Arts Exclusives News Photography King Street Studios: a brand new photography space in the heart of Newtown by Cassia Briscoe Happy is proud to announce the opening of King Street Studios: our dedicated photo studio in the heart of Newtown. As part of Australia’s largest independent youth publication, Happy Mag…
Music WATCH: Eagle Eye Jones – ‘Alpine Meadows’ by Cassia Briscoe Northern Beaches darlings Eagle Eye Jones have returned with the delicious dreamscape that is Alpine Meadows. A triumphant tapestry of both curious nuance and stadium-facing battle cries, the defining new…
Music John Lawrie and the Welcome Strangers release an existential alt-rock classic on their new EP by Cassia Briscoe We’re calling it: John Lawrie and the Welcome Strangers are the next big alt-rock group to saturate the airwaves and regulate massive festival stages. You read it here first. Aptly…
Music Bare Beets’ detail their electrifying self-titled EP, track by track by Cassia Briscoe Bare Beets are a collective of science: experimenting and observing their own sound as it bubbles and bursts into higher places. The five piece unpack their debut EP. Brisbane five-piece…
Arts Music Video Tom Fublé reminisces a road trip romance with his dazzling video for ‘Photographs’ by Cassia Briscoe Tom Fublé captures the nostalgic essence of travel and young love on a sweepingly beautiful new video for his buoyant track Photographs. An idyllic road trip during an Aussie summer…
Interviews We had a chat with rapper ZMA about his new album and love for 50 Cent by Cassia Briscoe Zaid from rap/hip-hop project ZMA sat down with Happy to chat through beat selection on his latest album Eclectic. When in comes to conjuring a new sound, whilst honouring the…
Music HOKO bring forth the visceral complexities of experimental pop on their EP ‘Heathen’ by Cassia Briscoe Trashing the common sensibilities of pop with playful and cosmopolitan gumption, New York’s HOKO announce a debut EP release. We are but our experiences in life, and HOKO have had…
Music Amber Farnan emerges with a shining sophomore single of self-love and revival by Cassia Briscoe Indie-folk darling Amber Farnan explores vulnerability in a sweepingly delicate and ambient palette of production gold on her new single. With a wry Australian accent, Far North Queenslander and eighteen-year-old…
Music Indie-folk guitarist Majelen invokes the exhilarating right to begin ‘Walking Away’ by Cassia Briscoe Wielding together an intoxicating blend of indie-folk, roots and blues, Gold Coast artist Majelen conjures an empowering break-up track that takes a stand. There’s nothing quite like the percussive playing…
Music Tom Fublé offers up a sizzling summer playlist inspired by his latest track by Cassia Briscoe When it comes to setting a mood, artist and producer Tom Fublé knows a thing or two about laying down the most compatible textures for maximum ambience. Predicting the release…
Music Eliza Brennan releases her anthemic debut single ‘Goodbye’ by Cassia Briscoe Introducing Eliza Brennan: a trail-blazing vocalist who has arrived to the art-pop scene with all the drama and theatrics of a true professional. Originally based amongst the quirky chicness of…
News WATCH: Brekky Boy – ‘Húsavík’ by Cassia Briscoe Taylor Davis, the pianist and composer for Bondi jazz trio Brekky Boy, has written an ode to the Icelandic town of Húsavík. Watery and full of reverie, Davis implores the full skill…
Music LaHi unveils a groove-centric EP that’s ‘the purge’ of emotion we need right now by Cassia Briscoe Unpredictably chic and heralding the confidence of a true professional, LaHi is the jazz-groove concoction of Laura Higgins; a woman on a musical mission. Whether the verb to purge is immediately…