News Against The Grain Festival is back with an epic homegrown lineup by Louise Osborne Fortitude Valley’s Against The Grain Festival is back for its third year this November, and its 2018 lineup is jam-packed with some epic Aussie acts. This year’s Brisvegas festival will be…
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 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 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,…
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…
Music Totally Mild smash through the glass ceiling on their Alive in Denmark EP by Lara Holmes With a 50/50 gender ratio (yay, female musicians!) Melbourne four-piece Totally Mild offers us something totally wild. With female guitarists, pianists and singers, Totally Mild is set apart from a lot of the…
Lists Happy’s Top 100 Songs of 2015: 31-40 by Happy 40. Oh Loretta! – Sex On Toast 39. Golden – Mezko 38. Nights – Totally Mild 37. Home – Little May 36. Fake Beach – Day Ravies 35. Only Friend…
News #1 Dads, Courtney Barnett and more get nods for Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards by Shayen de Silva The Australian Independent Record Labels Association have revealed the nominees for this year’s Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards, celebrating the best of independent Australian music. The awards will be held Thursday 22…
News Meredith Music Festival reveals amazing full lineup by Shayen de Silva Following the reveal that Father John Misty would be playing at Meredith Music Festival, Aunty Meredith has decided to stop tantalising us and has announced the full lineup. Influential US hip-hop…
News Darts, The Lulu Raes and WAY more revealed for second BIGSOUND Live lineup by Shayen de Silva BIGSOUND has already announced a massive list of artists performing at their live showcase in September, and have now dropped the second batch of musicians. 150 artists have now been…
News Totally Mild spill the milk in Move On video by Shayen de Silva Totally Mild have released the video for their latest single Move On. The clip features numerous glasses of milk and was directed by Alex Badham. Move On is the second track released from…
News STEP are set to curate a discussion on women in Australian music this July by Nick Stillman Fresh from their successful debut in Sydney for Vivid Ideas, the Society of Tastemakers and Elegant People (STEP) have just announced their second discussion, ‘Woman In Australian Music’, to take…
News Totally Mild, Crepes and more announced for Oh Mercy tour by Shayen de Silva Oh Mercy are setting out for a big Aussie tour at the end of this week, and they have announced several special guests who will be accompanying them. Totally Mild,…