News Sit down, be humble: The Splendour in the Grass 2018 lineup is here! by Happy Aaand here we are again at one of the most exciting dates on the Australian music calendar. The Splendour In The Grass 2018 lineup has just dropped, and it’s a…
News The Vivid Sydney 2018 program has been announced – and we’ve got a surprise for you by Happy Sydney’s yearly light, music and art festival Vivid has unveiled its full program for 2018. Come May, the city will be awash with colour, not to mention appearances from some…
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…
News WATCH: The Daily Squeeze with Middle Kids by Happy Fresh off the jets from their massive US tour, Middle Kids ducked into Happy HQ to chat music, art, and congratulate Tim on his new job as an UBER driver….
Music The self-titled Middle Kids EP is an unpredictable, exhilarating and uniformly excellent debut by Alastair Cairns 2016 was a real watershed year for a certain kind of female singer-songwriter. Angel Olsen had a breakthrough with her album My Woman and found herself playing the Sydney Opera…
Interviews Music Was there a Sydney band who captured our hearts in 2016 more than Middle Kids? We catch up before they jet off to the US by Tom Cameron Few local bands can boast a first year akin to the one Middle Kids have just experienced. Without a single show to their name, the band dropped Edge Of Town last May,…
Lists Bec Sandridge’s top 10 songs of 2016 by Happy While Bec Sandridge may have an enthusiastic love for the sirens of yesteryear like Cyndi Lauper, that doesn’t mean there’s a shortage of newer acts she is crazy about. When…
Lists Stephen Goodhew’s top 10 songs of 2016 by Happy In the industry, the role of music director of any radio station is met with equal parts respect and dread. It’s a job that everybody would love to do – what’s…
Live The Dunies, the Ridge and The Smith Street Band tore it up at Festival of the Sun 2016 and we’ve got the photos to prove it by Emily Mathison One of the longer running Aussie festivals and just about the biggest BBQ there ever was, Festival of the Sun 2016 ticked all the boxes. Catch all our photos here….
Lists Happy’s top 100 songs of 2016: 11-20 by Happy 20. The Avalanches – Subways 19. Tiny Little Houses – Song Despite Apathy 18. Gabriella Cohen – I Don’t Feel So Alive 17. The Laurels – Hit And Miss 16. Ali…
News FBi Radio have announced the eight finalists of their Northern Lights competition by Happy FBi Radio’s annual Northern Lights comp is back on again in 2016. Having received over 600 entries from Australia’s finest, FBi have finally whittled it down to just eight finalists….
Music Middle Kids deliver debut single Edge of Town bringing us all to our knees by Amy Henderson Sometimes a song comes along that’s so crisp, crackling shudders in its festive tray. The opening guitar riff, off the debut single for Middle Kids, for some inexplicable reason, is…
