Music News Public Enemy Announce Australian Dates for ‘On The Grid 35th Anniversary Tour’ by Tammy Moir Legendary hip-hop heads Public Enemy are bringing their ‘On the Grid’ 35th Anniversary tour to Aus with A.B. Original Hall of Fame inductees, hip-hop revolutionaries, and social rights activists Public…
Features Magazine Music News Happy Mag turns 10: A look back on some of favourite cover stars by Tom Disalvo Baker Boy, Julia Jacklin and Courtney Barnett are among the starry cohort to grace the cover of Happy Mag’s print issues over the last ten years. It was around ten…
Music Politics A.B. Original share powerful new single ‘Yes’ ahead of the Voice referendum by Tom Disalvo Few acts can tackle hard-hitting issues quite like A.B. Original, and the duo have remained equally incisive on their new referendum-based single, Yes. A.B. Original have released Yes, a triumphant…
Music News Pop Culture Obama’s favourite songs of 2021 are in and there are two Aussies in the mix by Lochie Schuster Former President Barack Obama is back with his end-of-year Spotify playlist and he doesn’t miss. In case you didn’t know, Obama has impeccable taste in music and this year he’s…
Music LISTEN: A.B. Original – Blaccout by Happy Briggs and Trials are back, and they’re bringing the brass. Listen to Blaccout today, undoubtedly one of A.B. Original’s most fucking gigantic tunes to date.
News Suits, sunnies and smiles: on the red carpet at the 2017 ARIA Awards by Happy The 2017 ARIA Awards are done and dusted for another year, complete with a… fairly normal amount of cheekiness and controversy. Aside from some triple j shenanigans and a Kirin…
Lists News Who should open for Fleet Foxes or Liam Gallagher? Suss our dream Aussie supports for each Falls sideshow by Happy A few weeks back Falls Festival announced a streak of sideshows, meaning that over New Years Eve Australia will be hosting a ton of world-class performers including Jungle, Foster the People and Liam…
Magazine Burning the fucking joint down: we chat to A.B. Original for Happy Mag Issue #5 by Freya McGahey To say that A.B. Original are pushing the conversation around Indigenous presence in Australia would be an understatement. With their most recent album Reclaim Australia entirely focused on addressing the dispossession and…
News A.B. Original become first Indigenous act to take out the Australian Music Prize by Happy A.B. Original have become the first Indigenous artist to take out the $30,000 Australian Music Prize, trumping over a slew of acts like Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, The…
News The Australian Music Prize shortlist has been narrowed down to 9. Who do you think will win? by Agnes O'Dwyer The team at the Australian Music Prize have done the impossible and narrowed down the whopping longlist of 61 eligible albums to a staggeringly short shortlist of 9. Last year…
