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Marc Daalder gives us some Political Commentary on the government's walking back of promised cancer drug funding, and agriculture being left out of ETS. We announce the Breakfast Club lineup. Jim chats garlic on Greening Out. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Mystery Shopper - Eyes On The Prize
Margaux - I Wouldn't Want It Any Other Way
Caroline Polachek - Starburned and Unkissed
Francoise Hardy - Nous etions amies
DC Maxwell - Agitator (Skeptics cover)
Helicon - Permo (Al Lover Remix)
Blonde Redhead - Kiss Her Kiss Her
P.H.F. - A GIRL WITH SHIT ON HER MIND
Emmanuelle - Jewel
Dean Blunt - DOWNER feat. Vagyn & Panda Bear
Toro y Moi & Brijean - Genius of Love
beet-wix - mindblock
Chris Cohen - Sunever
Fashion Club - Rotten Mind feat. Julie Byrne
clairo - Sexy to Someone
Hiki - Pijero
cc(tv) - Kinnie
Jim Nothing - Raleigh Arena
Polaroids of Polarbears - The Day Of Frasers Birthday
GUM and Ambrose Kenny-Smith - Ill Times
Beak> - Strawberry Line
Bullion - World_train feat. Charlotte Adigéry
all fall down - third in a series of sun songs
Angelica Garcia - Intuicion
Bonny Light Horseman - Into The O
Vera Ellen - heartbreak for jetlag
Repairs - To Hell with Good Intentions
Joe Ghatt - Pale Blue Dot
Household Spirits - shine your darkness upon me -hasji's kokomea edit
Second Guessing continues to heat up, and after a few calls Justin takes out the win! On Isthmus'n That with Desley Simpson, Rachel speaks to the Deputy Mayor about train disruptions across the city and council funding for initiatives to prevent youth crime. Aunty Rae is in the studio to chat about her new single Stop Calling Me which also has a new video. Ready Steady Learn is with Dr Karamia Müller who chats about her work with a team of Māori and Pacific researchers to address housing supply, quality and affordability. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Little Wings - Goatshead Soup
Marina Allen - Love Comes Back
Moses Sumney - Vintage
Kara Jackson - Right, Wrong or Ready
Earth Tongue - Out of this Hell
beet-wix - slug level standards
Kraus - Crystal Motors
Voom - Everyone
Blonde Redhead - For the Damaged Coda
Tom Lark - Dumb Luck
pickle darling - Bicycle Weather
Neutrals - That's Him On The Daft Stuff Again
Vera Ellen - heartbreak for jetlag
Blonde Redhead - Snowman
Reb Fountain - How Bizarre
Geneva AM - Pikipiki feat. Samara Alofa, Hawkins, Rewi McLay, Mara TK
Aunty Rae - Stop Calling Me
Renee-Louise Carafice - You Are A Little Ghost
Cassandra Jenkins - Delphinium Blue
Jen Cloher - Annabelle
Bonny Light Horseman - Into The O
Caroline Polachek - Spring Is Coming With A Strawberry In The Mouth
Welcome back to Brekky for another week! Suri's in the studio for Loose Reads to review the new Patricia Grace compilation of short stories, Bird Child and Other Stories. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Joe Ghatt - Orange October
Gregor - Flaming Clouds
Te Huhu - Tūrangawaewae
Awning - Gold Star
Blonde Redhead - Kiss Her Kiss Her
Repairs - LYLAS
T.G. Shand - The Cheese
Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up - Alternate Version
Voom - Everyone
We Will Ride Fast - Born In The Heart of The Universe
Lots on the show today! Rosetta is producing while Stella is off having an Aussie holiday, we've got Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke, Phoebe from Revulva phones in to chat about their new single 'Bush Bash', and Diaz Grimm comes up to the studio to chat about his new album 'Māui and the Sin'! Also - a couple of big announcements about the future of The Wine Cellar + Whammy, and our beloved host Rachel is hanging up her headphones after 5 years in the hot seat! All these feels, plus prizes and great tunes. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
