Rock Indie

Local and international, new and used indie, garage, swamp rock and the latest Aussie and International releases are all represented on a wide range of Indie programs on PBS.

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PBS Open Day 2024

Sat 9 Nov 2024
PBS Events

Mark it in your diaries folks, 'cause the annual PBS 106.7FM Open Day is back! Going down on Saturday November 9, please join us during the hours of 12 'til 3pm (Fiesta Jazz and Switched On) as we swing open the doors to PBS at Collingwood Yards!

Stay Soft Market X PBS Live Broadcast From Collingwood Yards

Sat 9 Nov 2024
PBS Events

The Stay Soft Night Market is back for another round in the Collingwood Yards courtyard, this time in collaboration with PBS!

Folk Bitch Trio Studio 5 Live

Thu 7 Nov 2024
Studio 5 Live

Immerse yourself in the ‘gorgeous harmonies and confessional songwriting’ (Rolling Stone) of Melbourne/Naarm’s very own Folk Bitch Trio, a band born out of a mutual love for songwriting, rocking and the truth.

Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness

Mon 4 Nov 2024 to Sun 10 Nov 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Cartoon Darkness from Naarm/Melbourne's homegrown pub-rock heroes, Amyl and The Sniffers. 

The 13-track project follows the band's 2019 self-titled debut and their 2021 hit Comfort To Me, delving into provocative explorations of climate change, war, AI, tiptoeing on the eggshells of politics, and Big Tech. In the face of these looming realities, Amyl and The Sniffers dive headfirst into the unknown, combating the chaos with childlike sensibilities that capture the playful rock n' roll grit we know and love.

BATTS - Just My Luck

Mon 28 Oct 2024 to Sun 3 Nov 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Just My Luck from BATTS, the project of Naarm/Melbourne-based musician, Tanya Batt.

The recent release follows her AMP nominated sophomore album ‘The Nightline’ which was supported around the world by BBC 6 Music, NPR, Brooklyn Vegan, NME, Sterogum and other prominent outlets. Batt’s main focus for the third album was to fall in love with music again, to find the joy and playfulness in it all, something she felt she had lost through grief and the toxicities that exist in the industry.

Watch: Audrey Powne Studio 5 Live

Tue 22 Oct 2024
Studio 5 Live

Returning to Melbourne for her first headline show in almost two years, producer and multi-instrumentalist Audrey Powne is playing shows this October for the Melbourne International Jazz Festival and Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival. To celebrate her homecoming, Audrey released a double vinyl remix album of her debut LP From The Fire, a treasure trove of sonic brilliance featuring both new and released interpretations of her tracks, out via UK label BBE. 

Coda Chroma - Luminous As It Is

Mon 21 Oct 2024 to Sun 27 Oct 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Luminous As It Is from award-winning songwriter Coda Chroma.

Coda Chroma (aka Kate Lucas) creates music that sways between cinematic folk and baroque pop, with otherworldly harmonies, honest and existential lyrics, suspended in deeply nuanced production.

Watch: Gut Health Studio 5 Live

Thu 17 Oct 2024
Studio 5 Live

Hypnotic dance-punk sextet Gut Health have been a force in underground music since they first formed in a sharehouse on Hope St in Naarm/Melbourne’s inner north in 2022.

Watch: Sequential Zero Studio 5 Live

Wed 16 Oct 2024
Studio 5 Live

Sequential Zero has unveiled their new, highly-anticipated full-length release, Zero Sum Game. While musically playing a fond tribute to the darkwave genre, the lyrics on Zero Sum Game cover a wide range of subjects from ancient spells, environmental concerns to interpersonal politics and depression. 

Vale Ollie Olsen

Wed 16 Oct 2024
PBS News

PBS is incredibly saddened to learn of the passing of Ollie Olsen, a prominent multi-instrumentalist in Australia's post-punk scene. 

For over four decades, the influential Ollie altered the underground scene forever. Known for pushing boundaries, Ollie was the mastermind behind '70s post-punk bands The Young Charlatans and Whirlywirld, and countless bands and projects to follow, including Orchestra of Skin and Bone, NO, Third Eye, Hugo Klang, Taipan Tiger Girls, and Max Q, alongside INXS singer Michael Hutchence.