News Vinyl 10 great Australian records to buy on Bandcamp today by Claudia Schmidt For one day only, Bandcamp is donating 100% of their profits to artists in light of the current coronavirus pandemic and its inevitable economic impact on musicians. The platform is…
News Pro Audio Watch Rosa Maria perform What Did I Do Live at Enmore by Happy Local legends Rosa Maria were recently welcomed to Live at Enmore studio. The band dished up an intoxicating blend of ’60s inspired garage, surf rock and spaghetti western, with their track…
Lists Music Rosa Maria run us through each track of their new album Here She Comes by Happy Tomorrow, Sydney’s favourite hip-shaking purveyors of vintage garage-rock Rosa Maria will unleash unto the world their second full length album, Here She Comes. But before then, we caught up with…
Music PREMIERE: Rosa Maria unveil their bananas new video for Howlin’ by Bill Robinson Noting the process of tapping into vintage auditory wormholes is hardly a revelation when talking about a band like Rosa Maria. The Sydney-based quintet positively ooze with the reverbed vibes…
Music WATCH: Rosa Maria – Tell The Devil by Happy Rosa Maria have unveiled Tell The Devil, a new single from their upcoming sophomore LP and their first track via Aussie DIY label Third Eye Stimuli. Check out the clip, directed…
News Cap off the summertime with Hotel Steyne’s scorching February music lineup by Rianna Manuel Hotel Steyne in Manly host some pretty bloody good nights for local live music. And to your delight and future planning pleasure, they’ve just released their full February lineup. Taking…
Lists News Happy Mag’s Top 100 Songs of 2018: 41-50 by Happy Presenting Happy Mag’s Top 100 Songs of 2018! Join us as we count down our favourite songs released over the last 12 months, and stay tuned as the list gets…
Interviews News Ahead of the inaugural Freakbeat Halloween Ball this Saturday, Rosa Maria chat the resurrection of Sydney garage music by Happy This Saturday evening, at Sydney’s Lansdowne Hotel, a group of local bands will be throwing possibly the greatest Halloween party to ever strike this great city of ours. With a…
Live News Here’s what went down at our NZ Week Party by Tom Cameron September 24-30 in 2018 was Happy Mag’s inaugural NZ Week, a new initiative spotlighting New Zealand as one of the world’s most exciting cultural hubs. Of course, we had to…
News Manly welcomes a summer of live music with Hotel Steyne’s new venture by Molly Lasker Manly institution Hotel Steyne is this summer introducing a new venture, Henry’s Rooftop. It’s set to go off with a bang, bringing in a stellar, two-month long live music program…
Interviews Psychoactive drugs and the HSC: Rosa Maria and Concrete Lawn interview each other by Happy Rosa Maria and Concrete Lawn are two of our favourite bands kicking around right now. That’s exactly why we asked them both to come play at our NZ Week party…
News Here’s who’s playing our huge NZ Week Party! by Happy In case you haven’t heard, next month we’re holding our first ever NZ Week; an entire week dedicated to showcasing New Zealand’s best music, art and culture. NZ Week will…
Interviews Rosa Maria chat album number 2, making people dance and beating up The Ruminaters by Bill Robinson I first fell for the jangly garage sounds of Rosa Maria last September. The Sydney five-piece were yet to release their debut album, and had only a handful of gigs…
