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The weather in Tāmaki Makaurau continues to be absolutely awful (we hope you're doing okay out there!) but the radio is here to keep you company. Today we've got some Political Commentary with Associate Professor Dr. Lara Greaves, Rob chats Mr. Blobby and black bears on The Mind Trench, Andwhan from The Big Fresh Collective is on the line to chat about his new EP, and Amelia's here for Word Salad! Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
pickle darling - Everything Is Flammable
Theia - Pray 4 Me
Julia Jacklin - Just To Be A Part [Bill Fay Cover]
LIPS - Heave Ho
Surf Friends - Something Real
Bill Callahan - So Long, Marianne
Blair Parkes - if you wanna forget
Ghost Woman - The End of a Gun
Beverly Glenn-Copeland - In the Image
Roy Irwin - Clover
The Specials - Gangsters
Hybrid Rose - Take Me Out (feat. Ryan The God) [Young Gho$t Flip]
Peaches - Lovertits
ANDWAHN - BLUFFIN (THINK FLIP)
ANDWAHN - GIVE IT UP 2 ME (JAZZ1E EDIT)
Television - Marquee Moon
The Courtneys - Point That Thing Somewhere Else
El Michels Affair & Black Thought - Grateful
The Leonard Simpson Duo - My Inspiration
christoph el' truento - cloudy subtropical
Marlon Williams - Slipping Away (Max Merritt & The Meteors) [Live at 95bFM - 30/11/18]
Bic Runga - Belle
Belle & Sebastian - Talk To Me Talk To Me
Vagabon - Reason To Believe feat. Courtney Barnett [Karen Dalton Cover]
It's a damp Tuesday morning, and Rachel and Zoë take you through from 7 until 10 with a special edition of A Room of One's Own with Salene where she shares advice and help for renters who are struggling after the Auckland floods, the Creative Director of Auckland Pride Festival, Nathan Joe, is on the line for a kōrero, Janina Nana Yaa chats about their F.O.L.A. show on Stage Direction, and we learn about anauralia on Ready Steady Learn! Whakarongo mai nei, and sending out much aroha to everyone affected by the floods over the weekend xx
It's Thursday morning and on the Breakfast show we have Rod Oram on the line for some much needed Political Commentary, an early spin of the fantastic new Theia track 'Pray 4 Me' and a kōrero too, Jim's here for all your garden needs on Greening Out, and Roy Irwin chats about their new single 'Clover'. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
HUMMUCIDE - The Moon
Haz & Miloux - Three
Kate NV - meow chat
The Naenae Express - Sea Anemone
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA - RYDEEN
Soft Plastics - Disembody
Lawrence Arabia - The Developed World
Dehd - Eggshells
Dead Famous People - So Many Flowers
The Beths - Change in the Weather
Goat - Chukua Pesa
Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin - Savanne
Jim Nothing - Yellow House
Varda - Intrusive Thoughts & Late Nights
Santigold - Fall First
Body Beat Ritual - Disco Ghost
TE KAAHU - Pai Maarire
Theia - Pray 4 Me
Black Market Karma - Heady Ideas (Joakim Åhlund Remix)
Roidz - TRU LUV (i quit)
Les Big Byrd - I Gave It All Up For You
Neil MacLeod - Mouthshut (Proteins of Magic Remix)
Rozi Plain - Agreeing For Two feat. Alabaster DePlume
It's the hard launch of Breakfast 2023! Whakarongo mai nei for some Fashun with Penelope Noir, Loose Reads with Jenna, and all the tunes and chats your heart desires.
Playlist
Erny Belle - Island Time
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control
Recitals - The Pip (ABG Remix)
Bjork - Come To Me
EGGY - Upon Reflection [Traffik Island Remix]
Te KuraHuia - Uha
Decisive Pink - Haffmilch Holiday
Julien Dyne - Hours feat. Ladi6 (Lord Echo Remix)
Princess Chelsea - Time
Bored Lord - Turn Up Your Radio
The Courtneys - Point That Thing Somewhere Else
Buffalo Tom - Sunflower Suit
Leonard Charles - Nine Lives feat. Leroy Burgess
Bleeding Star - Why Do Parties Have to be so Loud
Ladi6 - Beffy
Young Fathers - I Saw
Borrowed cs - Selflessness
Gold Medal Famous - It's a waste of time
deepState - Butterfly
Hybrid Rose - Take Me Out (feat. Ryan The God) [Young Gho$t Flip]
Tiny Ruins - The Crab / Waterbaby
jackaltheblackal - WHITMAN FEVER
Opposite Sex - Combine Harvester
DUSTY & GHOS - NARCOS
Black Market Karma - Heady Ideas (Joakim Åhlund Remix)
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots pt. 1
Neil MacLeod - Mouthshut (Proteins of Magic Remix)
Olly from Universal Harmony covers bFM Friday breakfast. Playing some late night radio staples... UKG, alt-Country, non-alt country, and some student radio classics from way back in 2016...
