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Firewater - PBS FM Firewater is on PBS 106.7FM between 5-7pm Tuesdays. www.pbsfm.org.au/firewater for playlists The show covers dirty rock n roll and southern influenced blues.

Claire Stuchbery plays swamp rock, which is a loose description for bands with beards essentially. Traversing the genres of alt country through to stone rock, Firewater plays anything that sounds a little bit swampy, a little bit dirty and has a chugging beat. There’s a lot of guitars in this two hours. From RL Burnside to Jeff The Brotherhood, The Black Keys to Downhills Home and Sharon Jones to Fu Manchu, Bass Drum of Death to Eileen Jewell. Firewater sounds rough, but is smooth on the ears.

Meandering through some new tunes in all kinds of genres on today's episode of Firewater. Thanks to everybody who got in...
19/08/2025

Meandering through some new tunes in all kinds of genres on today's episode of Firewater. Thanks to everybody who got in touch to say they were enjoying the selections, it's always nice to know when a collection of tunes is landing well. If you missed it you can listen back via the link below this playlist:

Milly Strange - Under My Skin (pictured)
Kick - Some Velvet Morning
Death In Vegas - So You Say You've Lost Your Baby
Car Seat Headrest - Equals
TFS Band - Teeth Marche
Kim Gordon - Bye Bye '25
Jehnny Beth - Broken Rib
The Hives - The Hives Forever
CLAMM - More Serious Acts
Mold - Elevator!
Shepparton Airplane - Hell No
Big Special - The Mess
Jack Phemister - June
SNAPPED ANKLES - Raoul
Little Simz - Flood
Brother Ali - D.R.U.M.
Public Enemy - Confusion (Here Come The Drums)
Bloodshot BILL, Lammping - Anything is Possible
Skegss - State of Hawaii
Gotye - Smoke and Mirrors
Hobsons Bay Coast Guard - Landslide
Georgia Knight - Desire
Cope & Drag - Heaven vs Halo
Rich Webb & The Liars - Mess of It
The Barr Brothers - Run Right Into It
The Cthulus - What Lurks Beneath

Listen back here anytime: https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2025-08-19/17-00-00

Getting dark with Claire Birchall on Firewater today, talking synth gateways and Northcote Social Club celebrations. Lis...
12/08/2025

Getting dark with Claire Birchall on Firewater today, talking synth gateways and Northcote Social Club celebrations. Listen any time you like via the link below...

Water From Your Eyes - Life Signs
Shepparton Airplane - Saw You Coming
bar italia - Cowbella
Big Thief - Incomprehensible
Romanie - Uh Oh
The Mean Times - Hell
Sprints - Beg
Jehnny Beth - Obsession
Claire Birchall - Sea of Silence
Interview with Claire Birchall
Claire Birchall - Running in Slow Motion
Echo Social Club - Come Close
Wombo - Danger in Fives
Nine Inch Nails - As Alive As You Need Me to Be
Peak Park - Heartless Animal
Big Special - Thin Horses
Arab Strap - Sleeper
Cong Josie & Garry Sacred - I'll Be Gone
Filthy Heart - Smack Me
Schvendes - Small Mercies, Sweet Graves
Geese - Taxes
Cordrazine - Smalltown Boy
Queens of the Stone Age - Running Joke Paper Machete
Georgia Mulligan - Split

Listen here anytime: https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2025-08-12/17-00-00

So many great albums coming out at the moment, I was really happy to share a few of them on the radio today, and a few s...
05/08/2025

So many great albums coming out at the moment, I was really happy to share a few of them on the radio today, and a few sneaky throwbacks in the mix too. You can listen back on the link below the playlist if it catches your fancy...

