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News

Radio Festival 2025 prize winners announced!

Thu 1 May 2025 to Mon 30 Jun 2025
PBS News

Thanks so much to everyone that helped us Keep The Beat during Radio Festival 2025. Ella Stoeckli joined Crispi on July 3's edition of Radio City to announce all of the prize winners from this year's Radio Festival prize draw - check below to see if you've won, or listen back here.

1st major prize - Bongo the Boo Cat from Eltham, Patron Pet Member of Switched On 

Grinding Eyes - Out Of Focus

Mon 28 Apr 2025 to Sun 4 May 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is Out Of Focus, the new expansive psych-rock album from Grinding Eyes.

Forming in 2016 and named after a 1960s Spanish B-grade horror film, Grinding Eyes have always played the long game, carefully constructing sonically dense and dynamically expansive albums. Out Of Focus is a thundering ride through waves of droning guitars, lush melodic hooks and driving kraut inspired repetition.

Treebeard Studio 5 Live

Tue 22 Apr 2025
Studio 5 Live

Drawing from post rock, post metal, prog and shoegaze, Treebeard's music involves lengthy and dynamic songs, ranging from the peaceful and emotive, to the destructive and furious. 

The band released their debut album Nostalgia in 2021, garnering praise for its fresh approach to the genre, as well as its potent sense of atmosphere. In 2024, Treebeard released their follow-up Snowman, another epic concept album but with a much heavier and emotionally cathartic approach. 

Leatherman - Turn You On

Mon 21 Apr 2025 to Sun 27 Apr 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is Turn You On, the raucous debut from local five-piece Leatherman.

Marlon Williams - Te Whare Tiwekaweka

Mon 14 Apr 2025 to Sun 20 Apr 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is Te Whare Tīwekaweka, the fourth album from Marlon Williams. Over fourteen original songs, performed entirely in Te Reo Māori, Marlon explores newfound lyrical honesty and a grand sonic vision. When Marlon was having difficulty writing an album in English, he found that switching to his other ancestral tongue, which while not fluent, unlocked a new means of self-expression and felt like an important act of reclamation.

Liz Stringer - The Second High

Mon 7 Apr 2025 to Sun 13 Apr 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is The Second High, the seventh studio album from Australian singer-songwriter Liz Stringer.

Alexander Flood - ARTIFACTUAL RHYTHM

Mon 31 Mar 2025 to Sun 6 Apr 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is ARTIFACTUAL RHYTHM, the fourth studio album from beat-master Alexander Flood. Possessing a finessed arsenal of groove, power, and expertise on the drums, Flood's unique sound and approach on the instrument has been crafted through many years of study, training and dedication to music.

Resistance Studio 5 Live

Tue 25 Mar 2025
Studio 5 Live

Resistance is a three-piece D-beat stadium crust trio from Naarm/Melbourne featuring Jay Allen, Riley Strong and Slick Rodgers. These founding members range almost three decades in age difference, but share a combined five decades of songwriting and international touring in extreme musical genres.

The 5.6.7.8's - Best Hits of the 5.6.7.8's

Mon 24 Mar 2025 to Sun 30 Mar 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is a Best Hits of The 5.6.7.8's by Tokyo's rockin' retro trio.

Best Hits of The 5.6.7.8's features 14 tracks hand selected by the group to represent some of their favourite recordings over the past 39 years together. 

The 5.6.7.8's are like a turbocharged time machine, blastin' back to the sweet sounds of yesteryear while pushing the envelope with innovative jams. Their authentic vibe and fearless genre mashups make them icons of the indie and retro scenes. 

DARKSIDE - Nothing

Mon 17 Mar 2025 to Sun 23 Mar 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is Nothing, the third album from DARKSIDE and the first that the group – founded by Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington – have completed as a trio with new drummer Tlacael Esparza. Nothing is nine transmissions of negative space, telepathic seance, and spectral improvisation.