News

Feature Sounds

Leatherman - Turn You On

Mon 21 Apr 2025 to Sun 27 Apr 2025
This week's PBS Feature Album is Turn You On, the raucous debut from local five-piece Leatherman. An unapologetic love letter to the audacity of rock’n’roll, Turn You On draws from a bottomless pit of guitar-worship...
PBS Events

MIDNIGHT DRIVER at Revolver with Steady Weather Live

Thu 24 Apr 2025
PBS is stoked to announce the next edition of MIDNIGHT DRIVER will be at Naarm/Melbourne’s most loved nightclub REVOLVER UPSTAIRS on Thursday April 24 (Anzac Day holiday eve) with PBS DJs MZRizk, Mike Gurrieri and...
Studio 5 Live

Mess Esque Studio 5 Live

Tue 29 Apr 2025
Mess Esque, the heavenly duo of Helen Franzmann and Mick Turner, release their much awaited third record Jay Marie, Comfort Me out now on Forgotten Song Records. Jay Marie, Comfort Me is a bold third...

Past News

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Studio 5 Live

Warped

Wed 27 Jun 2018
Listen back to Shock Treatment for a Studio 5 Live with Warped. Proudly brought to you by Mountain Goat.
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Community News

Mental Health Helpline launched for Australian Music Industry

Tue 26 Jun 2018 to Mon 9 Jul 2018
Mental illness claims the lives of too many in music. A new helpline seeks to change that.
Feature Sounds

Heaven and Earth

Mon 25 Jun 2018 to Sun 1 Jul 2018
by Kamasi Washington Kamasi Washington releases new album Heaven and Earth , the long-awaited follow up to his debut The Epic. Recorded in Henson Studios in Los Angeles with The Next Step, as well as...
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PBS Events

Community Cup is back!

Sun 24 Jun 2018
Put on your winter woolies and get ready to watch the mighty Megahertz triumph against those pesky Rockdogs!
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Studio 5 Live

Jake Mason Trio

Sat 23 Jun 2018
Listen back to Switched On for a Studio 5 Live with the Jake Mason Trio. Proudly brought to you by Mountain Goat.
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PBS Presents

Emerge in the North

Fri 22 Jun 2018 to Sat 30 Jun 2018
Celebrating arts and culture from new, emerging and Indigenous communities in Melbourne’s outer north.
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Arts & Film

Circus Oz - Precarious

Wed 20 Jun 2018
Tune in for State of the Art this Wednesday when Circus Oz Artistic Director, Rob Tannion, stops in to chat about their 40th year performance - Precarious.
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PBS News

Congratulations Helen Jennings!

Wed 20 Jun 2018
Helen Jennings has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for her service to music, particularly through community radio.
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Community News

ASRC World Refugee Day Telethon

Wed 20 Jun 2018
Support the ASRC World Refugee Day Telethon and help provide shelter, food and sanctuary for refugees and people seeking asylum.
Laura Jean Devotion
Feature Sounds

Devotion

Mon 18 Jun 2018 to Sun 24 Jun 2018
by Laura Jean Devotion is a stunning artistic about-face from revered Melbourne songwriter Laura Jean . Loved for her piercing, intimate, folk-based albums such as 2014’s Laura Jean and 2011’s A fool who'll , Laura...
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Arts & Film

Next Matriach

Wed 13 Jun 2018
State of the Art welcomes Kimberley Moulton, co-curator of Next Matriarch, an exhibition of sovereign female voices to consider the past & future matriarchy.
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PBS Events

PBS Collaborative Radio Project

Tue 12 Jun 2018 to Mon 25 Jun 2018
Interested in shaping a creative idea into a radio story for broadcast? PBS is running a free training program in radio story production July 5th-August 30th.
Tangents, New Bodies
Feature Sounds

New Bodies

Mon 11 Jun 2018 to Sun 17 Jun 2018
by Tangents Following a year of touring plus the release of their teaser EP Stents + Arteries , Tangents bring you New Bodies . The Sydney-based band, know for “post everything” experimentations, continue to deliver...
From The Vault

2018 Young Elder Of Jazz Broadcast

Sat 9 Jun 2018
Tune in to Jazz on Saturday to hear Love, As We Know It by 2018 Young Elder Of Jazz, Brenton Foster.
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Community News

Where to From Here? Music, Community & the "State of Play"

Fri 8 Jun 2018
A not to be missed community-focused event showing that change in the music industry is on the way.
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Arts & Film

Le Sacré

Wed 6 Jun 2018
Don't miss State Of The Art with new Arts expert, Annika Priest, speaking to Zebastian Hunter about the Australian Ballet School & NICA collaboration, Le Sacré.
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Studio 5 Live

Yemen Blues

Wed 6 Jun 2018
Listen back to The Afterglow for a Studio 5 Live with Yemen Blue. Proudly brought to you by Mountain Goat.
Feature Sounds

Deran

Mon 4 Jun 2018 to Sun 10 Jun 2018
by Bombino Tuareg guitar icon Bombino hits the top of the feature record list this week with his sixth full length LP Deran . Born in 1980 at a nomadic camp near the desert town...
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Community News

The Long Walk

Sat 2 Jun 2018
Join thousands of people in a march for reconciliation from Federation Square to the MCG.
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PBS Events

Soul A Go Go - June!

Sat 2 Jun 2018
Dance the night away at Soul-A-Go-Go!