Gareth Shute speaks with Karyn about his new book Songs from the Shaky Isles, a historical analysis of how popular music developed in Aotearoa and where it's at today.
Gareth Shute is in the studio to discuss his new book Songs from the Shaky Isles. Leo Koziol and Craig Fasi join Karyn on Your Gig Is Showing to discuss their roles as the co-curators of this year's short film screening Ngā Whanaunga at the NZIFF. Later, Finn challenges Juno Is to create a brand new track from the prompt 'surf the wave, baby' on Demo Gods.
Playlist
95bFM The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay Playlist
Rāhoroi, Saturday August 2nd 2025
Retail Drugs – little dog
Anna Tivel – White Goose
Neil Finn – Time For A Change
Split Enz – Spellbound
Split Enz – Mental Notes
The Beatniks – Another Day
Geese – Trinidad
The Beths – Mother Pray For Me
Upchuck – Forgotten Token
Your Gig Is Showing
Don McGlashan – Lights Come On
Yoko Ono – Looking Over From My Hotel Window
Songs From The Shaky Isles
Jay Epae – The Creep
Rockinghorse – Thru The Southern Moonlight
Ladyhawke – My Delirium
Demo Gods
Juni Is – Ur Looking So Ideal
Juno Is – Chaos Worked Its Way In
Yuko Miyoshi from Memory Foam is in the studio to discuss local karaoke venue Geihinkan and the Ramen Club gig series for Your Gig Is Showing. Later on Demo Gods, Finn Johannson and SJD deliver Unknown Caller.
Lara Marie joins Karyn in the studio on crispy winter morning in Tāmaki Makaurau for Your Gig Is Showing to delve into Junkmail. On Demo Gods, Finn challenges SJD to a musical challenge.
At the top of the show, CCTV's Sean speaks with Karyn about the upcoming Behold, Music gig next Sunday at Whammy Bar for Your Gig Is Showing. Later, Emily Wheatcroft-Snape is back for part II of Demo Gods with Finn Johannson.
Karyn yarns with Joel from Pōneke music collective Eyegum on Your Gig Is Showing about the upcoming Sceneic Tour #5 and their multi-venue festival Great Sounds Great, then later Demo Gods with Finn Johannson.
Playlist
95bFM The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay Playlist
Rāhoroi, Saturday July 5th 2025
Blood Orange – The Field
Caroline Polachek – On The Beach
The Duretti Column – Sketch for Winter
The Duretti Column – Sketch for Summer
Soft Bait – Long Line
Oberbaum – Solitude
Lifeguard – Ripped + Torn
The Beths – No Joy
Carnivorous Plant Society – You’re Too Much
The Blue Nile – A Walk Across The Rooftops
Laura Anderson – Not Us
Tyler Childers – Oneida
Automatic – Is It Now?
Lifeguard – France And
Featuring Your Gig Is Showing with Jazmine Mary chatting about their upcoming tour around the motu for the release of their new record I Want To Rock And Roll, then later whakarongo mai nei for the results of Rodney Fisher's demo project on Demo Gods with Finn Johansson.
This week Karyn is joined by Jess Smith from the Auckland Museum to chat about their upcoming gig with Che-Fu and the Kratez, LEAO, and Geneva AM next Rāhoroi for Your Gig Is Showing, then Finn is back for Demo Gods with Rodney Fisher of Goodshirt.
Featuring Your Gig Is Showing with Gus and Lary from the Button Factory chatting about the community space's first birthday party, then Finn Johannson is back for part two of Demo Gods with LIPS.
Featuring Your Gig Is Showing with Daniel from Auckland Live chatting about the upcoming Cabaret Festival and Finn's new Saturday special, Demo Gods, kicks off!
Ethel Cain – Nettles
Ben Kweller, MJ Lenderman – Oh Dorian (feat. MJ Lenderman)
Japanese Breakfast – Magic Mountain
PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS – Glib Tongued
Cigarettes After Sex – Neon Moon
Little Simz, Obongjayer – Lion
Lifeguard – Like You’ll Lose
Smerz – Big City Life
mary in the junkyard – drains
Your Gig Is Showing
Nikita Tu-Bryant – Deep Spring Creek
Frank Sinatra, Count Basie – Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
Georgia Lines – Wonderful Life
Demo Gods with Finn Johansson
LIPS – Never Have I
Connector
Prince – The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker (poem) – Résumé
Joni Mitchell – Help Me
We end the year with a cracker! Singer, songwriter, and ocean sailor Andrew Fagan took up the challenge to be our final Demo God for the year and chose the prompt ’The Exploration of Space’.
Finn with the penultimate Demo Gods. He’s making room in the recording van to do a demo with Andrew Fagan, fresh from a 20-date nationwide tour, for the last Demo Gods of 2025. We’ll hear it next week on the last show of the year!
Jess Bailey, aka Fables, showcases the demo she made with Finn. The prompt was ’Surf the wave, baby’! and while it doesn’t have a lot to do with surfing it is very fine indeed!
Charlotte pops in to do her civic duty and tell Karyn about Night Mayors: creatives having their say on what they would do with the city if they were Mayor.
Finn joins Karyn this week to introduce this fortnight's Demo God who happens to be Jess Bailey of Fables! The prompt for next week's demo is 'Surf the wave, baby!'
Finn is back with Paul Cathro and his finished demo, based on the prompt 'The highs, the lows'. (They've added a 'z' and rushed it straight into the studio. You can listen here to 'The Highz The Lowz'.)
Finn introduces power pop sensation Paul Cathro, and traces his lineage from head trauma in Dunedin to his latest album Catapault, which came out this year. Next week is their song, with the prompt 'The highs, the lows'.
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