It's a big week for The Beths! They have a brand new album out on friday, and they're playing a sold-out show at the Powerstation on saturday. Liz, Jonathan, Ben and Tristan popped into studio for a chat about 'Jump Rope Gazers', touring in the time of Covid and more. Tune in! 

Graeme Jefferies from the Cakekitchen joins us after releases their latest album Trouble Again in this Town, and ahead of their gig at the Wine Cellar tomorrow night. Don't miss out, grab your tickets here.

Guardian Singles are hitting the road on a North Island Tour, and they're playing 95bfm's Drive Island on the 17th of July! Thom popped into studio to have a chat - tune in to hear about music, the mighty Tron and more!

Pharaoh Swami joins us after a huge couple of weeks with Black Lives Matter protests in Aotearoa, and ahead of the Phoenix Summit: Rising tomorrow afternoon. Pharaoh chats to Rachel about the importance of looking inwards when it comes to tackling racism and prejudice, and how he got into music. Don't miss this event, get your tickets here.

Fat Freddy's Drop have just been announced on the Rhythm and Alps 2020 lineup, which is made up of 100% New Zealand acts. We spoke with Chopper Reedz (aka Scott Towers) about his thoughts on what covid will mean for New Zealand's festival circuit and what Fat Fredddy's have been up to in the last couple of months. 

Soft Plastics have a new single out and we're lucky enough to have Sophie on the line, all the way from Pōneke, to run us through what this track is about. Check it out on their Bandcamp here.

Deb5000 are one of our Fancy New Bands playing tonight at Whammy Bar (for free!) and Jess and Ciara popped in for a chat. You can catch them live at 9.30pm, but come down early to see the full line-up: Fable, Ripship, Dharmarat, Crap Date and Elegant world! And if you can't make it in person, you can tune-in on the radio or watch the live stream on the 95bFM facebook page. 

Dharmarat is one of our Fancy New Bands performing this friday at Whammy Bar. He popped into studio to chat to us about his record WLKNZ, what he's been up to over lockdown, and what to expect from his set on friday. Tune in, and come geg! (It's free!)

Courtney Marvin (The Courtneys) and Connor Mayer have a fuzzy new guitar band called Gum Country. The spoke with Rachel this morning livefrom L.A. about their brand new album 'Somewhere', catching coronavirus, and Black Lives Matter protests happening on their doorstep. Tune in! 

Queen of mournful bangers, Phoebe Bridgers, is back with her sophmore album, 'Punisher', out now via Dead Oceans. Rachel caught up with the L.A. based musician to have a chat about making the new record, working with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus on boygenius, ol' coronavirus and more. Tune in!