Rachel spins some epic fresh and familiar tunes, and is joined in the studio by Sherry Zhang to discuss the Te Kāhui Creative Writing Fundraiser taking place on Sat 26 September for Your Gig Is Showing. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
cc(tv) - Flower Beds That Grow
Hand Habits - Aquamarine
Susumu Yokota - Kodomotachi
Cindy Lee - LOVE REMAINS
Maxine Funke - Timeless Town
Awning - Pure & Simple
Baby Zionov - Space Holiday feat. Moody V
Dj Babatr - Sucio feat. LYZZA
Yumi Zouma - Drag
Nourished By Time - Crazy People
Power Nap - Pizza Man (Amamelia Bootleg Mix)
Water From Your Eyes - Playing Classics
Bladee & Mechatok - Rainbow - make it double Oklou Mix
Geese - 100 Horses
P.H.F. - i dont give a fuck if jesus loves me
PollyHill & Samara Alofa - RUN IT HOME (LEAPING TIGER REMIX)
There's a very special guest host on the Saturday Spring this month! Rachel will be in the studio each Rāhoroi morning until Karyn returns in October. Rosa Strati and Dan Clarke from Auckland Live discuss the new youth focused festival We The Young on Your Gig Is Showing. Later, Rachel crosses to 95bFM correspondents Caeden Tipler and Sanat Singh in Aotea Square for their report from the March for Humanity.
Playlist
Diaspora Trio - Hadi Ya Bahr (live)
PollyHill & Samara Alofa - WOBBLE (AMAMELIA LOUNGE SUITE REMIX)
Karyn says hei konā rā for the winter season of The Saturday Spring, and is joined by Finn Johansson for a special recap episode of Demo Gods. Karyn (and Finn) will be back the month after next with more tunes, insightful interviews, and demos from your favourite artists.
Playlist
95bFM The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay Playlist
Rāhoroi, Saturday August 30th 2025
Jackie West – Offer
Dean Blunt, Elias Ronnenfelt, Vegyn – tears on his rings and chains
Prewn – System
Sam Charlesworth – Are You Okay?
Earl Sweatshirt – TOURMALINE
TTSSFU – Call U Back
bar italia – Fundraiser
Nirvana – Aneurysm 1992 Live at Reading
Hole – Sugar Coma Live 1995
Cut Worms – Evil Twin
Straight Line was a Lie – The Beths
Silver Gore – Dogs in Heaven
Demo Gods
Jazmine Mary, Finn Johansson – Perfect
Rodney Fisher, Finn Johansson – People Please
Em, Finn Johansson – Calling Down to Earth
Juno Is, Finn Johansson – Swan Song
SJD, Finn Johansson – Unknown Caller
LIPS, Finn Johansson – You’re Not the Doors (0800 Jerrytime).
This week's guest on Your Gig Is Showing is Amy Cotter, the brain behind KBA's ongoing series D8NIGHT, taking place up and down our favourite street in Tāmaki Makaurau. On Demo Gods, Juno Is returns to play out her response, titled Swan Song, to Finn's prompt 'surf the wave, baby'. Whakarongo mai nei!
Gareth Shute speaks with Karyn about his new book Songs from the Shaky Isles, a historical analysis of how popular music developed in Aotearoa and where it's at today.
Gareth Shute is in the studio to discuss his new book Songs from the Shaky Isles. Leo Koziol and Craig Fasi join Karyn on Your Gig Is Showing to discuss their roles as the co-curators of this year's short film screening Ngā Whanaunga at the NZIFF. Later, Finn challenges Juno Is to create a brand new track from the prompt 'surf the wave, baby' on Demo Gods.
Playlist
95bFM The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay Playlist
Rāhoroi, Saturday August 2nd 2025
Retail Drugs – little dog
Anna Tivel – White Goose
Neil Finn – Time For A Change
Split Enz – Spellbound
Split Enz – Mental Notes
The Beatniks – Another Day
Geese – Trinidad
The Beths – Mother Pray For Me
Upchuck – Forgotten Token
Your Gig Is Showing
Don McGlashan – Lights Come On
Yoko Ono – Looking Over From My Hotel Window
Songs From The Shaky Isles
Jay Epae – The Creep
Rockinghorse – Thru The Southern Moonlight
Ladyhawke – My Delirium
Demo Gods
Juni Is – Ur Looking So Ideal
Juno Is – Chaos Worked Its Way In
Yuko Miyoshi from Memory Foam is in the studio to discuss local karaoke venue Geihinkan and the Ramen Club gig series for Your Gig Is Showing. Later on Demo Gods, Finn Johannson and SJD deliver Unknown Caller.
Lara Marie joins Karyn in the studio on crispy winter morning in Tāmaki Makaurau for Your Gig Is Showing to delve into Junkmail. On Demo Gods, Finn challenges SJD to a musical challenge.
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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