News Lock it in, Newtowners: the full program for Newtown Festival 2017 has landed by Happy Newtown Festival, a yearly favourite for Inner Westies all shapes and sizes, have unveiled the full program for their 2017 event. Chockas with the usual cohort of music, art, food…
Music Heartfelt narratives, starry choruses and Casio keyboards: Sarah Belkner hits a high note on But You Are, But It Has by Katharine Kennedy Sarah Belkner is keeping things local with her debut album But You Are, But It Has. The album boasts collaborations with Australian artists such as Elana Stone, NGAIIRE, Billie McCarthy…
Lists Everybody loves a good cover song. These are the 10 best by Aussies in 2015 by Shayen de Silva There are many different cover songs you can come across. There are some great ones, like Jeff Buckley’s cover of Leonard Cohen‘s Hallelujah and Johnny Cash‘s cover of Nine Inch Nails’ Hurt,…
News Australian Music Week reveals timetable details by Emily Mathison It is only a matter of weeks now until the 2015 Australian Music Week kicks off, and with over 100 artists taking the stage, it’s going to be a pretty…
News Australian Music Week adds The Cairos, Hein Cooper, The Vanns and more! by Shayen de Silva Come November Sydney will play host to the Australian Music Week, running across five days with workshops, master classes, exclusive sessions and live performances. This morning the second round of the…
Exclusives EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Belkner and MAPLES cover Sufjan Stevens by Shayen de Silva For the last month Sarah Belkner has graced the presence of Marrickville’s The Newsagency with a special run of shows following the release of her latest EP Humans. Each week Belkner has…
Live Sarah Belkner and Katie Wighton turn The Newsagency into a comedy club by Shayen de Silva How would you describe The Newsagency? We won’t hold it against you if you said ‘intimate, ‘cozy’ or ‘cute’. Indeed, the tiny room nestled in Marrickville is all of those things….
Exclusives EXCLUSIVE: No need to apologise – Sarah Belkner and Katie Wighton cover Chicago by Shayen de Silva Ah the 80s love ballad. So much pining, so many over the top declarations, so many gloved drummers using that same snare sound. Yeah, they’re tacky as hell and many…
Exclusives EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Belkner and Ed Wells cover alt-J’s Tessilate by Shayen de Silva No one would ever admit that a triangle is a sexy shape (a parallelogram maybe). That was of course until alt-J dropped the sexually charged Tessilate on the world a few years…
Exclusives Listen to Sarah Belkner and Martha Marlow cover Nick Drake’s River Man by Nick Stillman As a part of her ongoing Newsagency Sessions the beautiful Sarah Belkner has shared an amazing duet of Nick Drake‘s River Man, featuring Martha Marlow on guitar and Belkner herself on the piano….
Lists Jack Colwell’s Good Song List Of 2014 by Shayen de Silva Over the last week, including today, you would have noticed that Happy has been featuring the top ten picks by musicians as they reflect on the year that was 2014….
Lists Jack Colwell's Good Song List Of 2014 by Shayen de Silva Over the last week, including today, you would have noticed that Happy has been featuring the top ten picks by musicians as they reflect on the year that was 2014….