A great mix of new tracks from Kathryn Mohr to Lowertown. Maebh McCurdy lives up to her Demo Gods brief having chosen the prompt “The Great Spectacle of Music” and brings one of the best prog rock tracks heard on bFM for many a decade!
Karyn plays a selection of tracks from the newly released HELP (2) album. Proceeds go directly to support War Child UK’s “funding initiatives to protect, educate, and provide psychological support for children affected by conflict in 14 countries, including Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Yemen.”
There is also a tribute to Jim Wilson, founder of Phantom Billstickers, who died this week.
Playlist
95bFM The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay Playlist
Rāhoroi, Saturday March 7th 2026
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
The Sound Chalk Makes – Love
Kim Gordon – DIRTY TECH
Pin Group – Ambivalence
Cameron Winter, War Child Records – Warning
Neil Young – Motion Pictures
Masayoshi Takanaka – (track off 1976 Seychelles album)
Fontaines DC, War Child Records – Black Boys on Mopeds
Grace Ives – Stupid Bitches
Aldous Harding – One Stop
Your Gig Is Showing
Daughters of Donbas – Lullaby
Daughters of Donbas – 4.5.0.
A Song From Insane Times w/ George Henderson
Stepford 5 – Little Sisters of Satan
Demo Gods w/ Finn Johansson
Maebh McCurdy – Coleoidia
Maebh and the Morrigan – FAE: Tuatha Dé Danann (Live at Isdale Studios)
It’s the last day of February and the month the Romans traditionally honoured the dead. The Saturday Spring tips its hat in that direction, playing everything from Bowie’s I Can’t Give Everything Away from Blackstar (his final album) to Mitski’s Dead Woman from her new album release Nothing’s About To Happen To Me.
It’s the usual fine array of new tracks for your Saturday morning soundtrack. Plus, given Friday 20th February is Kurt Cobain Day in his hometown of Aberdeen, Washington, three tracks from Cobain's top 50 albums; a list that was found in his journals after his death. Butthole Surfers, Marine Girls and Fang.
It’s Valentine’s Day and the show features a smattering of (unrequited) love songs. It’s not all hearts and flowers on the Spring (but their heart’s [❤️] in the right place of course!) Join Karyn for her weekly Saturday morning show as she helps you navigate new music from here and abroad.
Karyn's back on b! If you’re coming into the city during February, find out what’s on at the Summer in the City series in Aotea Square – everything from A History of Hip Hop to the city’s top brass bands. Vera Ellen calls in from a road trip to tell us about V-Ellentines Day and her fundraiser for a Yumi Zouma tour support she’s doing of Europe and the UK in March, and the usual array of eclectic new music!
It’s the final Saturday Spring for 2025. George Henderson makes the trek into the studio to talk about his new feature A Song From Insane Times and the legend that is Andrew Fagan is our Demo God. fyi The lovely Rachel Ashby is doing The Saturday Spring for January. Karyn is back February 7th.
Playlist
95bFM The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay Playlist
Rāhoroi, Saturday December 20th 2025
MERRY CHRISTMAS, THANKS FOR LISTENING THIS YEAR!
The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay is back on February 7th 2026
The lovely Rachel Ashby is your host until then.
Baxter Drury, Marie Davidson – Schadenfreude
TOMORA, AURORA, The Chemical Brothers – Ring The Alarm
Eves Wilder – Everybody Talks
Cameron Winter – Love Will Come
fakemink – Easter Pink
Sharp Pins – Crown of Thorns
Blood Orange, Caroline Polachek, Lorde, Mustafa – Mind Loaded
Lily Allen – West End Girl
Makthaverskan – Pity Party
Chrissie Hynde, Debbie Harry – Try to Sleep
Robber Robber – Suspicious Minds
Gina Birch – Happiness
A Song From Insane Times
Kayleb Duckett – Belle of the Ball
Demo Gods
Babe Martin and Finn Johannson – Carpark
Zac Arnold and Finn Johannson – zikzok perfect pop mix
TMI and Finn Johansson – 2029 (feat. Whenua Key)
Fables and Finn Johansson – Surfing The Wave
Paul Cathro and Finn Johansson – The Highz The Lowz
Andrew Fagan and Finn Johansson – Steal Spaceship, Let’s Go!
Finn Johansson’s more than a little buzzed to unveil the song he'’s been working on with Amamelia for Demo Gods. The prompt was "The Fine Art of Restraint” and Amelia Berry joins us from Melbourne to talk about the process. Hear the demo here!
This week George reckons the early 2000s turned out to be far more mysterious than he expected, thanks in part to Lazy Lane and the track Strange Dreams.
Finn Johansson’s been busy over the break lining up his Demo Gods. Amamelia is his latest collaborator and she’s picked "The Fine Art of Restraint’ as the prompt. In Pt. I we check out a few gems from Amelia’s back catalogue.
On a rainy Tamaki day we’re transported to the islands of the Pacific with Sefa Inari, the Director of the Pacific Dance Festival – on this month and showcasing the finest dancers from Aotearoa and across the Pacific.
Finn Johansson Zooms in from Queenstown where he’s on tour with Fables, while this week’s Demo God Karl Sölve Steven joins Karyn in the studio. The prompt Karl chose was “BPM” and the resulting demo is titled Bad People Music.
Finn Johansson gives us a potted musical history of Karl Sölve Steven before unveiling the finished demo next week, with the prompt being “BPM”. Tracks from The Drab Doo-Riffs, Supergroove, Queen Neptune and one from Karl’s highly successful movie soundtrack work.
Karyn talks with author Richard Langston about his new biography on the band that helped launch the Dunedin Sound – “The Clean: In The Dreamlife You Need A Rubber Soul”. Richard’s in the middle of a short book tour which comes to Auckland Wednesday 15th April at Flying Nun Records. (spoiler alert: Clean live music included!)
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