Music Tear yourself apart from this! Total Control’s Zephyr Pavey talks punk, brass, and Vivid LIVE by Riley Fitzgerald Within the Australian underground, few groups command higher regard than Total Control. Why? Perhaps it’s their composition. All come from other celebrated groups, sure, but there’s a beguiling oddness to…
Lists Music You Need: a playlist by dream pop darlings Lubulwa by Happy Last week we came across Lubulwa, a Melbourne four-piece making spectral pop. The connection came by the way of their self-titled debut EP, a sterling entry in the southern scene’s…
News The Vivid Sydney 2018 program has been announced – and we’ve got a surprise for you by Happy Sydney’s yearly light, music and art festival Vivid has unveiled its full program for 2018. Come May, the city will be awash with colour, not to mention appearances from some…
Music LISTEN: Total Control – Laughing at the System by Happy [bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=3425808261 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small] Surprise! Total Control have just released Laughing At The System, the first single and title track from a new 8-track EP…
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 Ever wondered which Aussie bands would nail writing a Bond theme? Here are our top 12 picks by Dean Elphick The James Bond franchise has always been an all-encompassing cultural beast, popping up in multiple forms across the media landscape, from advertising to art and of course, music. There is…
Music We’re making some lists, we’re checking them twice by Shayen de Silva We’re gonna find out who’s Radi or nice…Okay, that is probably one of my more half-assed puns*. But considering it is the so called “Silly” season I call play on….
Music We're making some lists, we're checking them twice by Shayen de Silva We’re gonna find out who’s Radi or nice…Okay, that is probably one of my more half-assed puns*. But considering it is the so called “Silly” season I call play on….
