News Shining Bird National Tour is about to hit Sydney. by Happy Lords of the Leisure Coast and winners of Happy’s 2016 Song of the Year Shining Bird are on the tail end of their almost sold out national tour. They’ll be…
News There are a million reasons why you should head to The Gum Ball this year, but here are our top 5 by Agnes O'Dwyer The weather is finally chilling out, and we bet you feel like doing the same. If that’s the case, make sure you head to the 12th instalment of The Gum Ball…
Lists Whether you’re into music, art or both, you’ll eat up the 10 best album covers of 2016 by Freya McGahey With the resurgence of vinyl as a medium for music, the need for some tasty, trippy or technicolored artwork to slap on your album has never been more important. Art…
Lists Happy’s top 100 songs of 2016: 1-10 by Happy 10. Jaala – Junior Spirit 9. Bec Sandridge – You’re A Fucking Joke 8. Oh Pep! – Doctor Doctor 7. D.D Dumbo – Walrus 6. Polographia – Sly feat. Winston…
Lists Wells’ Top 10 songs of 2016 by Happy It’s December and the year we’ve all been getting pretty fed up with is coming to a close. 2016 is almost over, but anyone who says it’s been all doom…
Live Mountainous hymns, walls of cacophonous noise and experimental jams: Shining Bird ascend to soaring heights at Sydney album launch by Nick Stillman Shining Bird don’t just write songs, they create experiences. On record they are expansive, drawing out dreamy pop elements into elongated, illusory episodes that are nothing if not experiential. But…
News Happy BIGSOUND Mixtape by Happy We’re back from BIGSOUND, and it was so damn good we’re letting it take over this week’s mixtape. Listen in for all the sick bands we chatted to, drank with…
Lists 20 Aussie singers you need in your life by Sam Dawes A man who possessed one of the most glorious, ethereal and celebrated singing voices to have ever been committed to record, Jeff Buckley once said “your voice is your essence”. People can’t put…
News Royal Headache, Shining Bird and more win big at the 2015 FBi SMAC Awards by Emily Mathison The FBi SMAC Awards went down yesterday at Carriageworks, seeing acts like Royal Headache, Shining Bird and Sampa The Great walk away from the evening victorious. The awards have been running…
Features Classy puns, Leisure Coast history and great Aussie bands with Shining Bird by Happy Back in December 2015 Fairgrounds Festival descended upon the small town of Berry. Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Father John Misty and Ratatat were on hand to create what has been hailed…
Lists Big White’s top 10 songs of 2015 by Happy We’ve been big fans of Big White for a fair while now. The Sydney-siders are fine purveyors of New Wave-inspired jangle pop with big bold vocals and plenty of sunny…
Lists Happy’s Top 100 Songs of 2015: 11-20 by Happy 20. Take It All Back – Sui Zhen 19. Cuffed and Collared – Bad//Dreems 18. Pretend You’re Mine – Pearls 17. Dare – GRRL PAL 16. Rabbit Run – City…
