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Mon 18 Aug 2025 to Sun 24 Aug 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is the self-titled debut album from Milly Strange. 

Blending raw lyrical honesty with vivid imagery and a dynamic alt-rock sound, Milly Strange captures the tension between vulnerability and strength as she moves through pain toward renewal. The eight-track release is a cathartic exploration of grief, inner conflict, and personal transformation, tracing the emotional terrain of heartbreak, old friendships, and versions of the self left behind. 

Wed 13 Aug 2025

Purveyors of all things soul, Sweethearts bring a new energy to the genre with their exciting performances. Sweethearts' mesmerizing blend of soul, funk and R&B transcends generations. With each member bringing their own unique talents to the stage, from intense saxophone solos to delicately crafted melodic storylines, the band creates a sonic tapestry that is as rich and diverse as the women who comprise it.

Mon 11 Aug 2025 to Sun 17 Aug 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is Way To The Sun, the sophomore album by award-winning duo Minor Gold.

Mon 4 Aug 2025 to Sun 10 Aug 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is the debut electronic collaboration from Warlpiri elders Crown and Country.

Step into a world of profound beauty and extraordinary ceremonial knowledge, in the vast desert
landscapes of the immersive First Nations audiovisual project, Crown and Country.

Mon 28 Jul 2025 to Sun 3 Aug 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is Now Would Be A Good Time, the debut album from Naarm group Folk Bitch Trio.

Mon 21 Jul 2025 to Sun 27 Jul 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is Abreast, the fourth studio album from sister duo The Maes. 

Maggie and Elsie Rigby bring modern folk to life with lush harmonies and acoustic mastery on guitar, mandolin, fiddle and banjo, drawing their audiences in like your sweetest and scariest friend.

Mon 14 Jul 2025 to Sun 20 Jul 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is Welcome Back, the full-length debut album by Naarm-based tripwave outfit Fade Evare.

Centred around the brother-sister partnership of Mira Holleman and Tori Holleman (Retiree), Fade Evare rests on the push and pull of the siblings’ respective musical journeys, with Mira’s starry-eyed youthfulness complementing Tori’s quietly assured, tasteful production.

Mon 14 Jul 2025 to Sun 31 Aug 2025

Entries have opened for the annual UpStart Award, closing at midnight on August 31.

The UpStart Award is an annual grant for emerging Victorian singer-songwriters. Each year the winner of the award receives a grant of $10,000, with 2nd place receiving $3000 and 3rd place receiving $2000. The remaining 7 artists, who make up the top 10, will receive a grant of $1000. The award is funded by a music loving family in Melbourne and the winner will be decided by a panel of local artists and music experts.

Mon 7 Jul 2025 to Sun 13 Jul 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is Lotus, the highly anticipated sixth studio album by English rapper Little Simz.

A prolific name in the R&B/hip-hop scene, Little Simz has crafted a career founded on innovation and experimentation. At 13-tracks long, Lotus is an expansive yet deeply personal project. It sees Little Simz divulge her inner world onto record in her most intimate, daring and honest form to date.

Sun 6 Jul 2025 to Sun 13 Jul 2025

NAIDOC Week 2025 runs from Sunday July 6 - Sunday July 13, marking 50 years of the week-long celebrations. A number of PBS programs will be sharing NAIDOC Week specials this year.