Firewater - PBS FM

16/06/2026

Finger-pickin', foot stompin', heartbreakin', love makin' songs on Firewater today. Here's the tracklist, you can listen anytime you're in the mood via the link below....

Swallow - Taste Like Honey
Wet Leg - Obvious
Buck Meek - Demon
Tre Burt - Sweet Misery
Tom Woodward - Sitting on a Railing
Early James - Gravy Train
Francis Tait - So Long, Old Whip
Nick Shoulders - Tatum Springs
Leadville - Marilyn
The Snake Preachers - Half Past Midnight
Josiah and the Bonnevilles - Going Gone
Sammy Brue - Older Than I Ever Thought I'd Be
The Yearlings - Sweet Runaway
Slim Dunlap - Taken on the Chin
Little Hurricane - Tear Bucket
Ghost Towns of the Midwest - History
Steve Earle & The Dukes - Harlem River Blues
Kyle Jenkins - Trocadero
Jungle Jim Smith - 33,000 Volts
Stepmother - Slice of Life
Tom Waits - Talking at the Same Time
Acid Arrow - Then It Rains
Vicki Carr - Sunday Morning Coming Down
Jesper Lindell - Rainbow Road
The White Stripes - Jolene

Find it here:

Swamp rock with Claire Stuchbery

09/06/2026

Getting fired up for the Reclink Australia Community Cup this Sunday. I spoke with Team Captains Nick (Rockdogs) and Emelyne (Megahertz) amid these songs on the radio today...

Hanky Panky Social Club - Mum's Drunk
Zombeaches - A Taste of Oxygen
The Stripp - If You Want Me
The Meanies - Blacklist
Amyl & The Sniffers - Hertz
Summer Cannibals - WYF
Goldminds - Loose Change
The Antics - Takings
Surfbort - Lucky 10
Birdcage - Snake Valley
Crystalliens - On&On&On
Drug Church - Tawny
Coffin Wolf - Tarred
Chimers - Red Chair
Stepmother - New World
Jon Spencer - I'm Heading Off
Slim Dunlap - Ain't Exactly Good
Fancy Weapon - Squirmin Merman
Floodlights - Small Town Pub
Rowena Wise - Blood Ties
Kee'ahn - Better Things
Public Figures - How I'm Feeling
Interview with Nick and Emelyne about the Community Cup
COFFIN - City Sun
Monotonic - Rosa Kreisler
Basement Spaceman - Eva
Grace Mitchell - Head On
AB Original - Dumb Things featuring Paul Kelly

Listen back here anytime friends....
https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2026-06-09/17-00-00

02/06/2026

Getting ready for Binic Folk Music Festival with MelBinic coming up this weekend at The Tote. Today I chatted with Liam and Ando from Lunatic about it and their upcoming album. Hear it back via the link below today's playlist. WITH THANKS TO ALL THE LEGENDS WHO SIGNED UP AS PBS MEMBERS DURING THE WEEK! You are the absolute best!

Royal Commission - Gated Community Radio
Basement Spaceman - Rise to the Moon
Kim Gordon - Square Jaw
Kneecap - Fenian
Public Enemy - Messy Hens
Tuka - Tall Poppy
Briggs - Shadows featuring Troy Cassar-Daley
Public Service Broadcasting - Arabian Flight
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand
Buck Meek - Worms
Soft Palms - Garbage in the Sand
Florence and the Machine - One of the Greats
Loose Fit - Bittersweet Excess
We Are the Kill Sounds - Somewhere Too High
Velatine - We're Not Suburban
Chat with Liam and Ando from Lunatic
Lunatic - Big Shot
Long Hours - Good Shirt
Josh Seymour - Dr Gold
Geese - Taxes
Glass Beams - Ta**us
Tilly Vickers Willis - Aching Never Leaves

Link to listen here: https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2026-06-02/17-00-00

31/05/2026

draws to an end today. Last call for anybody who wants to support the station and (hopefully) win a prize - hit it 👉 www.pbsfm.org.au

Thank-you so, so much to eveybody who has supported PBS 106.7FM Melbourne this year - whether it's for the first time or renewing. It really means a lot to me personally when people get around Firewater and it means a lot to the whole music ecosystem when you support the station. This is community in action and every single member makes it happen. We are greater than the sum of our parts.