Whiskey Go Go's - 2 Cent Girl
Lifeguard - It Will Get Worse
Molly Horses - Beatty
Big Special - Professionals
Special Guest - SSRI
Screaming Target - Screaming Target
Split System - Ringing in my Head
COFFIN - City Sun
Bu****le Surfers - Devil Dust
HOON - Mitsubishi Pills
CLAMM - Time
Shepparton Airplane - Scribbles and Noises
Straight Arrows - Smoke
Everclear - Santa Monica
No Cigar - Under the Surface
Gyasi - Snake City
Faith No More - A Small Victory
Sprints - Rage
Echo Social Club - Sly Machines
The Kreep 500 - Ghastly
The Beasts of Bourbon - Chase the Dragon
Birdcage - Snake Valley
The Tombstone Ramblers - Catch Me If You Can
Jungle Jim Smith - Swampfoot Sally
Benny Walker - Small Mind
The Black Keys - Same Old Thing
Queens of the Stone Age - Suture Up Your Future
The Ikettes - I'm Blue (The Gong Gong Song)
P***o For Pyros - Pets

https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2025-08-05/17-00-00

Great to catch up with Greg Rietwyk from Press Club on the program today. Here's the songs we heard and the link to list...
29/07/2025

Great to catch up with Greg Rietwyk from Press Club on the program today. Here's the songs we heard and the link to listen back is below...

SnarskiCircusLindyBand - You're So Adorable
Television - See No Evil
Loose Tooth - Buy Into Something
Leatherman - Love Really Hurts Without You
HOON - Glizzy
Lifeguard - A Tightwire
Sleater-Kinney - Six Mistakes
Press Club - Champagne & Nikes
Interview with Greg Rietwyk from Press Club (that's Greg and I in the photo above)
Press Club - No Pressure
Jobber - Nightmare
Echo Social Club - eCowboy
BIG NOTER - Talk Straight
Tom Morello & The Nightwatchmen - Black Spartacus Heart Attack Machine
Thulsa Doom - Sins of the Next Man
Split System - End of the Night
Molly Horses - Ball Gag
CLAMM - Heavy Fines, Loss of License
Shepparton Airplane - Stereo Youth
The Hentchmen - Accusatory
Michael Beach - Sick Country
Trash & The Treasures - Can’t
Skegss - I'm Not Lost
Thirteenth Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me
Merpire - Leaving With You
Bernadette Novembre - Sliding
Bloodshot BILL, Lammping - Won't Back Down

Catch it here if you're so inclined: https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2025-07-29/17-00-00

Today's episode sounded like this photo of Split System, captured by Jacob McCann at a recent show in Berlin. You can ge...
22/07/2025

Today's episode sounded like this photo of Split System, captured by Jacob McCann at a recent show in Berlin. You can get amongst it via the link below the playlist here...

Split System - Hit Me
ZOOBOMBS - South Central Rock
Les Kitschenette's - Le Poison
Todd Snider - Mission Accomplished (because you gotta have faith)
Dom Mariani - Apple of Life
Loose Tooth - Suffering
The Wildhearts - Possum Kingdom
Ammonia - Sleepwalking
Rodeo Boys - Speedway
Violent Soho - Slippery Tongue
Shepparton Airplane - Forecast
Eddy current suppression ring - That Time of Day
Mold - Wait For the Weekend
Earth Cadet - Ladder
Dead Mall - Superliminal
Winnebago Deal - Manhunt
Sprints - Descartes
The Grogans - Oh Boy
Hoon - Pay Your Tick
Bu****le Surfers - Dancing Fool
CLAMM - Pigs Don't Read
Official Motörhead - Motorhead
Molly Horses - L Train
Amyl and The Sniffers - Snakes
Turge - Much Ado about F**k All
Beat Happening - Red Head Walking
The White Stripes - Hello Operator
Cordrazine - Hey Man

Catch the show here: https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2025-07-22/17-00-00

Today we heard about the Arockalypse Now Festival coming up on 2nd August. Here's some of the other things we heard betw...
15/07/2025

Today we heard about the Arockalypse Now Festival coming up on 2nd August. Here's some of the other things we heard between 5-7pm today, which you can listen to at your leisure via the link below the playlist...

