Jazz

PBS has been a welcome home to jazz since its inception. With contemporary jazz, swing, Latin, fusion, lounge, free and vocal jazz on offer throughout the week, you’ll find jazz for every taste on PBS.

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Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

Thu 14 Nov 2024
PBS Presents

Get ready for an unforgettable night of music and activism as Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 take the stage at the Northcote Theatre on November 14, 2024.

Seun Kuti, a Nigerian musician, singer, and songwriter, is renowned for his captivating performances and socially conscious music. As the youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, Seun has dedicated his life to preserving and extending his father’s political and musical legacy as the leader of the legendary band Egypt 80.

Bananagun - Why Is The Colour Of The Sky?

Mon 11 Nov 2024 to Sun 17 Nov 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Why Is The Colour Of The Sky? from Naarm-based five-piece band, Bananagun.

PBS Open Day 2024

Sat 9 Nov 2024
PBS Events

Mark it in your diaries folks, 'cause the annual PBS 106.7FM Open Day is back! Going down on Saturday November 9, please join us during the hours of 12 'til 3pm (Fiesta Jazz and Switched On) as we swing open the doors to PBS at Collingwood Yards!

Stay Soft Market X PBS Live Broadcast From Collingwood Yards

Sat 9 Nov 2024
PBS Events

The Stay Soft Night Market is back for another round in the Collingwood Yards courtyard, this time in collaboration with PBS!

Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness

Mon 4 Nov 2024 to Sun 10 Nov 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Cartoon Darkness from Naarm/Melbourne's homegrown pub-rock heroes, Amyl and The Sniffers. 

The 13-track project follows the band's 2019 self-titled debut and their 2021 hit Comfort To Me, delving into provocative explorations of climate change, war, AI, tiptoeing on the eggshells of politics, and Big Tech. In the face of these looming realities, Amyl and The Sniffers dive headfirst into the unknown, combating the chaos with childlike sensibilities that capture the playful rock n' roll grit we know and love.

BATTS - Just My Luck

Mon 28 Oct 2024 to Sun 3 Nov 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Just My Luck from BATTS, the project of Naarm/Melbourne-based musician, Tanya Batt.

The recent release follows her AMP nominated sophomore album ‘The Nightline’ which was supported around the world by BBC 6 Music, NPR, Brooklyn Vegan, NME, Sterogum and other prominent outlets. Batt’s main focus for the third album was to fall in love with music again, to find the joy and playfulness in it all, something she felt she had lost through grief and the toxicities that exist in the industry.

Melbourne International Jazz Festival Artist Talks at PBS

Tue 22 Oct 2024 to Thu 24 Oct 2024
PBS Events

PBS and Melbourne International Jazz Festival have joined up to present two intimate Artist Talks, hosted at PBS Studios in Collingwood Yards during this year's festival. At 6pm on October 22, MzRizk interviews London-born saxophonist Nubya Garcia (Booked Out), and at 3pm October 24, Mike Gurrieri interviews Brandee Younger (TIX).

Entry is free, but RSVPs are essential.

Nubya Garcia 6pm Tuesday October 22, 2024 - BOOKED OUT

Coda Chroma - Luminous As It Is

Mon 21 Oct 2024 to Sun 27 Oct 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Luminous As It Is from award-winning songwriter Coda Chroma.

Coda Chroma (aka Kate Lucas) creates music that sways between cinematic folk and baroque pop, with otherworldly harmonies, honest and existential lyrics, suspended in deeply nuanced production.

Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2024

Fri 18 Oct 2024 to Sun 27 Oct 2024
PBS Presents

Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF) returns this October 18-27, featuring an incredible line-up of over 400 international and Australian artists for more than 100 performances over 10 huge days of live music. 

Gut Health - Stiletto

Mon 14 Oct 2024 to Sun 20 Oct 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is the debut album Stiletto by six-piece hypnotic dance-punk ensemble Gut Health.

Recorded in 2023 with long-term collaborator Julian Cue (CIVIC, Screensaver) and Gut Health’s Dom Willmott on a 24-track reel-to-reel tape machine, Gut Health’s debut full-length offering is an immersive ten-track foray into dancefloor-inducing soundscapes and punchy prowess, with songs oscillating between infectious up-tempo numbers, hypnotic bliss and chaotic noise edging precariously toward collapse.