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Flo covering Morning Glory after a couple of months away!
Springtime indie vibes for the first half and a bit of a delve into post-hardcore for the second half!
Suiting the vibe of the lovely sun on this glorious Monday!
Erase Everything - New Year New Idea
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Afterlife (Radio Edit)
Modest Mouse - Tiny Cities Made of Ashes
Unwound - Look A Ghost
Enola Gay - Birth of a Nation
Just Mustard - Deaf
Belladonna - Driving Home For Christmas
The Sour - Frank
Babe Martin - Sundog
Vera Ellen - The Language of Flowers
Swim Deep - King City
Bloc Party - She's Hearing Voices
Girls - Lust for Life
Jamie T - British Intelligence
Marsha - Pemmican
Awning - Cardboard Boat
Betunizer - Imagina Que Matas a Jota
Thrice - Under The Killing Moon
Ecca Vandal - Cruising To Self Soothe
Gouge Away - Wave of Mutilation
Drug Church - But Does It Work?
Pearly* - Not So Sweet
Nomeansno - Stocktaking
Ben Chavasse - Letdown
Oasis - Morning Glory
There's an adolescent flavour to the show today, with music spanning breezy and bittersweet to grungy angst, and a brand new single from Roy Irwin. Thursday host Emma Gleason also talks to director Stella Reid about her short film Stage Challenge, screening as part of the New Zealand International Film Festival, about the complex, creative and cooked extra-EXTRA-curricular activity.
Playlist
French For Rabbits - The Overflow
Ultravox - Vienna
Sonic Boom, Spectrum - True Love Will Find You In The End
for todays tunes I kept it pretty for a sunny day, for Fancy New Band I had Salem Māhia come in to play some beautiful tunes. Thanks to The Tuning Fork!
A bevvy of mid-winter music to lift the mood, including brand new tracks from Georgia Knight and The Circling Sun, plus some classics from the vault like Dam Native, Dimmer and Enigma (cringe or cool?). Listen in for some advice on how to see the New Zealand International Film Festival.
After a hiatus following their first release in 2019, Young Baptistare back with new material. The Tāmaki Makaurau four-piece is comprised of vocalist and guitarist Hugo Collins, drummer Emlyn Williams, Tim Burrows on lead guitar, and Nico Fitzpatrick on bass. Whakarongo mai nei to hear their forthcoming singles, plus a live version of a tune familiar to bFM listeners, Ice Cold Sensation. Keep an ear out for more recorded tunes set for release this year.
Priya Sami stops by the 95bFM studio to talk about Bub, her Taite-nominated music project. Bub's debut album, Can't Even, is a finalist for Best Independent Debut. Priya tells Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason how it feels to have songs she began writing as a teenager acknowledged for such a prestigious prize. They also discuss The Strokes, The Warriors and using music as a coping mechanism. Priya is playing at the Powerstation tonight with The Beths. You can buy Bub's album (irridescent purple vinyl!) on Bandcamp and at all good music stores now.
Holly Shervey joins Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason to talk about her new show Crackhead, which charts the trials and tribulations of a young woman sent to mental health facility The Laast Resort to deal with her addiction issues. Shervey discusses how her own experiences in a mental health unit informed the show, how the whole series came together, and what they used for that visceral faeces scene.
Crackhead is airing on Sky New Zealand’s TV3 and streaming on 3NOW.
This Morning for Fancy New Band we had very fancy and new Tamaki based band, Masc/Femme!Despite not having anything released so far they shredded the studio!
Thursday host Emma Gleason is joined in the 95bFM studio by the Soundscape Sirens trio of MxDicey (Marissa Holder), Talmar (Hannah Berry) and Vanessa Tottle. They discuss how a pilot gig in 2025 (read the bFM review here) turned into a nationwide tour, how they came to play music together and what influences their respective sounds. Catch the Sirens at Whammy Bar on March 14, Christchurch’s Dark Room on March 21 and Hamilton’s Last Place 28 March. Tickets from Under The Radar.
this week piet (birdman 3000) and liv (birdlover 3000) are talking about everyone's fav fatty boom bird, the takahē! the hide and seek champion of aotearoa and truly the biggest comeback story to come out of the murchison mountains.
This morning we had Garage-Punk Tamaki band The Bright Ideas come in for Fancy New Band to play a few tunes and talk about their debut ep 'Bright Sharp Things' !
Local legend and vintage purveyor Alison Reid of Search & Destroy joins Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason in the 95bFM studio (with Jonny Brug in tow) to talk about the return of Karangahape Road's FAM Fashion Art Market and her career of slinging vintage in Tāmaki Makaurau. The trio reminisce about past digs in St Kevins Arcade, Cross Street and Ponsonby Road, discuss how to choose good denim and reveal what you can expect at saturdays market. Alison also unpicks her personal style for the new Morning Glory segment Sound Looks.
FAM Food. Art. Market is on this Saturday, 7 March, from 10am to 2pm in Beresford Square (on Pitt Street) and Mercury Lane.
Local legend and vintage purveyor Alison Reid of Search & Destroy joins Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason in the 95bFM studio (with Jonny Brug in tow) to talk about the return of Karangahape Road's FAM Fashion Art Market and her career of slinging vintage in Tāmaki Makaurau. The trio reminisce about past digs in St Kevins Arcade, Cross Street and Ponsonby Road, discuss how to choose good denim and reveal what you can expect at saturdays market. Alison also unpicks her personal style for the new Morning Glory segment Sound Looks.
FAM Food. Art. Market is on this Saturday, 7 March, from 10am to 2pm in Beresford Square (on Pitt Street) and Mercury Lane.
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