I walked into PBS in 1996 and found a community of like-minded champions passionate about music. Some 30 years later I still love the connections we share through the music we love and the opportunity to share it on the radio. Look how happy I am about it! Here celebrating 45 years of Sunglasses After Dark in 2026 and presenting Drive Live in Easey St in 2020 (wish I still hadn't worn that tshirt out).

Truly grateful for your membership. 🙏

26/05/2026

Biggest love to everybody who signed up as a member of PBS 106.7FM Melbourne this week during . Always love chatting with music-loving comrades, like Bevin Campbell from blend corp and our Station Manager, Kristen Paterson. You can sign up to support the station anytime right here: www.pbsfm.org.au
I literally want to give you things in return for your membership. Music, prizes, clothing, discounts, gigs - it's all here for you friends. Yours to be part of.
Thank-you to everybody who is already a member and/or renewed this year. It really means a lot to me, personally and on behalf of the artists I get to share on the radio.

The playlist today was full of classics. Here's how it went...

Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song
Kyuss - 60 Million Year Trip
The Vines - Get Free
Queens of the Stone Age - The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
Clutch - How to Shake Hands
Tumbleweed - I Remember
The Drones - Oh My
The Hold Steady - Spices
Bu****le Surfers - Pepper
PJ Harvey - Down By The Water
Adrian Quesada - Splatitude
Black Thought - Good Morning
Miss Kaninna - Blak Britney
Kneecap - H.O.O.D
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
War - Low Rider
The Dead Weather - Blue Blood Blues
The Gin Club - Drug Flowers
Floodlights - Nullabor

Catch up here: https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2026-05-19/17-00-00

Photo from last week with Brooke from Homebrew and Rodney Shah. Good friends, fun radio.

19/05/2026

Full of gratitude to all the people who signed up and/or renewed their PBS 106.7FM membership this week for
Seeing the community show up for the program and station warms my heart - it really does. Thank-you.

It was fun to present this collection of tunes today. Feel free to listen back via the link below if you missed it. I'd love to have you as part of the PBS family.

Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
Eddy current suppression ring (official) - That Time of Day
McLusky - Ain't No Fool in Ferguson
Shepparton Airplane - Forecast
Private Function - Ready to be Rich
The Chats - Identity Theft
Bad//Dreems - Pist Christ
The Bronx - Knifeman
Roky Erikson - Don't Slander Me
DADDY LONG LEGS - Long John's Jump
King Khan & The Shrines - Land of the Freak
The Detroit Cobras - Stay Down
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog
Wagons - Drive All Night Til Dawn
Sierra Ferrell - Dollar Bill Bar
Shannon and the Clams - Mary Don't Go
The Cramps - Goo Goo Muck
Andre Williams - The Black Godfather
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
Songhoy Blues - Soubour
Count Five - Psychotic Reaction

Sign up anytime my friends! www.pbsfm.org.au
And listen to this show here: https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2026-05-19/17-00-00

PBS amplifies under-represented music and supports the local music community

18/05/2026

Mediaweek describes community radio as the "unlikely powerhouse" of Australia's music industry. Surprising nobody who broadcasts at PBS 106.7FM Melbourne!

The findings of the Community Radio and Australian Music: Building the Music Media Ecosystem report released this week showing community radio music stations contribute more than $153 million annually to the Australian music industries and generate returns of up to $5.55, with a median return of $2.47 across high-intensity stations for every dollar invested. That's your dollar if you're a PBS member, by the way.

""Our findings prove that community radio is not just a broadcasting platform; it is the vital infrastructure holding up the broader Australian music industries,” Associate Professor Holman said." - Mediaweek

This week we're inviting the music-lovers to become card-carrying members of the community by becoming a member during . This vital piece of infrastructure that holds up the Australian music industry is funded through the original crowdfunding model - membership. If we all do our bit and sign up, we'll have a wild variety of tunes from all over the world on our radio year round - curated by passionate volunteers who spend hours and hours trawling through real and virtual crates to bring you the best in our genres.

