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New Season, New Roster on PBS

Wed 26 Feb 2025 to Mon 31 Mar 2025
This March you’ll hear some changes to the PBS program roster as we head into Autumn. Some of your favourite programs move into new slots to better connect with audiences, and to better represent their...
Feature Sounds

Charlie Needs Braces - NYAA WA

Mon 10 Mar 2025 to Sun 16 Mar 2025
This week's PBS Feature Album is NYAA WA by Naarm/Melbourne duo Charlie Needs Braces. NYAA WA means 'take care' in Charlie's mob’s GuriNgai language, and the songs on the album emphasise the importance of taking...
Studio 5 Live

Intermood Studio 5 Live

Tue 18 Mar 2025
Friends and brothers alike, instrumental dance outfit Intermood embrace the raw edge reminiscent of their formative musical experiences on Naarm/Melbourne’s dancefloors. Their debut extended play Casuarina is a warm and psychedelic experience which weaves between...
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Sunday Sounds: Flight 1067 to Africa and Global Village LIVE at City Hall

Sun 23 Mar 2025
Kingston Arts and PBS present Live at City Hall: Sunday Sounds , a series of free performances by some of Naarm/Melbourne’s best bands and PBS DJs at Kingston City Hall in Moorabbin. Kick back, relax...
Studio 5 Live

Liz Stringer Studio 5 Live

Thu 27 Mar 2025
Australian singer-songwriter Liz Stringer has recently announced her revelatory seventh studio album The Second High , due for release via Dot Dash Recordings on March 28. Mirroring the scope and complexity of Stringer’s sensibilities and...
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SPACE 2 : DAMIEN MITCHELL

Tue 1 Apr 2025 to Wed 16 Apr 2025
After more than a decade of focusing on large-scale public murals, Damien Mitchell - a celebrated artist known for his hyper-realistic style - will unveil his first solo exhibition in over ten years, featuring an...

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PBS Presents

Strawberry Fields X PBS FM Live Music Comp Winner Announced!

Tue 4 Jul 2023 to Thu 14 Sep 2023
UPDATE: Congratulations to Your Girl Pho - the winner of the inaugural Strawberry Fields X PBS live music comp - she's won herself a spot on this year's Strawberry Fields line up! There were stacks...
Studio 5 Live

Watch: Child Studio 5 Live

Tue 4 Jul 2023
Heavy blues-psych band Child performed live to air on Pojama People on Tuesday July 4, 2023, alongside a chat with Chris Pearson. Combining heavy blues, the tone and raw power of hard rock, the finesse...
Feature Sounds

Cable Ties - All Her Plans

Mon 3 Jul 2023 to Sun 9 Jul 2023
When public support systems fall short, who ends up carrying the burden? The question courses through All Her Plans , the third album from local rock trio Cable Ties - this week's PBS Feature Album...
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BE_HEAR/NOW 2023

Fri 30 Jun 2023 to Sun 2 Jul 2023
The City of Ballarat’s live music program, Be Hear Now has been developing and supporting musicians by providing a framework to celebrate the skills and talents of our community and helping give them the tools...
Studio 5 Live

Watch: Studio 5 Live with Sinj Clarke

Mon 26 Jun 2023
On Monday June 26, our Studio 5 Live broadcast saw local pianist and composer, Sinj Clarke, perform a live set with his 7-piece band on The Breakfast Spread , alongside a chat with Milo Eastwood...
Feature Sounds

Sleep D - Electronic Arts

Mon 26 Jun 2023 to Sun 2 Jul 2023
This week's PBS Feature Album is Sleep D’s latest, Electronic Arts .
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MIDNIGHT DRIVER

Sat 24 Jun 2023
Disco & groove, courtesy of PBS all stars: MzRizk (Boogie Beat Suite), Milo Eastwood (Breakfast Spread), Ella Stoeckli (Stardust), and DJ Matab (Dounya). Plus special guest Bertie!
Studio 5 Live

Watch: Women of Soul

Wed 21 Jun 2023
Women of Soul, Australia’s premiere collective of soulful artists, were recent guests for Studio 5 Live. Since 2011, the group have presented original music written and performed by female artists from across the country. Backed...
Feature Sounds

The Teskey Brothers - The Winding Way

Mon 19 Jun 2023 to Sun 25 Jun 2023
This week's PBS Feature Album is The Winding Way, the third studio album by The Teskey Brothers. A seminal moment in the band’s illustrious catalogue, The Winding Way is both a testament to their artistic...
PBS Presents

Reclink Community Cup 2023

Sun 18 Jun 2023
This year's line up features sets from Cosmic Psychos, Close Counters, Gut Health, Our Carlson, The Merindas, Teeny Tiny Stevies and MzRizk.
Feature Sounds

Clark - Sus Dog

Mon 12 Jun 2023 to Sun 18 Jun 2023
This week's PBS Feature Album is Sus Dog, the tenth studio album by Clark. Released on his own burgeoning label Throttle Records, the record was mentored and executive produced by Thom Yorke, who sings and...
Studio 5 Live

Watch: Sleaford Mods

Thu 8 Jun 2023
Sleaford Mods dropped in to PBS HQ for a special Studio 5 Live, gracing our shores while celebrating their twelfth album UK Grim. The album finds the group at their most immaculately enraged, disquieting and...
Feature Sounds

RVG - Brain Worms

Mon 5 Jun 2023 to Sun 11 Jun 2023
This week's PBS Feature Album is RVG’s highly-anticipated third album, Brain Worms. All throughout the album, it’s apparent that this is a band in very fine form. Album opener ‘Common Ground’ sets the tone for...
Studio 5 Live

Watch: RVG

Mon 5 Jun 2023
PBS' next guests for Studio 5 Live were local indie rockers RVG, whose highly-anticipated third album is named Brain Worms for the hyper-recognisable experience of, each day, baring witness to a world of private obsessions...
Studio 5 Live

Watch: Floodlights

Tue 30 May 2023
PBS were stoked to host local five piece Floodlights for a Studio 5 Live, whose dynamic live performance is raw and intimate, intertwined with powerful outbursts and marching rhythms. Since the beginning of their short...
Feature Sounds

Cash Savage and The Last Drinks - So This Is Love

Mon 29 May 2023 to Sun 4 Jun 2023
This week's PBS Feature Album is So This Is Love, the fifth album by Melbourne powerhouse Cash Savage and the Last Drinks by Mistletone Records via Inertia (Australia/NZ) and Glitterhouse Records (Europe). A pillar of...
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Top Tracks of the Week

Mon 22 May 2023 to Sun 28 May 2023
Check out the list of the top tracks the PBS team are loving this week! Soundtracking the second week of Radio Festival while we're busy packing memberships and prize packs! TOP TRACKS WE'RE LOVING RVG...
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Top Tracks of the Week

Mon 15 May 2023 to Sun 21 May 2023
Check out the list of the top tracks the PBS team are loving this week! Our soundtrack while we are packing memberships and prize packs for this year's Radio Festival from May 15 - 28!
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Radio Festival Daily Prize Winners

Mon 15 May 2023 to Sun 28 May 2023
Join or renew your PBS Membership between May 15 and 28 to be in the draw for a daily prize pack.
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West Space 30th Anniversary

Sat 13 May 2023
Our Collingwood Yards neighbours West Space are celebrating their 30th anniversary with an exhibition fundraiser this May. Opening on May 13 from 3–6pm, there will be an art party in Collingwood Yards involving drinks, a...