Live Lost Paradise 2017: the hidden wonderland you’ll be sorry you missed by Brooke Tunbridge After Lost Paradise 2017, no doubt remains. This is one of Australia’s most consistent festivals, and one we’ll remain excited for as long as it exists. Lost Paradise 2017 definitely exceeded…
Lists Happy Mag’s Top 100 Songs of 2017: 81-90 by Happy 90. Alex Lahey – I Haven’t Been Taking Care of Myself 89. Oliver Tank – Charlene 88. Horror My Friend – Admit None 87. Lowtide – Alibi 86. RACKETT –…
Live The 80s haven’t gone anywhere, and GL turned Oxford Art Factory into one giant disco to prove it by Dani Hansen The GL sound is a mess of neon synths, breezy vocals, funky percussion and loads of attitude adding up to one thing: a hell of a party. The 80s were…
Interviews Music Shedding Your Skin: scrutinising the modern drummer’s shifting role with Graeme Pogson by Jacinta Rets Graeme Pogson is one third of Harvey Sutherland and one half of GL. This self-producing, drum bashing, synth strutting electronic mastermind hails from the eternally creative city of Melbourne and has been playing drums…
Live Survived Sydney Laneway Festival? Get a look at your sweaty self in our pics from the weekend scorcher by Happy If you managed to survive the heat of St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival Sydney, congratulations. We were there, and managed to snap a few pics in between our ice baths. Over…
Lists Whether you’re into music, art or both, you’ll eat up the 10 best album covers of 2016 by Freya McGahey With the resurgence of vinyl as a medium for music, the need for some tasty, trippy or technicolored artwork to slap on your album has never been more important. Art…
Lists Happy’s top 100 songs of 2016: 21-30 by Happy 30. GL – Hallucinate 29. Pond – Sweep Me Off My Feet 28. Donny Benet – Working Out 27. Hockey Dad – So Tired 26. Rainbow Chan – Nest…
Interviews Analogue, the 80’s and cheeky remixes. Getting to the source of good music with the minds behind GL by Tom Cameron Electro pop duo GL are a good time. Hailing from Melbourne, Ella Thompson and Graeme Pogson have recently catapulted their weighty, cosmic jams throughout the country on their Touch tour. Piggybacking the success…
Lists Hate picking favourites? Our mate Yeo has done the heavy lifting for you with his top 10 tunes of 2016 by Happy Straight outta Melbourne, Yeo is the electro songwriter punching out glorious, fuzzed out tunes you can’t help but get down to. He’s got game, and three years of top-shelf releases…
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 we chatted to, drank with…
Lists Forget the timetables, these are the bands you need to see at BIGSOUND in 2016 by Happy It’s that time of year again when hundreds flock to Fortitude Valley in Brisbane for the biggest showcase of emerging talent in Australia. This year’s BIGSOUND lineup is customarily massive,…
Music Tasty synths, cloud-like harmonies and dreamy electro pop beats are what GL are serving up on new LP, Touch by Freya McGahey From Melbourne electro pop duo GL comes a building and vibrant new album Touch. Not lacking in energy and even less in originality, GL have built upon their existing tasty…
