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Full interview uploaded later in the week! Thank you so much to Pat for taking the time to have a yarn with me a couple weeks back via Zoom. Excited to share a brief part of our long chat, where Pat unpacks the process and fixations that led to their amazing NTS radio show Realistik Radio. Full interview here!
Lucia starts the morning off with some psych rock before being joined by the lovely Valen for Fancy New Band and playing some surfy tunes for a rainy day.
Playlist
Wooden Shjips - Black Smoke Rise
Kikagaku Moyo - Dripping Sun
Altin Gün - Rakıya Su Katamam
Vera Ellen - Fake Milk
Dry Cleaning - Hot Penny Day (Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul Remix)
Denzel takes over the late morning hours to liven up your Thursdays with an eclectic set of tunes accompanied by some stellar chat and good nostalgic vibrations as he delves into video game soundtrack history to bring everyone’s favorite radio spot ‘video game soundtrack gems.'
Jade hosted special guest Myshelle ( @myshellemusic._ ) on segment Moody Music Mondays! She shared some beautiful originals showcasing her background in classical and musicals productions, and then DJ'd some of her fave metal tracks later in the show.
Lucia plays a bunch of "indie rock with sneaky shreds at the end," notably, Bull Believer from the new Wednesday album, Rat Sees God and Disembody from Aotearoa's own Soft Plastics' recent debut album, Saturn Return.
Spdrtwnbby joins us for Fancy New Band
Playlist
Pavement - Harness Your Hopes
Fazerdaze - Flood Into
Deva Mahal - Will Anything Change
Neil MacLeod - Taller Than Trees - Amamelia Remix
JessB - 09 To The World Freestyle
Leaping Tiger - Honest feat. Pollyhill
Spdrtwnbby - Fancy New Band
Jujulipps - Saucy
Dry Cleaning - Hot Penny Day (Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul Remix)
wednesday - Bull Believer
Wombo - Backflip
The Beths - Expert In A Dying Field
Parquet Courts - Outside
Wet Leg - Being in Love
Habibi - Hate Everyone But You
Soft Plastics - Disembody
Ballot Box - Hanuman
Drab Doo Riffs - I'm Depressed
Courtney Barnett - Nameless, Faceless
Courtney Barnett - I'm Not Your Mother, I'm Not Your Bitch
Denzel takes over the late morning hours to liven up your Thursdays with an eclectic set of tunes accompanied by some stellar chat and good nostalgic vibrations as he delves into video game soundtrack history to bring everyone’s favorite radio spot ‘video game soundtrack gems.'
HAPPY EASTER MONDAY! This weeks exciting episode featured Jefferson Chen from Auckland indie band Goodspace playing some soulful solo tunes. Check out Jeff playing some solo tunes and dancing at epic show "I Don't Wanna Dance Alone" at The Factory Theatre from 20th-22nd April. Also if you're feasting for some live heavy music lead by some badass females come through THIS FRIDAY April 14th at Ding Dong Lounge to see show "Nasty Girls" feat bands Club Ruby, Venom Dolls, Lost Vessels and Cherry Punch.
Playlist
Feat a track rec from Jefferson and a new Vietnamese tune I've discovered! <3
Nina Simone - Baltimore
Overmono - Good Lies
Eden Burns, Christopher Tubbs - Made Of Brass (Original Mix)
Tom Hardie - Outside
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Meshuggah
Ben Woods - Wearing Divine feat. Lucy Hunter
Ringlets - Sever
Altin Gün - Rakıya Su Katamam
Proteins of Magic - Divine Physics
ANDWAHN - A Fragmented You
Richard Hawley - Tonight The Streets Are Ours
Pulp - Common People
Arahi & TE KAAHU - E Ipo
Suboi - Best Friend
Mallory Mark - Thorns
Adam Neeley, Jessica Kion, Ben Levin - Ellen/Oprah
R.A.P. Ferreira, Hemlock Ernst - mythsysizer instinct
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.
this week whānau, piet and liv talk about the pūtangitangi/paradise shelduck! a very common manu but a very special one for piet, i mean what bird isn't special for piet at this point!
liv chats to geneva am about her recent double nom for taite award 2026 and best independent debut! babes i hope u win and i hope u get to see the mint chicks xo
liv talks to nicki and wayne from howick about ginge and minge's show @ basement theatre this wiki, then talks to ginge and minge about the same show! house of ick guys u have to see it, u will never be the same!
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.
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