PBS has the best of new and classic funk, deep soul, crossover, Northern soul, disco and soulful electronic. If you want to find out about the greats of the past of the sounds of today, then PBS has all of your funk and soul needs covered.

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Mon 12 Aug 2024 to Sun 18 Aug 2024

This week’s PBS Feature Album is PLASMATA, the sophomore record from four-piece funk-punk ensemble Proto Moro.

PLASMATA draws inspiration from Greek mythology, the stories of Medusa and Hephaestus serving as a statement to the environmental atrocities being committed by mining companies and big corporations on Indigenous Country today. The anxiety that comes with the destruction that capitalism has created embodies itself within the instruments and voices of Proto Moro, giving the record its explosive sound.

Mon 5 Aug 2024 to Sun 11 Aug 2024

This week’s PBS Feature Album is the debut record In The Space You Carry by local multi-instrumentalist Darvid Thor. 

In The Space You Carry is a catharsis from youth, a shedding of skin. Leaning into the cinematic and orchestral spaces within the indie and alternative music idiom, Darvid’s absorbing, photosynthetic, warped, beautiful music reminds us to slow down, take a breath, and take stock of what’s around us.

Thu 1 Aug 2024 to Sat 31 Aug 2024

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.

Mon 29 Jul 2024 to Sun 4 Aug 2024

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Megaflower, the third studio album from Brisbane/Meanjin rock group Full Flower Moon Band.

Produced by frontwoman Kate Dillon aka Babyshakes, Megaflower features the full five-piece, triple-guitar line-up that audiences have grown accustomed to over the last two years of must-see live shows. Presenting a new direction for the band, their latest release emphasises expansion and diversity rather than just intensifying their rock sound. 

Thu 25 Jul 2024 to Sun 28 Jul 2024

Yarra City Council’s annual winter music festival Leaps and Bounds returns July 25 to Sunday July 28.

Mon 22 Jul 2024 to Sun 28 Jul 2024

This week’s PBS Feature Album is NGBE, the fourth full-length offering from Melbourne quartet Big Yawn. 

Mon 15 Jul 2024 to Sun 21 Jul 2024

This week’s PBS Feature Album is NQR&B by the 'Ukulele Queen of the Bellarine', Sarah Carroll.

NQR&B is a collection which celebrates Sarah's great loves and her unique life, with a career spanning over 30 years as a performer. Her songs chime with sincerity and deal largely with her life as a teacher, mother, wife, political animal and touring musician. 

Sat 13 Jul 2024

Head to Soul Sisters at Odeon Richmond, Saturday July 13 to have a dance and help raise funds for Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre.

The night will feature an exciting all female DJ line up including DJ Lady Soul, Celia Bow, Soosie Wong, Gail Smith, Ann Gamble and Randy Lipzxxx. They'll be spinning vinyl, sharing soul, RnB, Motown, funk and disco dancefloor fillers. Head on down for a shimmy and shake, and please wear a splash of purple in support of this very worthy cause.

Mon 8 Jul 2024 to Sun 14 Jul 2024

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Sing Your Own Song, the debut album from multi-talented Northern
Territory musicians, the Andrew Gurruwiwi Band.

A high-energy, eight-piece funk band who have honed their chops on the beach at Birrtjimi and in the dirt of Yirrkala, the Andrew Gurruwiwi Band write real funk jams in their native tongue, Yolngu Matha.

Mon 1 Jul 2024

Punk funk four-piece Proto Moro experiment with delving into the extended techniques of their instruments to create textures that are new and exciting for all listeners. 

Taking influences from a mixture of genres such as funk, punk, techno, psychedelic rock, metal and spiritual jazz, the band create heavily smooth stylings that will leave you both bewildered and entranced.