Interviews Cooked crowds and the Northern Beaches: a chat with Ocean Alley by Tom Cameron With Bluesfest plus an international tour ahead and new music in their back pocket, we caught up with Mitch Galbraith of Ocean Alley. Ocean Alley’s rise to fame has been…
News Groovin The Moo just dropped an unbelievable 2018 lineup by Happy The first lineup announcement for Groovin The Moo 2018 is here! Here’s exactly who to look forward to at this year’s fest. Australia’s favourite regional festival Groovin The Moo is…
News Inaugural Sydney City Limits Festival books Beck, Phoenix, Justice, Grace Jones and more by Happy The legends who work hard each and every year to bring you Splendour in the Grass and Falls Festival have just announced a brand new event. Taking note from the…
Interviews Music Facing the Comedown: chatting sold-out shows, album number 2 and the after-tour blues with Ocean Alley by Chloe Kay Richardson Since the 2016 release of their debut LP Lost Tropics, Ocean Alley have reached audiences far beyond their Northern Beaches digs, and have been intoxicating the masses with their cruisey…
Interviews Things got weird when we sat down with Ocean Alley to talk album details, touring the world and fork branding by Sam Dawes The life of a touring band is a strange one. One day, you’re riding the ten-foot wave of ecstasy that is a great gig, the next you’re fending off drunken…
Lists 20 Aussie singers you need in your life by Sam Dawes A man who possessed one of the most glorious, ethereal and celebrated singing voices to have ever been committed to record, Jeff Buckley once said “your voice is your essence”. People can’t put…
Lists 5 Roots, Rock and Reggae revivalists carrying the torch in 2016 by Sam Dawes In its many styles, music is one of the most diverse, inclusive and divisive anomalies in our modern world, bringing people together in its beauty and, at times, dividing us…
Music Need an escape but don’t have the coin? Ocean Alley will take you to paradise with Holiday by Jacinta Rets Ocean Alley have unleashed yet another sweltering hot track to accompany their long awaited upcoming album, Lost Tropics. This psych-rock six-piece from Sydney’s Northern Beaches have incorporated all things Summer…
Lists Ocean Alley’s picks for the best bands in Australia right now by Happy Your boys Ocean Alley have had a big 2015. Their latest EP In Purple released last Spring was nothing short of dynamite, which earned the band plenty of praise. Armed…
News Ocean Alley set to make a splash with their 2016 east coast tour by Emily Mathison Sydney psych rockers Ocean Alley are gearing up to embark on a big 2016 east coast tour. The tour follows the recent release of their sophmore EP In Purple, which was dropped in…
Lists 6 must see acts at Lost Paradise when you’re not skinny dipping by Debbie Carr This year we bid farewell to Big Day Out, waved goodbye to Future Music Festival and, more recently, mourned as Soundwave trailed off into the darkness too. 2015 was a weird…
News Party In The Paddock is back and bigger than ever by Happy Tasmania’s very own boutique music festival Party In The Paddock is back for 2016, announcing the event’s biggest line-up since it first graced us back in 2013. Taking place in…
Music Brooding and smooth, Ocean Alley are like Batman in a Porsche by Happy Ocean Alley are going from strength to strength after the release of their new single Muddy Waters. Now they’re set to make a splash with the release of their brand new…
