Studio 5 Live

From the very start, PBS 106.7FM has led the way for all Melburnians to experience live music with broadcasts from the back of the Prince of Wales in St Kilda more than 30 years ago.

That strong live music tradition continues with PBS Studio 5 Live, weekly live performance broadcasts from the PBS studios. The vibe is grassroots, with an unwavering commitment to quality and diversity.
The sessions consist of a half hour live set and a short interview with one of our announcers.

For info on upcoming PBS Studio 5 Live performances, tune in to the Breakfast Spread’s Studio 5 Archive on Tuesdays at 7.15am or follow us on Twitter @pbsfm. You can also keep your eyes on this page for info on what's ahead, watch, or listen back through the on line audio archive.

The Studio 5 alumni includes Kylie Auldist, Billy Bragg, Arrested Development, The Dirtbombs, Heavy Trash, The Drones, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Screaming Females, Terry, Xylouris White, John Foxx, Joe Chindamo, DJ Baku, Eilen Jewel, Syl Johnson, The Bamboos, Justin Townes Earle, Fred and Toody and Mista Savona.

PBS Studio 5 Live is proudly brought to you by Mountain Goat.

News

Watch: Penny Ikinger's Marbles Studio 5 Live

Thu 27 Jul 2023
Studio 5 Live

Penny Ikinger is a renowned rock ace. Rarely seen without her iconic guitar, the Pennycaster, and with an impressive career spanning several decades, Penny has been a formidable force in the music industry.

Penny has had a truly captivating effect amongst her fans and contemporaries alike, and she returns more entrancing than ever with her new album, Travels and Travails.

Watch: Malcura Studio 5 Live

Sat 15 Jul 2023
Studio 5 Live

On Saturday July 15, 2023 flamenco fusion 4-piece, Malcura, popped by to perform an exclusive Studio 5 Live set on Fiesta Jazz.

Blending flamenco and rhumba rhythms with everything from funk, to metal, to jazz and swing, Malcura proved why they're such a staple of the local music scene. The sound is all driven by a Spanish nylon string guitar, accompanied by bass and drums.

Watch: Studio 5 Live with Sinj Clarke

Mon 26 Jun 2023
Studio 5 Live

On Monday June 26, our Studio 5 Live broadcast saw local pianist and composer, Sinj Clarke, perform a live set with his 7-piece band on The Breakfast Spread, alongside a chat with Milo Eastwood.

This was hot on the heels of the releases of Sinj Clarke’s sophomore album, The Height of Love, which came out on Friday June 23. Listen back to the audio here, and watch Sinj Clarke perform 'Yves' below:

Watch: Women of Soul

Wed 21 Jun 2023
Studio 5 Live

Women of Soul, Australia’s premiere collective of soulful artists, were recent guests for Studio 5 Live.

Since 2011, the group have presented original music written and performed by female artists from across the country. Backed by their all-female band and fronted by the finest voices in soul, they celebrate the power of women.

Watch: Sleaford Mods

Thu 8 Jun 2023
Studio 5 Live

Sleaford Mods dropped in to PBS HQ for a special Studio 5 Live, gracing our shores while celebrating their twelfth album UK Grim. The album finds the group at their most immaculately enraged, disquieting and ferociously poetic. Following 2021’s Spare Ribs – their third top ten album since 2019 and their most successful yet – it is, like all their records, a diagnosing of the sicknesses of society, a panacea, and a psychological blot test where the listener finds themselves revealed.  

Watch: RVG

Mon 5 Jun 2023
Studio 5 Live

PBS' next guests for Studio 5 Live were local indie rockers RVG, whose highly-anticipated third album is named Brain Worms for the hyper-recognisable experience of, each day, baring witness to a world of private obsessions being aired out in the infinite. This may not be wholly new territory for the Melbourne post-punk band and its lyricist/frontwoman Romy Vager, but this time around, there’s a newfound radical acceptance glistening overtop everything.

Watch: Floodlights

Tue 30 May 2023
Studio 5 Live

PBS w

Watch: Watty Thompson

Thu 11 May 2023
Studio 5 Live

Check out the exclusive live performance by neo-bush balladeer Watty Thompson for PBS Studio 5 Live! Join Watty and explore themes of inward and outward love, togetherness, and a desire to strive and live beyond the material. 

Watch Watty Thompson perform 'Jenny' live in Studio 5:

Watch: The Silversound

Thu 4 May 2023
Studio 5 Live

Studio 5 Live's are back in action and with that, PBS presented another session from our new home in Collingwood Yards, with local supergroup The Silversound.

Watch The Silversound perform 'Wolf live in Studio 5:

Guitar Wolf at PBS April 10 2023_credit-Greg Tippett

Watch: Guitar Wolf

Thu 13 Apr 2023
Studio 5 Live

PBS is delighted to present our very first Studio 5 Live session from our new home in Collingwood Yards, with none other than Japanese garage power trio Guitar Wolf. In the last 30 years, the jet rock'n'rollers have toured the world many times over, built up a strong global fanbase and put out a huge back catalogue of Ramones-style punk and hot-rodded rockabilly.