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Mon 3 Oct 2022 to Sun 9 Oct 2022

Sudan Archives' album Natural Brown Prom Queen is this week's PBS Feature Album.

The Meanies
Wed 28 Sep 2022

The Meanies have always been outlandishly funny - this never stood in the way of their musical talent as Australia's punk-rock stalwarts. As longstanding PBS favourites, they have visited the station in various capacities over the years, always bringing their special brand of high energy wit and humour to the airwaves. You can hear this in their early sessions on PBS, like their 2007 Studio 5 Live session, which represents the band’s original energy, playful on-stage banter, sharp wit and even sharper riffs.

Mon 26 Sep 2022 to Sun 2 Oct 2022

Makaya McCraven's album In These Times is this week's PBS Feature Album.

Mon 19 Sep 2022 to Sun 25 Sep 2022

Black Jesus Exprience's album Good Evening Black Buddha is this week's PBS Feature Album. 

Inspired by the land we live on and the connection to all that have gone before and will follow, inspired by the multicultural power of our community, inspired by the paradox of the story of the Black Buddha. From the perversity of the pandemic and its imposition of separation comes Good Evening Black Buddha, celebrating togetherness. Darkness is light.

Tue 13 Sep 2022

PBS is deeply saddened by the passing of Boon Wurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Woiwurrung and Yorta Yorta Elder Uncle Jack Charles, who passed away Monday night. All of us here at the station send our love to his family and loved ones, and the countless folks who's lives he has touched.

Mon 12 Sep 2022 to Sun 18 Sep 2022

Marlon Williams' third record My Boy is this week's PBS Feature Album. 

The New Zealand singer/songwriter announces an artist emerging anew. Gone is the solemn, country-indebted crooner with the velvet voice - in his place comes a playful, shapeshifting creature. 

Mon 5 Sep 2022 to Sun 11 Sep 2022

Julia Jacklin's third album PRE PLEASURE is this week's PBS Feature Album. 

Conceived upon returning to Australia at the end of a huge world tour, and finished in a frantic few months of recording in Montreal, "The songs on this record took either three years to write or three minutes". PRE PLEASURE sees Julia Jacklin expanding beyond her signature sound, while conjuring the ripples and faultlines caused by unreliable communication. 

Wed 31 Aug 2022

Submissions are open now for this year's UpStart Award, with entries closing August 31, 2022. Funded by a music-loving family in Melbourne, the UpStart Award is an annual round of grants given to emerging Victorian singer-songwriters. Winners are chosen by a panel of local music experts.

Mon 29 Aug 2022 to Sun 4 Sep 2022

CLAMM’s second album Care is this week's PBS Feature Album.