Lists Forget the timetables, these are the bands you need to see at BIGSOUND in 2016 by Happy It’s that time of year again when hundreds flock to Fortitude Valley in Brisbane for the biggest showcase of emerging talent in Australia. This year’s BIGSOUND lineup is customarily massive,…
Features What have The Laurels been doing for the past 4 years? Listening to heaps of music of course. Here’s what they’ve been digging. by Happy The Laurels are back everyone! It’s been four long years since the Sydney band dropped their explosive debut record, Plains, which established them as one of the finest young bands…
Lists Gear up for one hell of an Australia Day at these 5 gigs by Happy The next week is going to be a pretty epic run of gigs and good times, with different events running from Friday night all the way until next Tuesday. Oh,…
Lists These are the 8 Aussie albums you can’t afford to miss this year by Shayen de Silva Hello 2016! Last year was a pretty good one when it came to quality Aussie releases, and we have a good feeling that this year will be no different. While…
Magazine What studio gear do The Laurels value more than anything? by Happy “Every time we record an album we make an effort to take a different approach. Our shifting musical tastes, particularly a deep appreciation for the golden age of hip-hop, made us want to record…
Lists Happy’s Top 100 Songs of 2015: 21-30 by Happy 30. Burnout – The Lulu Raes 29. Open Yourself Up To The Sky – Upskirts 28. Cycle As The Deal Goes Down – YEEVS 27. Same Old Thing –…
News The Laurels drop psych inspired video for Zodiac K by Emily Mathison After spending the last few months touring pretty heavily, The Laurels have now dropped the video for their latest single Zodiac K. The clip was created by fellow Sydney muso…
Lists 10 things you can’t miss at this year’s Newtown Festival by Happy We are slowly closing in on the annual Newtown Festival and we couldn’t be more stoked. Dubbed this year as ‘Newtopia’, the day’s theme highlights Newtown as one of Sydney’s…
News It doesn’t get much bigger than the first line-up announcement for Newtown Festival 2015 by Happy Newtown Festival has shared a massive first-line up for their 2015 event, which will see artists spread across three stages at the Camperdown Memorial Rest Park. The first annoncement includes artists…
Lists Sydney is coming alive for Volumes and here are 7 acts you can’t miss even if it means cloning yourself by Shayen de Silva If you’re wondering why Volumes 2015 didn’t make it onto our list of must see gigs this week there is a perfectly valid reason. This festival is just so awesome…
Interviews The Laurels talk samples, their new direction, and maybe putting on their own festival by Nick Stillman Fresh from releasing their brilliantly weird new single Zodiac K, Sydney psych rockers The Laurels talk the art of samples, their new direction as a band and maybe putting on…
News The Laurels drop a new track and announce tour with Nick Allbrook by Nick Stillman Today is a good day. Sydney psych heroes The Laruels have a brand new track, and they are celebrating by playing a bunch of shows with none other than Nick…
News Jack Ladder and the Dreamlanders lead Volumes lineup by Happy Sydney’s newest music festival Volumes, which will take place in three venues, has just released it’s 2015 line up. The day and night event will be happening at the Oxford Art…
