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Throughout August, the NGV will host three Friday Night after-hours events curated by PBS's very own Stani Goma. Across these three Fridays, The Melbourne African Traditional Ensemble, Fem Belling, and Kunjani Heita Afrika will perform live music alongside Music in Exile guest DJs, including Shah Sharafi, Aysu and Kgomotso Sekhu. To tell us about this program, Fem Belling - herself a beloved PBS fill-in announcer - chats with Milo on Breakfast. Tune in on Tuesday morning to hear more.

This week on Mystic Brew, Mike Gurrieri takes a deep dive into the Adelaide music scene. Tune in as he explores the city’s music and brings on a variety of special guests.

PBS Presents AROCKALYPSE NOW, an evening of bands, beers, and big bad riffs in San Remo. Melbourne garage rock band Foggy Notion will be there, unleashing their driving rhythms and blunt lyrics to the crowd at Westernport Hotel. Tune in to Firewater as Claire is joined by Foggy Notion as they share what to anticipate on the night.

For the past 25 years, Japanese band MONO has explored themes ranging from darkness to light, hope in the face of disaster, and the duality of birth and death. Exploding with orchestral sunsets and instrumental rock breaks, their 12th album, 'OATH', was recorded with their longtime friend and collaborator Steve Albini. Band leader Takaakira, aka Taka, drops by Pojama People to chat with Chris about their latest album.

Exactly one decade ago, Shellac frontman and recording engineer Steve Albini spoke in Melbourne at the Face the Music conference. In his keynote address, the author of seminal 1993 essay, The Problem with Music, talked about the advantages of the internet, the death of the major label system, and copyright law. During Albini's Melbourne visit, Chris Pearson was lucky enough to explore these subjects with him on PBS. Tune in to Pojama People on Tuesday night to revisit their conversation in full.

Since the band formed in Ohio in 2005, The Devil Wears Prada have been making metalcore music, releasing their 8th studio album in 2022. This August, the band return to Australian shores for the first time in six years, to support touring band Alpha Wolf. The guitarist of the band, Jeremy DePoyster, pops by Tyrannocoreus to chat with Ryan about their upcoming tour and their plans to drip feed new material throughout the year ahead.

Gravemind are a death-core band hailing from Melbourne. Their debut album ‘Conduit’ is about dissociation, exhaustion and confusion, and they’re about to drop their sophomore album ‘Introsphere’ this August. Tune into Tyrannocoreus as Ryan chats with lead vocalist Bailey Schembri about his experience as the lead singer for the last two years, and what to expect from the band once their album has been released.

Way Dynamic is the namesake of Dylan Young, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter from Melbourne. His sophomore LP ‘Duck’ is a folk-rock odyssey, with nods to the Beach Boys, crafted with beautiful melodies and textures. Way Dynamic come into the Breakfast Spread for a Studio 5 live performance, and to chat with Milo about the latest record.