News Here are the first 75 artists heading along to BIGSOUND 2018 by Happy Each year, Australia’s largest music conference BIGSOUND descends upon Fortitude Valley in Brisbane, bringing together musicians, labels, media, and just about every other cornner of this country’s thriving music industry….
Lists Happy’s Top 100 Songs of 2015: 51-60 by Happy 60. Altair – Planete 59. River of Longing – Blank Realm 58. Bulimic – Spookyland 57. In The Fog, In The Flame – Bec Sandridge 56. Anhedoniac – Andrei Eremin…
News What do you think of this year’s J Awards nominations? by Shayen de Silva The nominees for the 2015 J Awards have been announced, with the the best and brightest of Aussie music getting the spotlight from the nation’s lead radio tastemaker. Now in…
Lists 7 reasons we all did pee pee in our pants when the 2016 Laneway lineup dropped by Shayen de Silva This past Tuesday every self-respecting music fan in Australia collectively splooged in their undies in unison*. Such a show of paralleled wet movements has only ever been witnessed in synchronised swimming. But…
News Laneway 2016 drops line-up by Happy The line-up for Laneway 2016 has finally arrived! After a bunch of fake festival posters and line-ups have been posted in the past few weeks, the real thing is now…
Music Blank Realm smuggle in the contraband on Illegals In Heaven by Riley Fitzgerald Intermingling infectious avant-pop with mesmerising psychedelic rock Brisbane quartet Blank Realm continue to deliver unique and excellent tracks on latest LP Illegals In Heaven. Inspired by avant-garde pop acts Can, The…
News Methyl Ethel, Blank Realm and more join Volumes lineup by Shayen de Silva The multi-venue festival Volumes has added a second round musicians to its already massive lineup. Blank Realm, Methyl Ethel, Friendships, Pelvis, Holy Balm, Low Lux, Den, Jon Dory and Palms DJs have all been added to the…
Live Royal Headache absolutely tear down the Sydney Opera House for Vivid 2015 by Nick Stillman The Sydney Opera House is a beacon for Australian high society and culture, and has been since opening back in the early 70s. But of course, times change, and as…
Live Happy Goes to The Blurst of Times! by Shayen de Silva “It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times”, that’s what Charles Dickens wrote right? I’m not too sure, I only skimmed A Tale of Two Cities in…
