NewsMadonna’s Instagram flagged for posting misleading COVID-19 information by Julia Lo Surdo Superstar Madonna recently shared a post on Instagram regarding a supposed COVID-19 treatment to her 15 million followers. The post was promptly deleted by Instagram…
NewsHappy’s ‘Worst Guitar Solos of All Time’ YouTube video has hit 250k YouTube views! by Jayden Collins To help release some much-needed endorphins, we at Happy Mag would like to remind you of our YouTube video The Worst Guitar Solos of All…
ListsNews10 music videos that were way too raunchy for their time by Kayla McNicoll Music videos offer artists a unique platform to exude visuals which accompany their musical creations. For some artists, they are a fantastic tool which helps…
Enmore AudioFeaturesGearMadchester and the sounds of the Second Summer of Love by Max Mahood Even though electronic music and synthesisers were becoming more popular throughout the 1980s, there was still a healthy guitar-based strain of alternative-rock music on both…
Enmore AudioFeaturesGearKORG M1: the final instalment in the digital trilogy by Dan Shaw For those who have come to synthesis late, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the story began and ended in the analog domain. Aside from…
Enmore AudioFeaturesGearEngineering the Sound: Massive Attack’s ‘Mezzanine’ by Dan Shaw Along with Portishead and Tricky, Bristol’s Massive Attack was elemental in the genre of trip-hop. Typified by dusty, downtempo beats, icy vocal deliveries, the style…
Enmore AudioFeaturesGearThe Oberheim DMX drum machine: the heartbeat of hip hop by Dan Shaw In many ways, the sonic style of the ’80s was characterised by the embrace of new technology, without necessarily complying with the notion of realism….
Enmore AudioFeaturesGearSSL Consoles: the secret weapon of ’80s pop by Claudia Schmidt During the ’80s and the two decades which followed, the SSL console was used on thousands of hit albums, including the likes of David Bowie,…
NewsVinylMadonna’s first four studio albums are returning to vinyl by Evie Weily Rhino Records have announced that Madonna’s first four studio albums – three conventional albums and one soundtrack – will be returning to vinyl as part…
ListsThe worst guitar solos of all time by Happy Roll up, roll up, feast your eyes (but maybe not your ears) on the worst guitar solos of all time. As we all know, it…
NewsCheck out these candid photos of pre-fame Madonna doing her thing by Liz Campbell A candid collection of photographs depicting Madonna circa 1983 will feature as part of the Madonna NYC 83 exhibition, thanks to the Weiss Katz Gallery…
NewsThe iconic Vogue gang of Madonna’s 1990s tour has been reunited. Where are they now? by Happy Strike A Pose is currently showing in London, an emotional journey which reunites Madonna’s Vogue dance gang from her infamous 1990 Blonde Ambition tour, crowned the greatest concert of…
Lists7 low budget film clips that prove you don’t need the big bucks to be remembered forever by Riley Fitzgerald The influence of the music video may have waned since the heyday of MTV, but they can still play a pivotal role in how we…
