Live Jack Colwell at Oxford Art Factory: a showman and a pleasure to behold by Dani Hansen After far too long a wait, Jack Colwell took SWANDREAM to the stage at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory. It had been almost an entire trip around the sun since I’d last…
Live Flying Lotus 3D: a night of thoroughly mind-altering content by Dani Hansen It has been five years between releases, during which Flying Lotus (aka FlyLo aka Steven Ellison) produced one of the most disturbing body horror films (maybe ever?), but the LA-based…
Live Why I’ll never get tired of seeing The Growlers live by Dani Hansen I always feverishly look forward to a Growlers gig. It’s like they bring the sun with them wherever they go; a bright, salty, booze-fuelled high. They’ve been on excessive rotation…
Live Another One with Mac DeMarco by Dani Hansen Mac DeMarco’s latest meander down under saw the OG jizz-jazzer and his bandmates hit the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney for the first show of the tour, with the spectacular stylings…
Live Beyond The Valley 2019: a much-needed escape from reality by Dani Hansen When I was scouring the summer festival lineups and making my NYE plans, I figured what would be a more idyllic way to welcome the new decade than waking up…
Music Dominic Breen unveils his endearing new single Ashfield by Dani Hansen Slowly appeasing the thirst of his evergrowing fanbase with more great music from his latent back catalogue, Dominic Breen has shared fresh track Ashfield. Joining an absolutely stacked month of…
Interviews Magazine Photography Authenticity’s Rubbish: Mclean Stephenson and Dani Hansen chat photography by Dani Hansen Dani Hansen and Mclean Stephenson are two photographers based in Sydney, one favouring film, the other digital. Ahead of Happy Mag Issue 11, the pair sat down in Stephenson’s studio…
Live The gift that keeps on giving: Holiday Sidewinder brought pure pop electricity to Waywards by Dani Hansen It’s decided: I’m kicking off every night out with a glass of champagne and wrapping it up with a sweeping conga line, as per Holiday Sidewinder’s standards. Every other approach…
Live The Jezabels at Hotel Steyne: a career spanning set from Australia’s finest by Dani Hansen Australian indie rock has become an incredibly colourful and burgeoning scene over the last decade or so, but if there was ever a cornerstone holding the baton on high, it…
Live Pure punch and raw attitude: Carla Geneve is a live act you need to see by Dani Hansen I’d been hearing things about Carla Geneve. Her 2018 breakout hit Greg’s Discount Chemist had sent tongues into a furor and after talk of some notable festival appearances plus a stacked…
Live News Pond in Sydney: shiny, manic beacons of blistering rock by Dani Hansen Nothing ever lacks where Pond is concerned. Even their slow burners and signature spacey starts are chasmic and grandiose, which makes their hits near impossible to ignore. They may have…
Live Getting drunk on the fully-formed funk of Bin Juice by Dani Hansen I first stumbled on Bin Juice at an ad hoc warehouse party in Marrickville a couple of years ago. There was a giant Buddha statue sitting the corner and the…
Live Old friends and new obsessions at Laneway Festival 2019 by Dani Hansen Tipping into the Sydney College of the Arts in Rozelle for the annual St Jerome’s Laneway Festival is always a manic mixture of excitement and anticipation. The buzz and energy…