Screaming Trees - Bed of Roses
Car Seat Headrest - The Catastrophe (Good Luck with That, Man)
Names - Raindrop
Ashley Naylor - As Good As Gold
Sean McMahon's Western Union - Wild Child
Floodlights - Small Town Pub
Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes - Slap Back Mary
The Stars - What Have You Done To Me
Emu Smugglers - Smoking Grass
The Scientists - Slow Death
The Altamonts - Lostcause
Jungle Jim Smith - Lucky Me
Nick Carver & The Mean Street Butchers - Slow Dance
Interview with Nick Carver about Arockalypse Now Festival
Willie J's 6v6s - Love on the Loose
Lava Fangs - Nothing Better To Do
The Square Tugs - Lost in Translation
Toranarama - Dandenong
Straight Arrows - Smoke
The Damned - Smash It Up
Earthlike - Sand Monitor
Sebadoh - Act Surprised
The Lemonheads - In the Margins
Staireo - Idiot
Hoon - Banger #1
CLAMM - Problem Is

https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2025-07-15/17-00-00

Blues, country, storytelling, indie, new songs, old songs, here's how it went down on Firewater today. You can catch the...
08/07/2025

Blues, country, storytelling, indie, new songs, old songs, here's how it went down on Firewater today. You can catch the episode back by hitting the link below the playlist if anything catches your eye...

Joey Leigh Wagtail - Sweet Sugar (pictured)
The Cruel Sea - Storm Bird
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Snake Song
John Lee Ho**er - Slow and Easy
Grant-Lee Phillips - Closer Tonight
Frankie Lee Sims - Walkin' With Frankie
Bob Log III - B**b Scotch
Tom Waits - Get Lost
Jack Day - Little Joe
Eli Paperboy Reed - You're Gonna Make Me Cry
Minor Gold - Moonlight Silver Highway
Shane Smith & the Saints - It's Been A While
Sweet Megg - Canberra (Baby Blue)
Emily Lubitz - My Rita
Alex Hamilton - She Knows Me Well
Quality Used Cars - Tullamareena
Annie-Rose Maloney - Come With Me
Nigel Wearne - 8 Minutes
Great Sandy - Now Often Feels Like Then
Ruby Gill - Space Love
Dirty Three - Everything's F**ked
Clare Perrott - Philadelphia
Sarah Mary Chadwick - Big Business
Drew Pulliam - Back of My Mind
The Steams - Arcadia

You can listen here anytime: https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2025-07-08/17-00-00

Rock n roll, rockabilly, a little bit of soul, some indie tunes, it was a radio show, it was an adventure. If you missed...
01/07/2025

Rock n roll, rockabilly, a little bit of soul, some indie tunes, it was a radio show, it was an adventure. If you missed it, you can listen back via the link below the playlist. Here's a photo of The Hybernators at The Tote recently. They're in the playlist, take a listen...

ZOOBOMBS - Midnight 69
Blind Melon - Skinned
Wunderhorse - Rope
The Mystery Lights - Before You Realize It
The Electric Soft Parade - Sleep Alone
Milly Strange - Horses
Los Straighjackets - High Wire Act
Young Modern - She's Got The Money
Jung Lovers - Red Blooded Mary
Hobsons Bay Coast Guard - Monsoon
Jacky Winter - Saints and Sinners
Maquina Peligrosa - Chased By Goons
The Liverbirds - Diddley Daddy
Junior Walkers & The All Stars - Shake and Fingerpop
Bob Landers with Willie Joe & His Unitar - Cherokee Dance
Eli Paperboy Reed - Stop Talking in Your Sleep
Vernon Garrett - Shine It On
Bobby Vinton - Sealed With a Kiss
Little Red - She's Not the Only One
The Hybernators - Six O'Clock News
Vegas Kings - Six O'Clock Swill
Elvis 2 - RPG
Hoon - Hot Shot
Big Star - Slut
Jobber - Nightmare
The Grogans - Social Cue
The Indigos - She
MJ Lenderman - She's Leaving You
Dallas Crane - Sit on My Knee

Listen here anytime: https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2025-07-01/17-00

Long songs and indie vibes on Firewater today. Here's how it went mates...Cable Ties - HopeInfinity Broke - Snowdome of ...
24/06/2025

Long songs and indie vibes on Firewater today. Here's how it went mates...

