Interviews

Masters of funk The Putbacks are back alongside award-winning Indigenous vocalist Emma Donovan with a fresh album titled 'Under These Streets'. Bassist Mick Meagher chats with Lyndelle Wilkinson about the making of the album. Tune in to The Afterglow for more.

'Long Road Back Home' is the first album in eight years from Dave Brewer. Taking the time to develop, shape & polish at Fremantle' Sundown Studios Brewer has crafted 11 songs that 'feel somewhat like summer to these ears. A summer where you’re free, easy and relaxed about what has been, and what’s to come.' Tune in to hear Dave discuss the album on Roots of Rhythm.

UK multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, Emma-Jean Thackray has been perfecting a new flavour of spiritually-minded, dancefloor-angled take on jazz that stands out in the UK scene. Her recent debut 'Yellow' was PBS feature album in August and it's exciting to finally have her voice added to our airwaves to chat about the album. Tune in to Mystic Brew to hear her in conversation with Mike Gurrieri.

As local label Modern Hypnosis celebrates its 5th birthday, label founder Scott Storm joins Elle Young for a chat on Headhunters ahead of playing a special mix that he's gifted to PBS.

Troy Kingi (Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) is an Aotearoa-based actor and an multi-award-winning, multi-genre musician. Troy is currently half way through his project 10 10 10 - a series of 10 albums spanning 10 genres across 10 years. The latest release is the exceptional folk LP Black Sea Golden Ladder. Tune in to Homebrew to hear Maddy and Kurt chat with Troy about the massive undertaking.

Bryan Estepa is an Australian Singer-songwriter who has been part of the Australian independent music scene for over 20 years. Listen to him speak with Crispi about his new EP, 'Back To The Middle' out via Lilystars Records on 24 September.

The rhythm section of long-time Melbourne soul favourites Karate Boogaloo & The Cactus Channel are curating a new project called 'Frollen Music Library'. The music library and production house is focused on live, ensemble recording and analogue production techniques. Hudson and Darvid join Milo to chat about the project and to play Musical Chairs. Tune in to The Breakfast Spread from 8am on Thursday.

Australian composer and author Gordon Kerry chats with Cas about his new Clarinet Quintet recently premiered by the Omega Ensemble.

Solo Career is the bedroom pop project of Body Type's Annabel Blackman. Tune in to Underground Love to hear Jordan chat about her highly anticipated debut EP 'The Sentimentalist,' described as 'ultimately backward love songs revolving around the woes of the heart'.

Naarm based DJ, producer and curator of LOADING_ERROR, Different Shades onto Spaces Within Space for an interview and guest mix.

Dr Ros Bandt is an Australian sound artist, composer, and performer who works internationally, embracing a large range of instruments, sonic sources and environmental soundscapes. She talks with Ian Parsons on The Sound Barrier about her latest release, Medusa Dreaming, an eleven-movement electroacoustic water symphony that tributes one of the worlds most precious and most threatened resources.

Ahead of the broadcast of the first part of Beasts of No Nation 2019 on Flight 1067 to Africa, Public Opinion Afro Orchestra's Zvi Belling chats with Stani about the concert. Don't miss this one!

Soul Messin’ Records is honoured to release Soulgroove 66, Pierre Baroni's final studio work. Pierre had a vision to create a new theme song for his PBS program Soulgroove 66 using his writing the pseudonym P. Black and partnering with Cookin’ On 3 Burners organ player Jake Mason to co-produce the sessions they formed an all-star line up guising the band as 'The New Cobras.' Tune in to hear Jake talk about the sessions and 7' single.

Vocalist for metalcore band Void Of Vision joins Ryan to discuss their latest single "The Lonely People" and their upcoming slot on the Knight And Day Festival at Kryal Castle on New Years Eve.

This week on Tyrannocoreus Scott Ian Lewis from Carnifex calls through chat about their new album Graveside Confessions, their new lineup and revisiting tracks from their debut album 15 years ago.

Amyl & The Sniffers are back with their sophomore album 'Comfort To Me', out now via B2B Records. Still raucous, rowdy and a bit rude, the album is a more mature offering from one of PBS's favourite rock n roll bands. Amy Taylor joins Phil MacDougall to chat about the album. Tune in to Sunglasses After Dark to hear more.

Dream pop experimenters HTRK wanted to do things differently with their new record 'Rhinestones'. In their bid to champion their music community networks they decided to minimise online access to their singles, making them available to the public only through radio, until the album is officially released on September 17. Ahead of the official release, they drop in on The Breakfast Spread to play Musical Chairs with Milo. Don't miss this one!

Described as bleak, smoky, dehydrated bad-dream pop, Time For Dreams return with their sophomore album 'Life of the Inhabitant.' Recorded on the low slopes of Geboor/Mt Macedon in the winter of 2019. The new album explores the desire to create something romantic. Not sexy, swoony romantic but “terrible/lonely/beautiful romantic. Listen to bassist & vocalist Amanda Roff talk about the album.

Australia's beloved soul sisters Vika & Linda are gearing up to drop their first album of original songs in 19 years. Aptly titled 'The Wait', the album will be released by Bloodlines on 17 September. Tune in to Roots of Rhythm to hear them chat with Helen about the album.

Mainstays of the German underground for over two decades, F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm have just released their fourth collaborative album 2X1=4. Tune in to The Breakfast Spread this Wednesday as Milo gets F.S. Blumm (Frank Schültge) on the line to chat about the album and this ongoing collaboration.