This week's show featured new music from Greatsouth, Westside Cowboy, Erykah Badu and more. 

We continue on with our chapter book, Danny the Champion of the World, chat about elephants and cats turning into pigeons

Thanks to the wonderful NZ Maritime Museum - Hui te Ananui a Tangaroa - for sponsoring the show!

Frances Chan showcases a bevvy of terrifically talented twentysomethings and teens, and has a wee Latin moment, sandwiched between some legendary names. Plus a taste of American saxophonist Patrick Bartley Jr, whose debut performance in New Zealand is at The Tuning Fork tonight.

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Elle speaks to Hannah Everingham for Long Player this week. Big Surprise, Everingham’s reflective third album, interlaces vulnerable narrative threads between pattering percussion and fluid acoustic melodies.

The album elucidates human emotion and complexity through a long existential drive, images of flowers on a kitchen counter, an acceptance of the permanence of change, and becoming Judi Dench. Her lyricism captures the hope and spirit of what is to come after the war (a tormenting relationship).

I am unable to capture the brilliance of the album in 76 words, so you should grab a copy from bandcamp!

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Thanks to NZ On Air Music!

You know that it is....it's Plato's Retreat! Brought to life by Kris and Rob, sustained by the beers of Hallertau, and set free into the world by the mighty mighty 95bFM.

"The car audio convention was a huge success."

Thanks Decibel Wines. (Get a discount on your order with code 95BFM.)

For a pair of wizards who specialise in chronomancy, our hosts Alex and Castor seem to face an awful lot of time related problems. Alex deals with minor difficulties related to starting the show on time, while Castor manages the dilemma of Friday nights directly preceding Saturday mornings.

Despite the few small hiccups at the start, our hosts bravely embark through 1995 to share some of the greatest tracks and tales. Alongside the latest updates on Big Day Out, the Battle of Britpop, and OJ Simpson, they also play the best of the best from Shihad, GZA, and Björk. 

Whakarongo mai!

Cam from Southbound is back in the studio, chatting with Rosetta about the fresh wax out today: special reissues of Happy Mondays and Kalen Phil Cohran & Legacy, and the new album from Jorja Smith! Plus, get down to Southbound tomorrow for a special second-hand pop up! Whakarongo mai nei. 

Thanks to Southbound Records!

Ata mārie e te whānau! E whai ake nei: Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke, Parakuihi Pals with Radio Active, From The Crate with Cam from Southbound, and heaps of awesome new tunes! Whakarongo mai nei!

Thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!