News PREMIERE: Writer’s block? Reflect on A Record of Affections, the ruminative new EP from Wells by Susie Garrard If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve at recently landed on Happy Mag’s homepage. At which point, you undoubtedly noted the excellent music with which we soundtracked that experience for…
Exclusives EXCLUSIVE: Wells takes on the monstrous Smiths classic There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by Susie Garrard There is nothing quite like taking on a really good song, as any karaoke aficionado will tell you. And even for the most successful artists, covering iconic songs is an…
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…
News Bin Juice, Gypsys of Pangea, Crooked Frames and Wells to play huge party at The Chippendale Hotel this Thursday by Happy This week The Chippendale Hotel will play host to a huge party featuring the all the psych, funk and rock ‘ roll tunes you ever hope to cram into one…
Exclusives EXCLUSIVE: Wells puts his own dark spell on Lana Del Rey’s Born To Die by Shayen de Silva Lana Del Rey has proven to be a polarising figure in the pop music landscape. She’s not as dramatic as Lady Gaga, nor is she as Twitter-ragey as Azealia Banks….
Magazine Didn’t make it to the Happy Mag launch party? Here’s all the awesome action you missed! by Happy Photos by Liam Cameron Little under a week ago, we launched our first issue of Happy Mag at The Union Hotel in Newtown. The mag had been in development for…
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,…
Magazine Why a good horn section will make your band the top brass by Happy I was re-watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy the other day. There are a lot of great things about those films. The cast, the locations, the practical effects, the…
Magazine Donny Benet, Big White, Bin Juice and Wells are playing Happy Mag’s launch party! by Happy We’re a month away from the official launch for Happy Mag! Needless to say we’re pumped, and to celebrate we’re throwing a little shindig and we want you to come…
Lists Happy’s Top 100 Songs of 2015: 51-60 by Happy 60. Altair – Planete 59. River of Longing – Blank Realm 58. Bulimic – Spookyland 57. In The Fog, In The Flame – Bec Sandridge 56. Anhedoniac – Andrei Eremin…
News Wells reveal murderous new clip for Shepherd by Shayen de Silva Sydney band Wells have released the video for their latest single Shepherd, the dramatic conclusion to the story started in their debut single Fractures. Directed by Rory Pearson, the clip stars Rachel Kim…
Lists Don’t play with yourself this weekend, let the bands play for you at these sick gigs! by Happy If you ever hear someone say that the Australian live music scene is in a rut just point them to the Happy Gig Guide. There they’ll see proof that at…
Interviews Life, darkness and The Pale King with Wells (discussed over Coopers at an undisclosed location in Sydney’s inner-west) by Shayen de Silva Following his career as a solo musician Alastair Cairns has shifted gears and formed his new band Wells. Armed with a brilliant debut EP and a newfound sense artistic purpose,…
