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Melbourne will be transformed with art trails, sculptural illuminations and projections, a 360° pop-up dome cinema and a non-stop weekend of gigs, as the City of Melbourne debuts its spectacular new festival, Now or Never...

PBS is saddened by the passing of Ron S. Peno. As a member of Died Pretty, Screaming Tribesmen, Darling Downs and many more - most recently fronting Ron S. Peno and the Superstitions - Ron's...

This week's PBS Feature Album is the debut self-titled album by Australian based Americana duo Minor Gold (Tracy McNeil & Dan Parsons). Minor Gold captures the duo at their finest, weaving masterful harmonies around stripped-back,...

This week's PBS Feature Album is Nashville-based label Easy Eye Sound's new anthology Tell Everybody! The album is a bracing compilation, produced by Dan Auerbach - winner of the GRAMMY Award as 2013 Producer of...

Melbourne Blues artist Lloyd Spiegel has been touring the globe for 30 of his 40 years.  The 14 time Australian Blues Award winner has one of the most interesting stories in music, having grown up...

This week's PBS Feature Album is City of Gold from Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway.

Penny Ikinger is a renowned rock ace. Rarely seen without her iconic guitar, the Pennycaster, and with an impressive career spanning several decades, Penny has been a formidable force in the music industry. Penny has...

This week's PBS Feature Album is High Pass Filter's Nice Coordinated Outfit.

Nashville-based DIY punk outfit Snõõper blasted through town at the start of July, playing three live shows in 24 hours at dive bars around town. PBS managed to grab them in between shows one and...

This week's PBS Feature Album is Immy Owusu’s debut LP, LO-LIFE! .

On Saturday July 15, 2023 flamenco fusion 4-piece, Malcura, popped by to perform an exclusive Studio 5 Live set on Fiesta Jazz . Blending flamenco and rhumba rhythms with everything from funk, to metal, to...

The UpStart Award is an annual grant of $10,000 to an emerging Victoria singer-songwriter. The award is funded by a music loving family in Melbourne and the winner will be decided by a panel of...

PBS’ number one kid friendly music show Rock-A-Bye Baby returns this July! Join us at Fitzroy Town Hall from 11am on Thursday July 13 for a special live performance from bubble gum psych explorers Parsnip!

This July, PBS once again partnered with the City of Yarra to present a huge live-to-air broadcast as part of the annual Leaps and Bounds Music Festival . Each year PBS takes our Thursday afternoon...

Pizza Death play songs that are about 3 things: 1. Pizza 2. Death (the only thing they believe in in life other than pizza) 3. And death by pizza (their greatest fear) Listen back to...

Pianist and composer, Sinj Clarke, has been quietly building a reputation for his laconic style of composition that is reminiscent of late seventies Italian film scores and sun-drenched exotica. Sinj Clarke’s debut EP Music For...

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...

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...

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...