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Music in Exile's Spring Fling

Sun 22 Sep 2024
Community News

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 fundraiser; an afternoon and evening of music and food from all corners of the community.

The line up features Bouba's Drumming Picnic, Brown Suga Princess, Genki Tanaka, Queen of Hearts, 
Scott & Charlene's Wedding and Wrong Way Up.

Allysha Joy - The Making Of Silk

Mon 16 Sep 2024 to Sun 22 Sep 2024
Feature Sounds

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 for both her solo work and as front woman of 30/70. A uniquely talented artist, her husky soulful voice, formidable Fender Rhodes prowess and raw poeticism has garnered legions of attentive fans the world over.

Australian Art Orchestra Creative Music Intensive: EOIs Open Now

Mon 9 Sep 2024 to Thu 19 Sep 2024
Community News

Expressions of interest for the Australian Art Orchestra's 2024 Creative Music Intensive (CMI) are currently open, and the closing date is fast approaching! Follow the link to submit your application before June 9th.

Party Dozen - Crime In Australia

Mon 9 Sep 2024 to Sun 15 Sep 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Crime In Australia by noise-rock duo Party Dozen.

Cong Josie - Moto Zone

Mon 2 Sep 2024 to Sun 8 Sep 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Moto Zone, the sophomore album from local wild greaser with an ever-broken heart, Cong Josie.

Queenie - New Moult

Mon 26 Aug 2024 to Sun 1 Sep 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Queenie's debut, New Moult.

Small Town Romance - Home Fires

Mon 19 Aug 2024 to Sun 25 Aug 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Home Fires, the long awaited second record from the Melbourne outfit Small Town Romance. 

On their latest release, Home Fires presents a rich and ambitious collection of songs bursting with life and finely attuned insights. With a knack for a story, an uncanny ear for melody and an innate poeticism, Small Town Romance blend folk, country and roots influences to create a sound that is uniquely their own.

Proto Moro - PLASMATA

Mon 12 Aug 2024 to Sun 18 Aug 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is PLASMATA, the sophomore record from four-piece funk-punk ensemble Proto Moro.

PLASMATA draws inspiration from Greek mythology, the stories of Medusa and Hephaestus serving as a statement to the environmental atrocities being committed by mining companies and big corporations on Indigenous Country today. The anxiety that comes with the destruction that capitalism has created embodies itself within the instruments and voices of Proto Moro, giving the record its explosive sound.

Darvid Thor - In The Space You Carry

Mon 5 Aug 2024 to Sun 11 Aug 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is the debut record In The Space You Carry by local multi-instrumentalist Darvid Thor. 

In The Space You Carry is a catharsis from youth, a shedding of skin. Leaning into the cinematic and orchestral spaces within the indie and alternative music idiom, Darvid’s absorbing, photosynthetic, warped, beautiful music reminds us to slow down, take a breath, and take stock of what’s around us.

Arockalypse Now 2024

Sat 3 Aug 2024
PBS Presents

Arockalypse Now returns to the Westernport Hotel, San Remo with even more bands, beers and big bad riffs on Saturday August 3.