Lists Music Happy Listening: The 5 best new releases of the week by Emily Elvish This week will go down in history. In a world raptured by chaos, there has been one beacon of hope guiding us through this time….
Music PREMIERE: Foreign/National dismantle society’s power players on latest single ‘Diamond Mine’ by Emily Elvish Foreign/National have hit a stroke of genius with this one. Their latest single Diamond Mine is a funky groove that swells, dips, and bends, unwinding the band’s…
Features Needle In The Hay News Vinyl Here are the winners of Happy Mag’s Needle in the Hay competition! by Happy Back in May we announced Needle In The Hay, our very own vinyl competition. With a grand prize of 250 vinyl pressings from Zenith Records…
Interviews Pro Audio Vintage warble and budget delay: pedal talk with Foreign/National by Nick Stillman Dépaysement is a French term that translates roughly to disorientation – or more eloquently, sentiment derangement; that weird feeling you get where your emotions are…
Interviews Jazz and swearing with Foreign/National. We caught up with Melbourne’s psychedelic frontmen at BIGSOUND by Riley Fitzgerald When they’re not reclining on the Mornington Peninsula, Foreign/National occupies the role of one of Melbourne’s cult psychedelic acts. Drawing upon jittery rhythms and guitar-laden…
News Happy BIGSOUND Mixtape by Happy We’re back from BIGSOUND, and it was so damn good we’re letting it take over this week’s mixtape. Listen in for all the sick bands…
