Interviews We caught up with HOON, the creators of a new all-ages Wollongong festival by Happy On February 1st, Wollongong band HOON will be throwing a huge all-ages mini-fest called All Of Us. The event will be a culmination of music and art, with a stack…
News PREMIERE: Wollongong’s Left Side Filter deliver a heart-warming anthem on ‘Hey Mister’ by Happy Fresh-faced and new to the scene, Shellharbour based quartet Left Side Filter bring back the 90’s in their first single of the year, Hey Mister. Susceptible to a pop chorus…
News Yours and Owls set to open new Wollongong venue La La La’s by Luke Saunders Wollongong locals have been itching for more live music after the sad and sudden closing of RAD Bar earlier this year. But there is excellent news, because local promoters Yours…
Partner Content Meet Teel Studios, a bright new creative space in the heart of Wollongong by Happy Pursuing a career in a creative industry can be a tough ask. Yet Tom Fletcher and Liam Mahoney from Teel Studios are out here opening their own studio space and directing…
Music Introducing The Nah: a Wollongong band with something to say by James Christie-Murray I remember seeing The Nah for the first time last year at a local bar, and to be fair, I was really nervous to walk into it. Being queer, sometimes…
News PREMIERE: The debut EP from Wollongong outfit White Blanks is an absolute scorcher by Freya McGahey White Blanks have dropped a highly anticipated debut EP ahead of a massive Aussie tour. Titled All I Wanted Was To Say Hello, if you plan on having a good…
Lists Warbling tales from Wollongong locals: The Francos walk us through their wondrous debut EP by Happy Wollongong locals The Francos dropped their debut EP Take The Train Home over the weekend, an impressively infectious first release grounded in the pleasures of Aussie suburbia. It’s been spinning in…
Interviews Music The next big thing out of Wollongong? We chat with the dudes from Pacific Avenue by Freya McGahey I love The Gong for two reasons. The first is that my beloved baby sister lives there. And the second is because they produce some of the best bloody music…
News PREMIERE: Wollongong heroes HOON jam for the reckless and dejected on new single Burnt Out Fire by Happy Wollongong’s emerging music scene is humbling to say the least; if Lou Reed was correct in saying “what comes is better than what came before”, then we can surely expect…
Live Make it to Wollongong over the weekend? Check out all our Yours & Owls photos from the absolutely killer two day sweatfest by Happy All reports from Yours & Owls over the weekend are in and they point to one thing: a big, sweaty mess of a time. We were down in the Gong too, capturing…
Interviews Bec Sandridge on being an accidental rockstar, the rise of Wollongong and a future career in skateboarding by Tom Cameron Bec Sandridge is breaking the status quo by releasing a 7” double A-side of her hits You’re A Fucking Joke and In The Fog, In The Flame. A couple of…
Interviews Heading to the Gong? Here’s Hockey Dad’s quintessential guide to Wollongong’s nightlife by Happy Hockey Dad fans have been scratching at the door for an album for too long, and last week Boronia dropped. The debut record was a surfie rock fan’s wet dream,…
News Hey Wollongong, looking for a NYE party? Young Turks and Siberia Records are throwing a rager with secret international headliners by Shayen de Silva With December looming it’s time to start getting your NYE plans started. If you’re a bit vexed as to where you should be when the ball drops, Young Turks and…