Playlist
bill frisell - Once Upon a Time In The West
Young Gho$t - Saturday Night
Jang Pill Soon - Confession
Brett Adams - Black Clouds in Stereo
aridni orca - Crushed
Frou Frou - A New Kind of Love
Kieran Tahir - Roti Flip
Dido, R+ - Summer Dress
Yung Lean (ft Bladee and Ekko 2k) - Summertime Blood
Blair Parkes - if you wanna forget
Voom - B Your Boy [Live at Golden Dawn 07/12/16]
The Streets - Weak Become Heroes
Zsela - Earlier Days [Sunship Remix]
Haz & Miloux - Three
Wormstar - Some Things Don't Even Matter
Roy Irwin - Demon's Cave
Raiza Biza - Get Money
Mustafa - Air Forces
Daniel Blumberg - On&On
Ichiko Aoba - Hikari no Furusato
Gillian Welch - Everything is Free
Wilco - Jesus, etc
Don't Run
Birdfeeder - Time Blind
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, London Symphony Orchestra - Movement #5
The Cavemen. - Stranger BOP - 2gether Mallrat - Teeth Connan Mockasin - K is for Klassical Mainline Magic Orchestra - Tranchera The Smashing Pumpkins - Luna Raiza Biza - Get Money Future Islands - Tin Man Epoch - Generation Kurt Vile - Like Exploding Stones Neil Macleod - Mouthshut (Proteins of Magic Remix) Kurt Vile - Fo Sho Low End Activists - Amphibious Centurions (Logos Rebuild) Alex G - No Bitterness Grecco Romank - Greek Fire (Amamelia Remix) Okay Kaya - La Meg Cyrus - Manhatten Blues Steffi - Irreversible Cessation Ozwald - Lord of the Buss Kahn - Abattoir Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date With The Night Modest Mouse - Gravity Rides Everything Backward Yard - Loser Sainté - Compare Vanessa Worm - Lost Memories Eaves Wilder - Morning Rain Death Grips - No Love Skeptical - Fibonacci Sequence Tyrone, Jubei - Broon Sauce King Krule - Rock Bottom (Live) Ghost Woman - The End of a Gun Habibi - Siin Alessi Brothers - Seabird Animal Collective - Leaf House Crywank - Memento Mori
It's the last show of soft launch week, and Rachel and Zoë take you through from 7 until 10 with chats, tunes, and Louisa Nicklin in the studio! Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
The Courtneys - Point That Thing Somewhere Else
Ria Hall - Owner
Black Belt Eagle Scout - Nobody
Maria Minerva - Down Low (Motor City You Make Me Wanna)
Agung Mango - GUAP POP ft Genesis Owusu
Leaping Tiger - Gooey
Office Dog - In the Red
Recitals - The Pip (ABG Remix)
Iti Bubbas - So Fine
Shygirl - Firefly
Ripship - The Great Filter
KÉDU CARLÖ - Sabi Sabi (Radio Edit)
Porpoise - Do What You Want - A Mirror Ritual Reflection
Christoph El Truento & Lucky Lance - Always Sunny In Ōmāpere
Adam Tukiri x Hor - Out of It feat. deadforest
Finn Johansson - There Were Things That I Forgot
serpentwithfeet - Fellowship feat. Sampha & Lil Silva
Silas Futura - CTRL S Ft. Fable
Grecco Romank - Worm Regenerate - Eden Burns Remix
Listen back to Milly and Rosetta chatting with all the winners at the IMNZ Taite Music Prize 2026! They sat down after the awards with KOMMI on behalf of Marlon Williams, winner of the Taite Award for Te Whare Tīwekaweka, Geneva AM winner of Best Independent Debut for PIKIPIKI, Carmel Bennett winner of the Independent Spirit Award, and Newzician winners of the Outstanding Music Journalism award. Whakarongo mai nei!
Rosetta and Milly catch up with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson to chat about changes to the legal loophole through which illegal boarding houses are operating in Tāmaki Makaurau, and the large amounts of reports of illegal dumping across the city. Whakarongo mai nei!
Rosetta and Milly catch up with Penelope Noir after the Taite Awards last night - to chat about all the best looks from the evening! Whakarongo mai nei!
As a little mid-week treat for you, Jenna is up in the studio chatting pukapuka for Loose Reads - after the long weekend! She chats with Rosetta and Milly about Lily King, who Jenna is chatting to at the Auckland Writers Festival on Sunday May 17! Whakarongo mai nei.
Gab Vincent joins Rosetta and Milly in the studio for a chat about some of her mahi with the Auckland Writers Festival this year - including Streetside and Plot Twist, the latest addition to the lineup on May 17 which features a takeover at Q Theatre aimed at rangatahi! Whakarongo mai nei!