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Mon 13 Oct 2025 to Sun 19 Oct 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is Melody Driver, the third album from Spirograph Studies.

Fri 10 Oct 2025

Naarm/Melbourne vocalist Loretta Miller has made a name for herself as the powerhouse front woman of touring act JAZZPARTY, electrifying audiences with her undeniable natural talent. Having been likened to Dolly Parton (after a bottle of whisky), put a song in front of her and she’ll sing the house down. Her star shines brightest at the gritty intersection of soul, country, rock n roll and Americana.

Mon 6 Oct 2025 to Sun 12 Oct 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is Kanana, the debut album from award-winning Noongar woman and Naarm-based artist Bumpy.

Wed 1 Oct 2025 to Fri 31 Oct 2025

Spring Renewal has wrapped up for another year! Thanks so much to everyone that joined or renewed throughout the month of October. Winners announced Thursday November 6, 2025 on Down By The River and here.

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Mon 29 Sep 2025 to Sun 5 Oct 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is Turning Yr Back On The Dolphin, the third album by Palm Springs.

Palm Springs is the outsider folk identity of Erica Dunn and an evolving cast of essential collaborators. Born out of a compulsion to write sparse, intimate verse and named for her nervous affliction - sweaty hands - Palm Springs has been a cornerstone of Dunn’s songwriting that sits in a separate interior back room from her other creative outputs (Tropical Fuck Storm, MOD CON, Fiancée, Harmony et al.)

Mon 22 Sep 2025 to Sun 28 Sep 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is In The Red, the debut LP from local power pop group The Prize.

Mon 8 Sep 2025 to Sun 14 Sep 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is the highly anticipated sophomore album Hearts Enduring
Lingering Loss
from The Maggie Pills.

Led by Argentinian front woman Delfi Sorondo and Venezuelan drummer Mario Perez, The Maggie Pills
are a fierce Naarm/Melbourne-based six-piece outfit who embody the spirit of the indie/alternative movement and the urgency of punk, with an intense and raw live performance.

Sat 6 Sep 2025

Sovereign Day Out - Saturday September 6 from 12:00pm - 10:30pm.

Wed 3 Sep 2025 to Thu 4 Sep 2025

Celebrate independent airwaves supporting local music, Tune In and Turn Up! First-time callers, long-time listeners from across the community radio landscape - Sounds Like Community Radio returns to Meanjin/Brisbane station 4ZZZFM, in celebration of their 50th year. 

Mon 1 Sep 2025 to Sun 7 Sep 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is Molasses, the sophomore album from Eora/Sydney soul songstress Natalie Slade. 

Staying true to her debut album Control's style of Australian future soul, Molasses has an emphasis on poetic storytelling with Natalie's lyrics and melodies heard against a lush bed of string arrangements and the influence of Sampology’s soulful but gritty sensibility.