Lists Space out to a 20-song selection from psych-rock troubadours Cosmic Flanders by Happy Soon enough we’ll be dropping Issue 5 of Happy Mag, and we’re having a party to celebrate. Having asked six of our fave Sydney bands to join us on the 29th…
Lists Who are JODY’s favourite local bands? We chat about their latest release and the Sydney scene by Tom Cameron JODY is a young gun collective straight out of Sydney’s talent-rich Inner West. The boys have been killing it live since they broke out, sharing the stage with some of…
Music Follow Big White as they traverse Europe and the USA in part 2 of their international tour diary by Happy A few months back Big White dropped one of the best records we’ve heard in ages. Full of bright, sparkly guitars, sunny rhythms and pop hooks for days, Teenage Dreams was…
Interviews Teenage Dream was an explosive debut from dream pop darlings Big White and we managed to catch up them during their massive tour by Sam Dawes With a dream pop sound to die for and a brand new album to tour, Big White are experiencing big things. We were lucky enough to chat to the band during their…
Live Get your cozzies on, you’ll be swimming in vibes when Big White hit the road in support of Teenage Dreams by Sam Dawes Ah, to be free and to swim in the profound depths of fluorescent sonic colour that is live music. Aficionados of cathedral echoing guitar pop, Big White know the feeling and, this…
Music Forget Beiber, Big White’s debut album Teenage Dreams is what the kids will be frothing over by Happy “Hype band” – a term either used to praise or dismiss an artist’s “true” value. It’s a term that too often gets thrown around with a negative connotation attached, in…
News The line up for The Aussie BBQ at SXSW 2016 has been released by Emily Mathison The full line-up for The Aussie BBQ at SXSW has been unveiled, including the likes of Big White, Harts, Methyl Ethel and more. This will mark the 13th year the…
Magazine Didn’t make it to the Happy Mag launch party? Here’s all the awesome action you missed! by Happy Photos by Liam Cameron Little under a week ago, we launched our first issue of Happy Mag at The Union Hotel in Newtown. The mag had been in development for…
Lists Gear up for one hell of an Australia Day at these 5 gigs by Happy The next week is going to be a pretty epic run of gigs and good times, with different events running from Friday night all the way until next Tuesday. Oh,…
News Are you ready to hear the debut Big White album Teenage Dreams? by Happy We won’t lie, we’ve had a massive crush on Sydney outfit Big White for the last year, their singles You Know I Love You and Dinosaur City proving massive hits….
Lists These are the 8 Aussie albums you can’t afford to miss this year by Shayen de Silva Hello 2016! Last year was a pretty good one when it came to quality Aussie releases, and we have a good feeling that this year will be no different. While…
News Big White, DZ Deathrays, Gang Of Youths and more homegrown acts announced for SXSW 2016 by Emily Mathison After a couple massive announcements were made last year about which Aussies would be jetting over to the US for SXSW 2016, there have been even more announced today. Joining…
Lists Our call on the 5 acts we think will explode in 2016 by Happy We pride ourselves on having a pretty firm grasp on up and coming bands in Australia. If a band did something cool in 2015, we wrote about it. The past…
