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Mon 4 Dec 2023 to Sun 10 Dec 2023

This week’s PBS Feature Album is the self titled release by power psych trio Super American Eagle.

From a lightning moment of musical connection, Super American Eagle have built a thrilling, fuzz-filtered debut of urgent and essential psych and super heavy rock vibes. On their eponymous release, the band deliver manna for heavy rock fans craving ergine detours into noise, psych and sludgy dank, herbal grooves.  

Mon 27 Nov 2023 to Sun 3 Dec 2023

This week’s PBS Feature Album is New Blue Sun, the debut solo album by André 3000.

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Mon 27 Nov 2023

Don't miss everyone's favourite Monday morning excursion through sound, Deeep Space, broadcasting LIVE from ALWAYS LIVE SOUNDBOX on the Arts Centre Forecourt - 9am ‘til 11am, Monday November 27.

Fri 24 Nov 2023 to Sun 26 Nov 2023

Balaclava will be home to Melbourne’s newest FREE music festival when Balaclava Boogie takes over the Carlisle Street Precinct on the last weekend of November. Artists with local connections to the area will perform in live music venues, bars, cafes and restaurants over the weekend of November 24-26, 2023.

Thu 23 Nov 2023 to Sun 26 Nov 2023

PBS Presents the premiere music event of Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula, the 25th annual Queenscliff Music Festival.

QMF have just announced a second round of artists for 2023, joining a stacked first announcement and news that they've added an extra 24 hours to the festival this year!

Mon 20 Nov 2023 to Sun 26 Nov 2023

This week’s PBS Feature Album is 14 Killer Bullets from the Spaghetti West (Vol.2), the second LP from 10-piece posse The Counterfeit.

14 Killer Bullets from the Spaghetti West (Vol.2) showcases a track list of classic Spaghetti Western soundtrack music that has been reimagined, rearranged and carefully reorchestrated. Unlike their entirely instrumental Volume 1 LP, The Counterfeit have Freya Josephine Hollick riding in the posse for 5 tracks on the Vol.2 record, delivering a romantic backdrop for the perfect cinematic showdown.

 

Fri 17 Nov 2023 to Sun 19 Nov 2023

Featuring acts such as DJ Seinfeld, Todd Terje, Barkaa, Ezra Collective and many more.. very limited number of final round tix on sale now!

Thu 16 Nov 2023 to Thu 28 Mar 2024

MPAVILION OPENS TADAO ANDO-DESIGNED PAVILION, KICKING OFF MILESTONE TENTH YEAR!

Since 2014, the Naomi Milgrom Foundation has commissioned extraordinary architects, artists and designers to create unique pieces for each MPavilion – elevating their careers and enhancing visitor experiences. In celebration of their milestone decade, this year’s MPavilion program will be anchored by 10 creative commissions spanning art, design, fashion, food, literature and music.

Mon 13 Nov 2023 to Sun 19 Nov 2023

This week’s PBS Feature Album is The Reckoning by singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, and luthier, Nigel Wearne.

Nigel Wearne saunters after dark in the music of the night, blending blues, jazz and Americana-noir. Hailing from Gunditjmara country in the deep south of Australia, he's a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with diverse influence from Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Rickie Lee Jones. A deep thinker and truth speaker with a penchant for all things peculiar, he sings of human frailty, grace and the cosmos; songwriting that cuts to the bone.

Mon 6 Nov 2023 to Sun 12 Nov 2023

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Rivulets by OK EG, aka Lauren Squire and Matthew Wilson. The duo take intrepid recce’s on a Kalahari debut of fathoms-deep techno minimalism and opiated braindance styles. With release titles like Intertidal Zone, Anther, and Prismatic Spring, their ambition to evoke natural worlds is evident. But these tracks aren’t of this planet. Navigating truly alien terrain, Rivulets finds the duo imagining uncharted environments into existence through the medium of analogue hardware.