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Returning to Melbourne for her first headline show in almost two years, producer and multi-instrumentalist Audrey Powne is playing shows this October for the Melbourne International Jazz Festival and Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival. To...

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...

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. PBS and Melbourne...

Hypnotic dance-punk sextet Gut Health have been a force in underground music since they first formed in a sharehouse on Hope St in Naarm/Melbourne’s inner north in 2022. Following the release of their debut EP...

Sequential Zero has just unveiled their new, highly-anticipated full-length release, Zero Sum Game . While musically paying a fond tribute to the darkwave genre, the lyrics on Zero Sum Game cover a wide range of...

PBS is incredibly saddened to learn of the passing of Ian 'Ollie' Olsen, a prominent multi-instrumentalist in Australia's post-punk scene. For over four decades, the influential Ollie altered the underground scene forever. Known for pushing...

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...

PBS' neighbours at Collingwood Yards, The Centre for Projection Art , present ‘More Than’: an exhibition of new works developed through their 2024 residency program. These works will be showcased inside and outside at Collingwood...

OnWednesday, October 9 Helen Jennings celebrated her 75th birthday on air. You can listen back to the party here . Helen shared her cake with special guests Monique diMattina, Rebecca Barnard, Vika and Linda Bull...

This week’s PBS Feature Album is A Lion Is A Lion, the latest release from Melbourne/Naarm afro-beat duo Cool Out Sun. Spearheaded by Sierra-Leonean Australian MC N'fa Jones and South African Australian producer Sensible J,...

Melbourne’s afro hip hop veterans Cool Out Sun are a unique cross-cultural group spearheaded by Sierra-Leonean Australian MC N'fa Jones, and South African Australian Producer Sensible J. The group will drop the bustling, percussive and...

Garage Band is an initiative co-presented with JOF, Fed Square and Bunjil Place that celebrates and spotlights emerging Victorian talent. Part of ALWAYS LIVE, Garage Band features up to 30 young bands between 16 -...

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Dance, No One's Watching the third studio album by UK jazz outfit Ezra Collective. Since forming in 2012, five-piece UK jazz outfit Ezra Collective have blossomed into one of...

Researchers from RMIT are mapping the jobs and skills that contribute to Victoria’s music industry. Folks working in live band venues, record labels, touring, management, music retail, or any other work that’s not making or...

Youth music organisation, The Push has announced their new grant program connecting young audiences to Victorian music events - an initiative supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. This grants program is designed to...

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Mayawa , the debut album from Northern Territory rock group Ripple Effect Band. Mayawa is more than just a collection of songs, it is a celebration of Ripple Effect...

The Music in Exile Spring Fundraising Fling is here! Tickets are on sale now - click here . Music in Exile is taking over the Thornbury Bowls Club on Sunday September 22 for ther biannual...

PBS is devastated to learn of the passing of musician, and Director of The Boite world music organisation, Zulya Kamalova.

This week’s PBS Feature Album is The Making Of Silk, the brand new album from jazz-soul multi-instrumentalist Allysha Joy. Allysha Joy is a deeply expressive singer, songwriter, producer and keys player hailing from Naarm/Melbourne, known...