hanbee - lovers
Cassandra Jenkins - Delphinium Blue
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
Tashi Wada & Julia Holter - Asleep to the World
Maxim Ludwig - Mercury Avenue feat. Angel Olsen
caru - KEEP IT UP
K M T P - 2 Days
Mel Parsons - Tiny Days
Internn - Cada
Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
Nia Archives - Cards On The Table
Na Noise - Open The Door
ANDWAHN - FOUXWORK
Blonde Redhead - For the Damaged Coda
Sarah Mary Chadwick - Drinkin’ on a Tuesday
Revulva - Bush Bash
Anna Coddington - Moohou Raa
Queens Of The Stone Age - Go With The Flow
Nathan Haines - Come Into The Light feat. La Coco
Joe Ghatt - Pale Blue Dot
Habibi - In My Dreams
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno
christoph el' truento - Moe Mai Rā
Vera Ellen - heartbreak for jetlag
Bar Italia - Sarcoustica
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
AW - ONE BLAH NIGHT
John Carroll Kirby - Fuku Wa Uchi Oni Soto feat. Mizuhara Sisters
Eli Superflyy joins Breakfast to chat about his forthcoming album 'MOTOR' and his latest single 'Happy'. He also delves into the back story of the car he is giving away to one luck fan!
This week for Political Commentary Max Harris speaks to Rachel about the fallout of the Government's budget and the rise of protest action across Aotearoa. Lucinda Bennet provides the remedy for the winter chills as she discusses broth on Breakfast Food. And, Eli Superflyy joins the show to talk about his forthcoming album 'MOTOR' and his latest single 'Happy'. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Ela Minus - COMBAT
Blonde Redhead - Before
christoph el' truento - Traffic Jam
Bar Italia - The only concious being in the universe
Cate Le Bon - Are You with Me Now?
P.H.F. - A GIRL WITH SHIT ON HER MIND
AW - ONE BLAH NIGHT
Salt Water Criminals - My Greatest Achievement
JessB - Talk Of The Town
Kate Bollinger - Any Day Now
Molly Nilsson - Absolute Power
Kraus - Crystal Motors
Nice Girl - Pot Red
ELI SUPERFLYY - Mockingbird
Eli Superflyy - Happy
clairo - Sexy to Someone
Jess Cornelius - Laps in the Drugstore
LIAM K. SWIGGS - SKATE PARK feat. YOUNG GHO$T
Princess Chelsea - Everything Is Going To Be Alright (Pt. 2)
Marlin's Dreaming - Earnestly feat. Erny Belle
Polaroids of Polarbears - The Day Of Frasers Birthday
On What's Up with Marama Davidson, Rachel speaks to the co-leader of the Green Party about the recent Budget, the subsequent action day and the government's position on the situation in Rafah. The Bard of Bollix is in to guide us through The Mind Trench, and gifts us a cursed mash up. Liam K Swiggs chats about the 2024 Big Fresh Collective’s Footmahi and the his single, Skate Park featuring Young Ghost. Salene helps you out with your whack rental situations on A Room Of One's Own. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Anna Coddington - Moohou Raa
Goodnight My Darling - Ruby
Jess Cornelius - Laps in the Drugstore
Esy Tadesse - Buna
Habibi - Losing Control
clairo - Sexy to Someone
Guardian Singles - Midnight Swim
Cassandra Jenkins - Delphinium Blue
Blonde Redhead - For the Damaged Coda
The Bug - Skeng
Half Hexagon - The Method
Polaroids of Polarbears - The Day Of Frasers Birthday