The report highlights the role community broadcasters play in:
- discovering and championing emerging Australian artists
- supporting local live music scenes
- amplifying diverse Australian voices and genres
- creating pathways for artists and broadcasters
- connecting audiences with local music and culture generating income for artists, venue and events

And YOU, friends, make this possible through your membership.

I'll be on the radio from 5pm today playing some of my favourite Firewater style tunes - come join me, let's have some fun.
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www.pbsfm.org.au to join up.

https://www.mediaweek.com.au/community-radio-153m-australian-music-industry/

Report finds community radio adds $153m to Australian music, driving artist discovery, airplay and audience spending.

05/05/2026

A journey from Big League to Badinage on Firewater today with The Refuge sitting right in the middle of it. Catch it any time via the link below the playlist here.

Big League - Why Don't Birds Suddenly Appear?
Special Guest - The New VR Ted Bundy Biopic
Public House - Read the Meter
Monotonic - Elvis You As***le
Public Enemy - Evil Ways
Tom Waits & Massive Attack - Boots on the Ground
The Refuge - Overthink//Everything (pictured, I hope it's ok with them that I borrowed this pic)
Public Figures - Cut it Out
The Get Alongs - Come On
The Jackets - Be Myself
Loose Fit - Bittersweet Excess
Snailgun - It's Called Fear
Fontaines D.C. - Black Boys on Mopeds
Hot Glue - Spiders
Moler - AI
Summer Cannibals - I Wanna Believe
Field Dream - Maria's Place
Alabama Shakes - American Dream
Jesper Lindell - She Ain't Gonna Do Right
Francis Tait - Me and Damon Drinking Beers at the Grandview Hotel
Buck Meek - Deja Vu
Queens of the Stone Age - Kalopsia
Badinage - Journey

Listen here mates: https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2026-05-05/17-00-00

28/04/2026

Rock and roll on the radio today. Catch it on demand if you missed the show. Here's the link and here's what happened..
https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2026-04-28/17-00-00

Soft Palms - Radio
Pulp - Begging For Change
Gimmy - Running
Stepmother - Sick Thoughts
Tom Woodward - Phoney Messiah
The Jackets - Keep Yourself Alive
Summer Cannibals - Just a Little Bit
Agatha is Dead - Kind Regards
Snailgun - SD
Fancy Weapon - Squid
Smoked Salmon - Seein' Spots
Died Pretty - Stop Myself
Primitive Ring - Heads Will Roll
Laurel Canyon - Take Your Cut
Zombeaches - A Taste of Oxygen
Surfbort - Alien
Mud Grief - Trenches
Shepparton Airplane - Tanqueray
Regular Watts - Mercurochrome
Rhyece O'Neill Band - Sycamore Tree
Earth Tongue - Flashlight
Monster Magnet - Superjudge
The Antics - Frantic
Private Function - Talking to Myself
The Mono Kids - Speeding Up Fast
Public Figures - Landed in a Trap
Slim Dunlap - Calling You Out

Swamp rock with Claire Stuchbery

21/04/2026

Have you heard the new Basement Spaceman album? I recommend exploring it, and the last two. We heard a track from it in today's playlist and you can dip in anytime you like by hitting the link below this playlist...

Tapdog - Stiggypop
The Jackets - Dreamer
The Gnomes - Magic Man
Neighbourly - All Night
Gynia Favot - Takeaway
Starcharm - Wake Up
Daniel Romano, The Outfit - Autopoiet
Summer Cannibals - Simple Life
Shower Curtain - Take Me Home
78 Saab - Sunshine
Danika Smith - Sweet Mellow D
Local the Neighbour - Midday Pilates
Early James - Tinfoil Hat
Tom Woodward - Hurricane You
Burglar - Star-crossed
Pavement - Harness Your Hopes
Bagful of Beez - Syco
Ron S Peno and the Superstitions - The Strangest Feeling
Moose & Caz - Goodnight Susanna
Badinage - Dualism
Skeggs - State of Hawaii
Vanity Mirror - The Apple Tree
The War on Drugs - Taking the Farm
Basement Spaceman - Light the Night
Remember Sports - Fridge

Catch it here mates:
https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2026-04-21/17-00-00