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Today, Elle had the pleasure of speaking to New York-based Been Stellar! To match the style of their music, we had a curation of modern shoegaze, post-punk and a funky track from United Future Organisation.
After a week on hiatus, Sof is back on the airwaves!
She spoke to Sharon Van Etten (USA) about her latest record, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, released last week. They spoke about Van Etten working in full collaboration with her long-time band for the first time, the heavy themes of the album, and who to listen to when you want emotional solidarity. Listen back to their kōrero here!
We had a pretty stacked show on Morning Glory today. Elle spoke with Jasmine.4.t about her debut album 'You Are The Morning,' which was produced by the members of Boy Genius. We then listen back to a chat with Buck Raines about his album 'Blunt Objects'a fun yet, at times, mysterious collection of sounds to sink your teeth into. Intrigued? Listen Back!
Playlist
The Zenmenn, John Moods - Homage To A Friendship
FINE - Days Incomplete
Cassandra Jenkins - Delphinium Blue
Sarvi, Koji. - Hold On
You'll Never Get To Heaven - Caught In Time, So Far Away
Karen O - Ooo
jasmine.4.t - Elephant
LSD and the Search for God - Starting Over
Blair Parkes - splendour
The Fall - Totally Wired
Blondshell - T&A
Angel Olsen - The Takeover (Poppy Jean Crawford Cover)
The Meeting Places - Now I Know You Could Never Be The One
In this Morning Glory we aim to get our heart rates to a steady tempo with lullaby-esque tunes to Puerto Rican reggae. Pachy Garcia (Pachyman) joins Sofia Kent in antcipation of his upcoming tour of Aotearoa. Whakarongo!
Mohamed Karzo - C'est La Vie
Manapo'uli'o e Funga Fonua - Neke Fili Au Keu Hoko Koho Nima
Amamelia, Imugi - Operator PLZ!
Marcia Griffiths - Don't Let Me Down
Marlena Shaw - Where Can I Go?
Arthur Verocai - Cabado, Girassois, Love Proceeding (BADBADNOTGOOD)
Pachyman - Toyota Nuevo, Trago Coqueto, Ta Que Tiembla (Buscabulla)
+ much more but we'll be here all day otherwise. Listen to the playlist here.
Today on Morning Glory, Elle plays a slew of songs loosely inspired by Sex and the City. She is briefly joined by Tuesday Morning Glory host Sof! It's a great time, full of music that will get you off your feet by CSS, Mim Jensen and Fabiana Palladino. Plus, who doesn't love 'More, More, More' by Andrea True Connection a special request fresh from the text machine.
Playlist
TV Soundtrack Orchestra - Sex And The City Theme
Sweet Electra - Firefly
PETERBLUE - Diskoteka Amerikana
Kraftwerk - The Model
css - Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex
Horsegirl - Switch Over
Fabiana Palladino - Closer
Nikki Giovanni - Just a NY Poem
reb fountain - Come Down
The Chills - If This World Was Made For Me
Andrea True Connection - More, More, More
Club 8 - Something's Wrong In My Head
Mim Jensen - Germaphobe
SAULT - Signs
The Great Unwashed - Neck of the Woods
The Screaming Meemees - Stars In My Eyes Pt. 1
Rosie Lowe - Mood To Make Love
Japanese Breakfast - Orlando in Love
ngaru - Uphill Battle
Ringlets - I Used to Paint
Grace Jones - Jones The Rhythm
Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out for a Hero
Sarvi, Koji. - Hold On
Molly Payton - How To Have Fun
Royel Otis - I Wanna Dance With You
Nourished By Time - Hell of a Ride
Blair Parkes - splendour
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Trouble
For this weeks Fancy New Band we were lucky to welcome CAITLIN into the studio as she finishes her last show of her nation wide tour!
CAITLIN is a Te Waipounamu-born, Ōtautahi-based indie-pop singer-songwriter who has been on a roll this year! Today she played 'Wash' and 'Tied' which are both off her newest EP Guardrails!
Sola Rosa’s Andrew Spraggon talks to Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason about his latest record, In The Mids, and imminent album tour. It kicks off in Auckland on Friday May 22 at Double Whammy, before travelling to Hawkes Bay, Nelson, Christchurch, New Plymouth and Wellington. Expect live interpretations of the album's tracks and reworked music from his extensive archive, plus (excitingly) an audio-visual element. Tickets are available here.
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.
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 !
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.
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.
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.
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