95bFM Drive with Sofia & Elle

Naarm-based musician Paul Bender (Hiatus Kaiyote) has begun a tireless and nobel social media call to action, after his project The Sweet Enoughs had their streaming profiles hijacked by what appears to be AI-generated music. Turns out, it's becoming a really common issue; the low barriers for entry of digital distributors and lack of verification processes, combined with the speed and scale of AI content, making it harder for artists to protect their creative identities and autonomy across streaming. Rosetta decides to investigate, chatting with Paul, Dave Gibson from Elemeno P about a similar experience last year, Recorded Music NZ CEO Jo Oliver, and AI Music researcher Dr Fabio Morreale.

Matthew is joined in the studio by folk musicians Australian Ned Collette and American Thalia Zedek (on the phone) to chat about their upcoming show at the Auckland Unitarian Church this Wednesday. Whakarongo mai nei!

Molly is joined in the host seat by one of bFM's awesome vollies, Huia! If you loved the show, Huia will be on-air more regularly very soon. Featuring debate on Britpop, great tune selections from Huia and a stunning Friday Live with Pōneke's Deva Mahal singing her new single South Coast - brought to you by NZ On Air Music, with thanks to McLeod's Brewery.

Thanks to The Beer Spot!

Steve joins Hugh Sundae in the studio to review the new Sly and The Family Stone doco Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), a new addition to the Predator franchise Predator: Killer of Killers, and the new Pedro Pascal flick Materialists by Celine Song which is mostly rom and not so much com.