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Dreamy tracks from Fazerdaze, Bjork, Hanbee and Ethel Cain. Today Emma's joined by Zoe Walker Ahwa, editor and co-founder of Ensemble (which is celebrating its fifth birthday) and the two chat about the magic of indie media in Aotearoa.
Playlist
The Beat - Save It For Later
SPRINTS - Literary Mind
Folk Bitch Trio - Hotel TV
Roxy Music - Oh Yeah!
Witch - Unimvwesha Shuga feat. Theresa N'Gambi & Hanna Tembo
Flo covering Morning Glory after a couple of months away!
Springtime indie vibes for the first half and a bit of a delve into post-hardcore for the second half!
Suiting the vibe of the lovely sun on this glorious Monday!
Erase Everything - New Year New Idea
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Afterlife (Radio Edit)
Modest Mouse - Tiny Cities Made of Ashes
Unwound - Look A Ghost
Enola Gay - Birth of a Nation
Just Mustard - Deaf
Belladonna - Driving Home For Christmas
The Sour - Frank
Babe Martin - Sundog
Vera Ellen - The Language of Flowers
Swim Deep - King City
Bloc Party - She's Hearing Voices
Girls - Lust for Life
Jamie T - British Intelligence
Marsha - Pemmican
Awning - Cardboard Boat
Betunizer - Imagina Que Matas a Jota
Thrice - Under The Killing Moon
Ecca Vandal - Cruising To Self Soothe
Gouge Away - Wave of Mutilation
Drug Church - But Does It Work?
Pearly* - Not So Sweet
Nomeansno - Stocktaking
Ben Chavasse - Letdown
Oasis - Morning Glory
There's an adolescent flavour to the show today, with music spanning breezy and bittersweet to grungy angst, and a brand new single from Roy Irwin. Thursday host Emma Gleason also talks to director Stella Reid about her short film Stage Challenge, screening as part of the New Zealand International Film Festival, about the complex, creative and cooked extra-EXTRA-curricular activity.
Playlist
French For Rabbits - The Overflow
Ultravox - Vienna
Sonic Boom, Spectrum - True Love Will Find You In The End
for todays tunes I kept it pretty for a sunny day, for Fancy New Band I had Salem Māhia come in to play some beautiful tunes. Thanks to The Tuning Fork!
For Fancy New Band today Huia had Moonwoven come into the studio!
Moonwoven Is a genre/gender bending local band, they switch instruments and their sound depending on each song. Today on Fancy New Band we were able to have a taste of three tracks off of their upcoming ep that was anounced on the show !
Tareq Baconi is a Palestinian writer, scholar, and activist. His 2018 book on Palestinian resistance movements, Hamas Contained, was shortlisted for a Palestine book award.
His coming-of-age memoir, Fire in Every Direction, was published late last year. Described by Isabella Hammad, author of Enter Ghost, as “moving and generous”, it spans Beirut, Amman, and London while remaining distinctly Palestinian.
Caeden caught up with Tareq ahead of the Auckland Writers Festival this week, where he will be speaking.
Actor and comedian Courtney Eggleton drops by the 95bFM studio ahead of her performances at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. She and Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason discuss funny business, serious acting — including why you should go to drama school — and East Auckland. (Tāmaki is a small town.) We also find out what to expect from Courtney's new show Delicate Flowers, which is billed as an "amalgamation of your worst nightmares and your hottest wet dreams". It's on at Q Theatre Cellar on May 21 and 22. Tickets here.
A year on from publishing his bestselling novel 1985, author and poet Dominic Hoey chats to Emma Gleason about what it's like being a working writer in Aotearoa, as well as what he's got planned for the Auckland Writers Festival. Find all his events here.
Laura Vincent, the award-nominated author of Hoods Landing, chats to Emma Gleason about the success of her debut novel and what she's doing for the Auckland Writers Festival. Find her events here.
Today we had Olivia Reeves come in for Fancy New Band!
Olivia Reeves Is a young independent indie/rock artist from Tāmaki Makaurau who has worked her way through the competition sphere; Winning solo/duo for New Found Sound and being a two time finalist for Play It Strange!
Her set today was unlike anything else we've heard from her as she leans into are more heavy yet catchy guitar sound.
Mim Jensen joins Emma Gleason in the studio ahead of her Whammy gig tonight to discuss her new album The Muse, the healing properties of songwriting, and finding yourself through heartbreak. As a special treat, Mim plays two songs live in the bFM studio: Track Star and The Mask. Catch her nationwide tour in Auckland May 7, Christchurch May 29 and Dunedin May 30.
Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason chats to award-winning comedian Marshall Lorenzo ahead of his New Zealand International Comedy Festival appearances, where he'll present his new sketch show Serving Can't. The pair discuss the crushing weight of capitalism, audience etiquette and what it was like working on Drag Race Canada. Marshall's performing in Tāmaki Makaurau on May 7, 8 and 9 at Basement Theatre for the Comedy Festival, and tells us you can enjoy 20% off tickets with the code GOODCANT.
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