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Makeshift Swahili

About Me

Makeshift Swahili is a music program on 106.7 PBS-FM , broadcast from Melbourne, Australia.
I tend to play lesser-known underground rock - noisy, inventive, unconventional, experimental and eccentric sounds.
Local demo/ self-released/ unreleased recordings and small label releases are regularly featured on the show, and from time to time you'll also hear interviews, live-to-air performances, and band / label specials.
Does your band fit the bill? Do you write for a Fanzine? Send your stuff to:
Makeshift Swahili
c/o PBS FM
P.O. Box 2917
Fitzroy MDC 3065

Recording 'quality' is not super-important. If I like, I play...

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Member Since: 6/14/2006
Band Website: http://www.freewebs.com/makeshiftswahili
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Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Mon 18th May - PBS Radio Festival 2009

PBS' annual Radio Festival starts today!If you've enjoyed listening at any point, please express your support and help keep PBS (and Makeshift Swahili) on air. Call up  8415 1067 (or visit the PBS web...
Posted by on Thu, 14 May 2009 12:20:00 GMT

Mon 19th Jan - Deep Where All Drown interview

Tune in tonight and hear those long-awaited recordings from one of my favourite Melbourne bands ever, Deep Where All Drown. Their new double CD, 'Movement/ The Marianas' is being released this week, a...
Posted by on Thu, 14 May 2009 12:19:00 GMT

Mon 5th Jan 2009 - Favourite Releases of 2008 / 300th show

Tonight I'll be rounding up some of my favourite releases from the past year.   It's also my 300th show, so I'll be giving away some CDs to celebrate!  If you're a PBS member, just call up during the ...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:53:00 GMT

Mon 15th Dec - White Woods live at PBS

PBS Live Music Week starts today!  Tune into Makeshift Swahili at midnight for a live set from the lovely White Woods.And remember, if you dig the sounds, support the station that makes it possible -...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:38:00 GMT

Mon 29th Sept - Spartak live-to-air

Tonight - Canberra duo Spartak tell us about their debut album 'Tales from the Colony Room' and upcoming shows for the Melbourne Fringe Festival.  They'll also be playing live-to-air shortly afte...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:53:00 GMT

Mon 4th Aug - Green Beret interview

Tune in tonight to hear an interview with Justin and Henry of Green Beret, who are playing a rare show this weekend to launch their new CD
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:48:00 GMT

Mon 28th July - Johnny Saw Horses live-to-air

Local duo Johnny Saw Horses drop into PBS to play live to air and tell us about their new album. 
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:44:00 GMT

Mon 14th July - Juarez live-to-air

Just after midnight, eerie vocal echoes and harrowing martenot noise fuckery from Juarez, the solo project for Jess Pinney of Johnny Saw Horses. Live-to-air!
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:38:00 GMT

Coming soon on Makeshift Swahili

Mon 14th July - Juarez live-to-air Further ahead: Interview with Tom Lyngcoln of the Solar/Sonar label.   Live sets from Johnny Saw Horses, Collapsed Toilet Vietnam, Spartak
Posted by on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:41:00 GMT

Mon 26th May 2008 - Radio Fest special: Tasmanian Bands

Tonight - a decade or so's worth of noise from across Bass Strait.Sea Scouts, Little Ugly Girls, 50 Million Clowns, Mouth, The Frustrations, Karen Carpenter, The Frustrations, The Stickmen, La Scimmia...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:34:00 GMT