Soon Is Too Soon (It's Not Vintage It's Used)
Rosetta catches up with First Nations Artist Miss Kaninna, who is based out of Naarm in so-called Australia. Following the release of her debut EP Kaninna in 2024, Miss Kaninna has had a huge year of touring with the likes of Amyl And The Sniffers and Kneecap, and is heading back to Aotearoa in February, to play the last ever Splore! Whakarongo mai nei.
For our final catch up with The National Party of 2025, Rosetta and Milly have been declined interview requests by 16 Ministers. Rosetta catches up with Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey to chat about his recent comments regarding whether another hike in the alcohol levy is on the cards for 2026. Whakarongo mai nei!
Ladi6 joins Rosetta in the studio for a kōrero about her NYE House Party - taking over Whammy, Double Whammy and Public Bar to bring in 2026 the right way. The night features an all-star lineup of established icons and fresh talent including: Ladi6, Bailey Wiley, Benny Salvador, Christoph El Truento, DJ Pom, DJ Kerb, DylanBiscuit, Lijah, Mokomokai, and Nganeko. Whakarongo mai nei!
For our last Political Commentary of the year, Rosetta and Milly catch up with Lara to recap 2025 and chat about what to look out for in 2026 - election year! Whakarongo mai nei.
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Rosetta and Milly chat with Kavishan Ranatunga, who is a PhD student at the Faculty of Engineering, and is studying the potential for volcanic rock alternatives to cement, to reduce carbon emissions. 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!
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.
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