Arts News Bono, The National, Pharrell and more feature on this bizarre tribute album for a dead cat by Molly Lasker French conceptual artist Sophie Calle has reached out to some of the biggest names in music for a bittersweet compilation record paying respect to her dead cat. Calle’s cat Souris…
News Watch HAIM perform an elegant cover of a Strokes song on BBC 1’s ‘Piano Session’ by Happy HAIM are no strangers to the odd cover or two. Earlier this year they performed a Selena Gomez track on the BBC. And more recently, the kicked goals on triple…
News The Strokes reveal bitter relationship with Ryan Adams, drug habits & rivalry with The Killers in new book by Happy Meet Me In The Bathroom is a new book from renowned music journalist Lizzy Goodman – who has written for the likes of Rolling Stone and The New York Magazine…
Lists The Ruminaters’ top 10 songs of 2016 by Happy When we went through the painstaking but ultimately fucking fun job of piecing together our favourite 100 songs of last year, we knew our mates The Ruminaters had to be…
Lists Osaka have put together a list of their 10 best indie songs. Can you guess which classic tunes made the cut? by Happy Last week saw Osaka putting out their debut EP into the world. Titled Manoeuvres, it makes for an impressive first offering of the band’s stylings; unfiltered indie goodness up there…
Lists Best guitar riffs ever would be impossible right? So we decided to focus on the best shreds 2016 has given us so far by Liz Nash Frusciante, Hendrix, Richards, Parker – a bloody good guitar riff can kick a song out of the ordinary and into outer space. Whether big and brash or short and punchy,…
Lists Wish you were still at Splendour? We got you. Here’s our National Sales Manager’s ten best moments from Splendour 2016 by Happy It’s been just over a week since we found our way home from Splendour in the Grass, and we’re still recovering. Luckily, between the glitter, belting heat and marble-sized collections of…
Lists The dreaded second album: Here are 5 sophomore releases that didn’t suck by Jackson Powell One of the strangest phenomenas associated with music and film is the frequent failure of the sequel. It doesn’t even have to be a killer first album for a sequel to fall…
News Watch Of Monsters and Men, Kurt Vile, Unknown Mortal Orchestra live from Austin City Limits by Shayen de Silva For all those who can’t make it to Austin for the massive Austin City Limits don’t fret. The entire festival is currently being live-streamed via the festival’s website, which you…
