After a hiatus following their first release in 2019, Young Baptist are back with new material. The Tāmaki Makaurau four-piece is comprised of vocalist and guitarist Hugo Collins, drummer Emlyn Williams, Tim Burrows on lead guitar, and Nico Fitzpatrick on bass. Whakarongo mai nei to hear their forthcoming singles, plus a live version of a tune familiar to bFM listeners, Ice Cold Sensation. Keep an ear out for more recorded tunes set for release this year. 

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Greatsouth play live in the bFM lounge as part of 95bFM x Carhartt WIP Audio Archives live broadcast day, with Payton Taplin and the band bringing a suite of sublime, timely tunes to a rainy Thursday in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Priya Sami stops by the 95bFM studio to talk about Bub, her Taite-nominated music project. Bub's debut album, Can't Even, is a finalist for Best Independent Debut. Priya tells Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason how it feels to have songs she began writing as a teenager acknowledged for such a prestigious prize. They also discuss The Strokes, The Warriors and using music as a coping mechanism. Priya is playing at the Powerstation tonight with The Beths. You can buy Bub's album (irridescent purple vinyl!) on Bandcamp and at all good music stores now.

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For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to MP Shanan Halbert about the government’s response to the fuel crisis and the McCain factory closure. 

They also spoke to Dr Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland, for a follow-up interview about the government’s response to the fuel crisis. 

And they spoke to University of Auckland Associate Professor in History Jennifer Frost about the upcoming ‘No Tyrants’ protest in Auckland this Saturday. 

For City Counselling this week, News Director Castor spoke to Councillor Shane Henderson about public transport usage amidst the fuel crisis, resource consent changes, and dog control law reform. 

And Producer Pranuja spoke to Niamh O’Flynn from Greenpeace on the energy crisis in Aotearoa and our next move to renewable energy.

It's a big, busy day at the station, with 95bFM x Carhartt WIP collaborating for the brand's Audio Archives project. Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason streams live from the studio and is joined by Greatsouth in the bFM lounge for a live-to-air set. Later in the show, she chats to Bub's Priya Sami, who is a finalist for the Best Independent Debut at this year's Taite Music Prize.

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It's officially our Carhartt WIP Audio Archives day! We've opened up the lounge doors to invite the public in for the whole day, with live performances and radio until 11pm! You can also watch the day livestreamed here. E whai ake nei, coming up on the 95bFM Breakfast show with Rosetta and Milly; Fahsun with Penelope Noir, a kōrero with the good folk of The Weed Eaters about their Big Forking Tour, Just What The DoC Ordered, and a live set from MOKOTRON! Whakarongo mai nei!

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Principal Tara Iti Ranger at DoC, Sol Cranna-Smith, chats with Rosetta and Milly about his mahi looking after the Tara Iti / New Zealand Fairy Tern. Whakarongo mai nei!

Penelope Noir joins Rosetta and Milly in the studio for a very special edition of Fashun: chatting about the history of Carhartt WIP, in honour of 95bFM Audio Archives day! Whakarongo mai nei!

Rosetta and Milly are joined in the studio by Alice and Finneas of The Weed Eaters - to chat about their Big Forking Tour this April, before the award-winning comedy-horror gets released into Aotearoa cinemas April 30! 

MOKOTRON blesses us with an epic set of new tunes, live in the bFM lounge, as part of 95bFM x Carhartt WIP Audio Archives! Whakarongo mai nei