With The Others Way creeping up we had a listen to some of The Chills set at Laneway 2017 to get in the mood. This paied nicely with Vayne (also on The Others Way lineup) coming up for My Morning Mixtape. Both of these plus a ton of new favourites including songs from Shigeto, Jenny Hval & JPEGMAFIA.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Taking it nice and easy this Monday morning; Kate Sylvester pops into the studio to kick off NZFW; Tom and Jun join Rachel to talk about Miss June's upcoming tour and the glorious mems from previous shows; Kiran brings up John Pain to talk about The Golden Sword and designing 95bFM's iconic logo; and turns out a lot of people are in need of Natural Ange's guidance today.
Lots of new songs to share today including ones from Sasami, Ariel Pink & SoccerPractise + Live songs from Carnivorous Plant Society and an interview with Lips.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's Friday Prize day, with plenty of goodies to go round; Fabian Fanboy's in the studio reviewing It: Chapter Two; Dr. Kirsten Zemke takes a trip to the land of Jam Bands; and Zoë and Freya talk exciting theatre on the horizon. Good times.
This week we talked to Pita Turei about neglected histories, art, ballet, Ihumātao and his recent artist talk, at dawn, on top of the Waitakere Ranges. We also talked to Kiri McGuire about her glass Taonga Pūoro (musical instruments), her recovery from major injury, and the role art has played in that journey, and her ongoing art practice. McGuire has recently made work with the NZ Army, and also has work at Lovebucket on Karangahape Rd.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: First things first, let's fix the zip on Rob's bag; then we've got National MP, Chris Penk, stepping in for Paula Bennett this morning; followed by Rob's lesson on the placebo effect; Rachel shares a snippet of Long Player, with her Short Player; and we're lucky enough to have Molly Nilsson on the line before she graces our shores in December. Plus, a bunch of great contributions from the callers.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel's got some golden reviews from Sampa the Great on the weekend; Penelope Noir talks the history of rubber and latex; we hear a snippet from Rachel's chat with Sampa the Great before the gig on Saturday; Suri brings us part two of a trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen; and Lillian runs us through some of the local election results. You know it's spring time when Geneva brings you freshly picked flowers. Aww.
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