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Sun 31 Aug 2025

Legendary ska, rocksteady, early reggae and Jah RnB group The Ska Vendors are celebrating 21 years of playing around Naarm/Melbourne and across Australia. To kick off the milestone, they've released two 7” vinyls - the first with Jamaican foundation artist Stranger Cole after a triumphant four-show tour late in 2022, and recently, 'Good Love Bad', a song written by Kerri Simpson, recently inducted into the Blues Hall of fame. 

Mon 25 Aug 2025 to Sun 31 Aug 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is Strange Love from Bleak Squad, the new Naarm/Melbourne four-piece comprised of true Australian art-rock royalty Adalita (Magic Dirt), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, The Birthday Party), Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Mess Esque) and Marty Brown (Art of Fighting).

Mon 18 Aug 2025 to Sun 24 Aug 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is the self-titled debut album from Milly Strange. 

Blending raw lyrical honesty with vivid imagery and a dynamic alt-rock sound, Milly Strange captures the tension between vulnerability and strength as she moves through pain toward renewal. The eight-track release is a cathartic exploration of grief, inner conflict, and personal transformation, tracing the emotional terrain of heartbreak, old friendships, and versions of the self left behind. 

Mon 11 Aug 2025 to Sun 17 Aug 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is Way To The Sun, the sophomore album by award-winning duo Minor Gold.

Mon 4 Aug 2025 to Sun 10 Aug 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is the debut electronic collaboration from Warlpiri elders Crown and Country.

Step into a world of profound beauty and extraordinary ceremonial knowledge, in the vast desert
landscapes of the immersive First Nations audiovisual project, Crown and Country.

Mon 28 Jul 2025 to Sun 3 Aug 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is Now Would Be A Good Time, the debut album from Naarm group Folk Bitch Trio.

Thu 24 Jul 2025

PBS 106.7FM and Leaps and Bounds Music Festival presented the second edition of ‘Swinging City’: a live broadcast of Radio City and Swinging Doors, this year from The Railway Hotel in Fitzroy North.

Mon 21 Jul 2025 to Sun 27 Jul 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is Abreast, the fourth studio album from sister duo The Maes. 

Maggie and Elsie Rigby bring modern folk to life with lush harmonies and acoustic mastery on guitar, mandolin, fiddle and banjo, drawing their audiences in like your sweetest and scariest friend.

Mon 14 Jul 2025 to Sun 20 Jul 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is Welcome Back, the full-length debut album by Naarm-based tripwave outfit Fade Evare.

Centred around the brother-sister partnership of Mira Holleman and Tori Holleman (Retiree), Fade Evare rests on the push and pull of the siblings’ respective musical journeys, with Mira’s starry-eyed youthfulness complementing Tori’s quietly assured, tasteful production.

Mon 14 Jul 2025 to Sun 31 Aug 2025

Entries have opened for the annual UpStart Award, closing at midnight on August 31.

The UpStart Award is an annual grant for emerging Victorian singer-songwriters. Each year the winner of the award receives a grant of $10,000, with 2nd place receiving $3000 and 3rd place receiving $2000. The remaining 7 artists, who make up the top 10, will receive a grant of $1000. The award is funded by a music loving family in Melbourne and the winner will be decided by a panel of local artists and music experts.