Music News Illy Opens Up About His New Album ‘Good Life’, Vulnerability, and the Journey to Artistic Evolution by Happy Multi-platinum, ARIA Award-winning artist Illy returns with his seventh studio album, Good Life—an introspective and raw exploration of… well… life. Featuring 14 tracks, including the introspective “Stubborn,” the title track…
Live Music Illy’s all set to bring a dose of hip-hop-pop to Regional Aus by Tammy Moir With six killer studio albums under his belt, and a new single on the way, Illy kicks off a 25 date Regional today. Get ready for a hip-hop & pop…
Arts Music News Politics Guns N’ Roses among the recipients for Government grants… WTF!? by Lochie Schuster The next recipients of the Government’s RISE Fund grants have been revealed, and another $600K is dedicated to the Guns N’ Roses tour. The Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand…
Interviews Music Illy: “Everything’s changing, you’ve just got to appreciate the good stuff” by Emily Elvish Change, reformation, and growth lie at the heart of Illy’s sixth record. Anthemic and nuanced, The Space Between opens up the artist in his entirety…
News BASSINTHEGRASS have dropped an absolutely epic 2020 lineup by Talya Jacobson The BASSINTHEGRASS 2020 lineup is here, and we couldn’t be more excited. The Darwin festival, known as the city’s ‘right of passage’, is back for its 18th year and the…
News This That unveils a world-class 2018 lineup featuring The Rubens, Amy Shark and more by Happy After dropping the news that their first act for 2018 would be RL Grime, Newcastle festival This That have unveiled their lineup in full. Newcastle never looked so good: This…
News Queensland’s Big Pineapple Music Festival just dropped their hugest lineup ever! by Happy The only thing sweeter than a big ‘ol pineapple is a big ‘ol lineup, and there’s only one festival in Australia where you can actually get both. After hearing the…
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 A history of musicians responding to the dodgy news of their own demise by Happy Apparently when you get to a certain level of fame, people like to start rumours that you’ve corked it. I don’t know why. Honestly, the thought has really never occurred…
Interviews Itching for Illy’s next album? We’ve got the lowdown on Two Degrees, and why he thinks it’s his best yet by Tom Cameron There aren’t many MCs that make it to the top of the game in Aussie hip-hop. Becoming a household name is a tough ask indeed, but one of the locals…
News After 6 ARIA nominations and a double-platinum track, Illy is pretty psyched to finally release his next record, Two Degrees by Happy One of the most household names in Aussie music and an established star of the home-grown hip hop scene is back once again. Illy’s fifth studio album is on it’s…
News Groovin’ The Moo drops 2016 line-up by Emily Mathison After teasing fans for a couple of days about the line-up, Groovin’ The Moo has finally shared the full list of artists for the 2016 event. The line-up was dropped…
News Illy has laid down the law about drug testing by Shayen de Silva Following the deaths of Sylvia Choi and Stefan Woodward at this year’s Stereosonic tour, not to mention several hospitalisations attributed to effect of illicit drugs, there has been much debate…