Cable Ties - Hope
Infinity Broke - Snowdome of Dream
The Drones - Shark Fin Blues
Car Seat Headrest - Gethsemane
The Hold Steady - Sixers
Machine Translations - She Wears a Mask
Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
The War On Drugs - Show Me The Coast
Shane Smith & the Saints - Fire in the Sky
The Breadmakers - Three Times Cursed
Grinding Eyes - Elevator Sky
Bu****le Surfers - PSY
Lifeguard - Under Your Reach
The Cruel Sea - King of Sorrow
The Hard Quartet - Six Deaf Rats
Sarah Mary Chadwick - Soundtrack (pictured)
Zanna Black - This Town

You can listen here anytime you feel inclined: https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2025-06-24/17-00-00

Concentrating on beats on today's episode of Firewater. Here's how it went down...The Blue Stones - New ImmigrantThe Pin...
17/06/2025

Concentrating on beats on today's episode of Firewater. Here's how it went down...

The Blue Stones - New Immigrant
The Pink Tiles - Simply
Elvis 2 - When I'm With My Brother
ZOOBOMBS - Bomb The Bomb
Beastie Boys - Root Down
Bu****le Surfers - The Annoying Song (live)
Bug Hunt - Denim
Big Noter - Identity
Old City - Sixers
Special Guest - Steel Caps
The Dandy Warhols - Every Day Should Be A Holiday
The Sick Man Of Europe - Obsolete
Sleaford Mods featuring Amy Taylor - Nudge It
Retail Drugs - person A
Adrian Quesada & J Mascis - Mix Master Mascis
Oddisee - A Rare Thing
Brother Ali - Deep Cuts
Dallas Woods - Get By
Thamson P & Pataphysics - AIM
Gangstagrass - Shoot Dem
Sampa The Great - Final Form
Sara Yael - Boulevard (that's Sara pictured above)
Valerie June - Joy, Joy!
Bloodshot BILL, Lammping - Never Never
Pony Face & Liz Stringer - Close to Me
Dreamgood - meyou
Selve - Breaking into Heaven
Porcelain Eyes - Shambhala
General Mack's Grapeshot - Yellowhammer

You can catch it back here anytime that suits you: https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2025-06-17/17-00-00

Amazing to hear about the making of the new Queens of the Stone Age film, Alive in the Catacombs with bassist Mikey Shoe...
10/06/2025

Amazing to hear about the making of the new Queens of the Stone Age film, Alive in the Catacombs with bassist Mikey Shoes. You can listen anytime via the link below today's playlist...

Elvis 2 - Mach 10
One Mississippi - 16 Ships
Private Function - Animal
Lunatic - Shotgun
The Saints - Nights in Venice
Budd - Banger
Shotmaker - Sky
Druids of the Gué Charette - After the Party
Turtle Skull - Rabbit
Kyuss - Shine
Clutch - Slaughter Beach
Goldminds - Deadwood
Queens of the Stone Age - Paper Machete
Queens of the Stone Age - interview with Mikey Shuman and outtakes from Alive at the Catacombs
General Mack's Grapeshot - Raspberry Water
Alien Boy - Cold Air
Bu****le Surfers - Human Cannonball (live)
Nashville P***y - She's Got the Drugs
The Breadmakers - Searching Everywhere

Catch it back here: https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/firewater/2025-06-10/17-00-00

YOU GUYS! I spoke to Mikey Shuman, bass player for Queens of the Stone Age last week about their new film, Alive in the ...
10/06/2025

YOU GUYS! I spoke to Mikey Shuman, bass player for Queens of the Stone Age last week about their new film, Alive in the Catacombs. Tune in to PBS 106.7FM Melbourne around 5:45pm today to hear all about it.

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