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Baker Boy at the Music Victoria Awards

2022 Music Victoria Awards Winners Announced

Wed 14 Dec 2022
Community News

The 2022 Music Victoria Award winners were announced at the official ceremony on December 13 at The Edge at Fed Square. Over 200 Victorian music experts, and the largest public voting pool in the award show’s history, decided the winners from a huge selection of local talent.

Music Victoria Awards Ceremony

Tue 13 Dec 2022
PBS Presents

Ajak Kwai, Pinch Points, Bumpy, Harvey Sutherland, Mo'Ju and Kutcha Edwards lead this year’s stacked industry nominations.

Chris Wilson Singing (black and white)

Chris Wilson - Landlocked, Faithless & Free

Mon 12 Dec 2022 to Sun 18 Dec 2022
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is the special 30th Anniversary reissue of Chris Wilson’s 1992 album, Landlocked.

Jamaican Music and Food Festival 2022

Sat 10 Dec 2022
PBS Presents

The Counterfeit

Thu 8 Dec 2022
Studio 5 Live

Melbourne 8-piece posse The Counterfeit recently saddled up at Fight Night Records for a gunslinging set of spaghetti western tracks off their debut LP, 14 Killer Bullets From the Spaghetti West. The band performed interpretations of 6 red hot themes composed by Ennio Morricone and other brilliant composers of the genre, including classics like 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' and 'The Ecstasy Of Gold'. 

Adalita wearing a gold tasseled jacket with their arms up and hair tied back.

Adalita - Inland

Mon 5 Dec 2022 to Sun 11 Dec 2022
Feature Sounds

Inland is a celebration of an inward journey. A dynamic new work, the record bristles with raw emotion, cerebral lyrics and her trademark kick-in-the-guts guitar. 

they're energised artwork

CoOp Presents: They're Energised

Mon 28 Nov 2022 to Sun 4 Dec 2022
Feature Sounds

CoOp Presents has released an all-new compilation album put together by Allysha Joy. The 14-track LP They're Energised gives us a solid glimpse into the current wave of Antipodean bruk/broken beat artists.


Stranger Cole live at Shotkickers

Sat 26 Nov 2022
PBS Presents

PBS and Funky Kingston present a very special evening of foundation Jamaican sounds delivered by one of the originators direct from Kingston, Jamaica: Stranger Cole. Get down to Shotkickers in Thornbury Saturday November 26, but make sure you grab a pre-sale, available now from trybooking.com.

Queenscliff Music Festival 2022

Fri 25 Nov 2022 to Sun 27 Nov 2022
PBS Presents

Queenscliff Music Festival is back! 

We can't wait to see you all in Queenscliff again this November 25-27 for the 24th edition (finally!). Without further ado, please welcome to the QMF Family...

Tamara standing outside at the top of a staircase with their double bass.

Tamara Murphy Trio - TMT

Mon 21 Nov 2022 to Sun 27 Nov 2022
Feature Sounds

Tamara Murphy presents TMT, her debut album featuring a mix of specially curated originals and covers from the likes of The Beatles, Thom Yorke and Bernie McGann.