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Tue 9 Sep 2025

Since forming in 2017, Northern NSW-based heavy psych rockers Turtle Skull have been carving their own niche with crushing riffs, stacked vocal harmonies and dense synthscapes that hit like a lightning bolt wrapped in a velvet curtain. They’ve built a cult following on the back of explosive live sets and records that cater for the deep listener. Their latest offering, Being Here, dives into the liminal space between joy and oblivion - urging you not to escape, but to arrive. 

Mon 8 Sep 2025 to Sun 14 Sep 2025

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.

Wed 3 Sep 2025

Four-piece deathcore group Body Prison are taking claim of the heavy music scene in Naarm/Melbourne, rapidly becoming known for their relentless and uncompromising yet innovative and refreshing approach to the genre. Exploding into the world in 2022 with their self-produced debut album Until Madness, the group gained over 300,000+ streams and over 100,000+ views on social media and YouTube. 

Wed 3 Sep 2025 to Thu 4 Sep 2025

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. 

Mon 1 Sep 2025 to Sun 7 Sep 2025

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.

Mon 25 Aug 2025 to Sun 31 Aug 2025

This week's PBS Feature Album is Strange Love from Bleak Squad, the new Naarm/Melbourne four-piece comprised of true Australian art-rock royalty Adalita (Magic Dirt), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, The Birthday Party), Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Mess Esque) and Marty Brown (Art of Fighting).

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. 

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.

Wed 6 Aug 2025

Post-punk and darkwave masters EDEN return to PBS for a moody, powerful and emotionally charged Studio 5 Live session that reaffirms their long-standing connection to Melbourne’s independent music community. Catching up with Kristen Solury on Bleeding Black Hearts Revue, the band will be discussing their upcoming album due next year. 

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.