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DIIV ae returning to NZ in May so we listened back to their Laneway 2016 set to get in the mood. We also had a chat to Baby Zionov about her new single, Loud & Proud Queer Music Festival and the state of the local music scene when it comes to marginalised creatives. All this plus the usual selection of new and old songs.
Playlist
DIIV - Is the Is Are [Live at Laneway 2016]
3Ds - Jewel
K-Saba & Hone Be Good - Pathways
Mount Kimbie - Audition
Bon Iver - Hey, Ma
Chastity Belt - The Process
Navy Blue - With Sage
Warpaint - The Brakes
DIIV - Sometime [Live at Laneway 2016]
Four Tet - Baby
Dry Cleaning - Dog Proposal
Guardian Singles - Can't Stop Moving
Dick Move - Jerk
Nap Eyes - Mark Zuckerberg
k2k - Malibu
K.L. Hamilton - I'm Trying
SKILAA - But I Do
SEGA SOUND TEAM - Palmtree Panic
Henry Cow - War
Nicki Minaj - Stupid Hoe
Baby Zionov - Extract From Truth
Headless Chickens - Cruise Control - Willa Jeans Disco Mix
Listened back to Earl Sweatshirts set at laneway last week for About Town. Also had a chat to Simon Grigg about the AK79 reissue and it's importance in NZ history. All this plus a curated selection of choice tunes new and old.
Cello Forrester and Georgette Brown from Womb stop by the 95bFM studio to tell Emma Gleason about what you can expect at their upcoming show (lots of new music!) and how their Australian tour with The Beths went. They also discuss atmospheric venues, why their band is a different experience live and what it was like being nominated for the Taite award. Womb plays with Dry Cleaning on June 3 at The Hollywood Avondale as part of the Strange Universe winter series. An all-ages gig at a great Auckland venue, get your tickets here.
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.
today piet and olive talk about everyone's fav manu, te tūī! an iconic bird (also called kōkō) whose population is soaring but have really weird tongues guys look at it on youtube x
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 !
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.
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.
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.
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