We announce a delightful second tier of the Second Guessing prize, and Maria takes the win on today's level! Tessa from Mystery Waitress chats about their new single, Nightbug, out on Flying Nun. For Stage Direction, one of the presenters of The Gaza Dialogues, Rand Hazou, chats about the five-night mini-cultural festival fostering engagement with Palestine that begins tonight. Kendra Cox from the School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work is on Ready Steady Learn in to discuss her masters research, a critical kaupapa Māori analysis of the pre-WWII child care and protection system. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Hominid - Stay With Me (Rework)
T.G. Shand - The Cheese
Hans. & hanbee - Warmer
Chris Knox - Not Given Lightly
Internn - Clammy Heart
Mount Kimbie - A Figure In The Surf
Blonde Redhead - For the Damaged Coda
Church - Fairytale
Mitski - Love Me More
Suede - Animal Nitrate
moktar - Haraka feat. Saad El Soghayar
K M T P - 2:45 (Getting Old)
Kindness - فلسطين
Joanne Robertson & Dean Blunt - SASSY
Dad Jokes - JCVD
clairo - Sexy to Someone
Phoebe Rings - Mandarin Tree
Mystery Waitress - Baby
Mystery Waitress - Nightbug
Marlin's Dreaming - Earnestly feat. Erny Belle
Polaroids of Polarbears - The Day Of Frasers Birthday
Ninajirachi - Things I Never Nu
Samara Alofa - CEASEFIRE
Geneva AM - Pikipiki feat. Samara Alofa, Hawkins, Rewi McLay, Mara TK
We share the behind the scenes goss from the Aotearoa Music Awards last night! Listen back for chats with winners and nominees across the evening's celebration. Dr Kirsten Zemke chats about the lap steel on Travelling Tunes. Whakarongo mai nei!
Dr Lara Greaves gives us some Political Commentary about Budget day, and strike action across the motu. Jim chats winter planting on Greening Out. Emily Bateman is in the studio to chat about her new EP, Like I Always Do.
Playlist
Kurawai, Ria Hall, Troy Kingi, Te Kuru Dewes - Toitū Te Tiriti
Bob Dorough - The Magic Number
Internn - Bob's Bathroom
Reb Fountain - How Bizarre
The Cat's Miaow - It Might Never Happen
Tinariwen - Imidiwan Mahitinam
GUM and Ambrose Kenny-Smith - Ill Times
Big Sur - Lands
Hans Pucket - My Brain Is A Vacant Space
Mokotron - Decolonize Existence (Big Fat Raro Remix)
African Head Charge - Heading For Glory
Mystery Waitress - Nightbug
Church - Fairytale
Alec - Another Party
Sarah Mary Chadwick - I Felt Things In New Zealand - Live
Kirsten chats with Rosetta and Milly about bands with lots of members! Whakarongo mai nei, listen back to hear kōrero about Parliament, Snarky Puppy and AKB48!
For our monthly kōrero with The National Party, Rosetta and Milly chat with Minister Paul Goldsmith about yesterday's annoucnement that up to 8700 public service jobs will be cut by 2029, and the plan to disestablish the Broadcasting Standards Authority. Whakarongo mai nei!
Lara jumps on the phone to catch Rosetta and Milly up on the latest policy announcements from NZ First and National, what we can expect from the rise of populism this election year, National potentially losing list MPs, and Honi Hariwera potentially rejoining Te Pāti Māori. Whakarongo mai nei!
Mohamen Salman chats with Rosetta and Milly about his research in a tidally-powered nursery system to improve the survival rates of Greenshell mussel spat. Whakarongo mai nei!
Nate is back up in the studio chatting with Rosetta and Milly about some of his favourites from the Auckland Writers Festival last week! They also recap the winners of the Ockham Book Awards last week. Whakarongo main nei!
Charlie chats with Rosetta and Milly about the importance of weighing your coffee! Tune in throughout the week for your chance to win a bag of the Kenyan Gichathaini AA single origin, or use the code 95bFM at checkout via the eighthirty website for 10% off. Whakarongo mai nei!
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