Funk Soul

PBS has the best of new and classic funk, deep soul, crossover, Northern soul, disco and soulful electronic. If you want to find out about the greats of the past of the sounds of today, then PBS has all of your funk and soul needs covered.

News

Bumpy - Kanana

Mon 6 Oct 2025 to Sun 12 Oct 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is Kanana, the debut album from award-winning Noongar woman and Naarm-based artist Bumpy.

Spring Renewal 2025

Wed 1 Oct 2025 to Fri 31 Oct 2025
PBS News

Spring Renewal has wrapped up for another year! Thanks so much to everyone that joined or renewed throughout the month of October. Winners announced Thursday November 6, 2025 on Down By The River and here.

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Join or renew your membership to PBS this October to score a free tote bag, and for your chance to win.

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Palm Springs - Turning Yr Back On The Dolphin

Mon 29 Sep 2025 to Sun 5 Oct 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is Turning Yr Back On The Dolphin, the third album by Palm Springs.

Palm Springs is the outsider folk identity of Erica Dunn and an evolving cast of essential collaborators. Born out of a compulsion to write sparse, intimate verse and named for her nervous affliction - sweaty hands - Palm Springs has been a cornerstone of Dunn’s songwriting that sits in a separate interior back room from her other creative outputs (Tropical Fuck Storm, MOD CON, Fiancée, Harmony et al.)

The Prize - In The Red

Mon 22 Sep 2025 to Sun 28 Sep 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is In The Red, the debut LP from local power pop group The Prize.

The Bamboos 25th Anniversary show

Sat 20 Sep 2025
PBS Presents

2025 marks 25 years of Naarm/Melbourne funk and soul trailblazers The Bamboos. To celebrate, they’re releasing a deluxe compilation -The Bamboos Best - and hitting the road for some of their biggest Australian shows yet - joined by an expanded on-stage lineup.

Acopia - Blush Response

Mon 15 Sep 2025 to Sun 21 Sep 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is Blush Response, the third album from Naarm/Melbourne trio Acopia.

The full-length album distils Acopia’s quiet intensity into its clearest form yet. A reflective and emotionally articulate collection, the eight-track record finds the band exploring themes of unresolved emotions, distance in relationships, and the delicate balance between fragility and resilience.

The Maggie Pills - Hearts Enduring Lingering Loss

Mon 8 Sep 2025 to Sun 14 Sep 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is the highly anticipated sophomore album Hearts Enduring
Lingering Loss from The Maggie Pills.

Led by Argentinian front woman Delfi Sorondo and Venezuelan drummer Mario Perez, The Maggie Pills
are a fierce Naarm/Melbourne-based six-piece outfit who embody the spirit of the indie/alternative movement and the urgency of punk, with an intense and raw live performance.

Sovereign Day Out

Sat 6 Sep 2025
Community News

Sovereign Day Out - Saturday September 6 from 12:00pm - 10:30pm.

Sounds Like Community Radio

Wed 3 Sep 2025 to Thu 4 Sep 2025
Community News

Celebrate independent airwaves supporting local music, Tune In and Turn Up! First-time callers, long-time listeners from across the community radio landscape - Sounds Like Community Radio returns to Meanjin/Brisbane station 4ZZZFM, in celebration of their 50th year. 

Natalie Slade - Molasses

Mon 1 Sep 2025 to Sun 7 Sep 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is Molasses, the sophomore album from Eora/Sydney soul songstress Natalie Slade. 

Staying true to her debut album Control's style of Australian future soul, Molasses has an emphasis on poetic storytelling with Natalie's lyrics and melodies heard against a lush bed of string arrangements and the influence of Sampology’s soulful but gritty sensibility.