Features Thank God we’re finally safe, where would this youth-overrun country be without lockout laws to protect us? by Dustin Calder Everywhere you look you see some blurry eyed stoner, or worse, some coke addled ex bar owner complaining about the liquor legislation in NSW as if it’s only just become…
News PREMIERE: Froth for Violent Soho? Save some of that for Blonde On Blonde by Dustin Calder This article is to premiere a track by a band called Blonde on Blonde called Night On My Mind. That is what I’ve been directed to do. But with the wonderful…
Features The race card and racism in Australian music by Dustin Calder If the current media landscape is to be believed there are many things that can turn an average Australian into a radical bigot. Public transport is one. Another is the perceived…
Live Newtown Social Club: the new home for Sydney indie music by Dustin Calder As I arrived to review Newtown Social Club’s (NSC) 1st birthday mini festival last Sunday something came to mind. It’s not about the bricks and mortar but the community attachment that…
Features Did EDM really kill Rock? by Dustin Calder Ever since the dawn of disco, rock and dance music have never really got on. We all remember that embarrassing one night stand they had together in the early 1990’s which…
Music Using time travle to review the new Born Lion LP Final Words by Dustin Calder After one quick listen through Born Lion’s debut album Final Words I knew I was unequipped to properly review it. The essence of rock’n’roll was still inside me but its physical…
Lists 5 killer two piece bands that sound F*^%ing huge! by Dustin Calder Gone are the days of the record label slush funds to take a random kid off the street, place behind him in a world class band and sending him on tour…
Features Tame Impala vs The Shit Demon Part 2 by Dustin Calder Last time we checked in with Tame Impala the band’s rider and gear had been stolen! With only some muddy footprints for a clue, the gang are hot on the trail of…
Features Tame Impala vs The Shit Demon Part 1 by Dustin Calder We’re one step closer to having Tame Impala in an animated Scooby Doo situation! Happy is proud to present part one in the epic saga of Tame Impala vs The…
Music Waxahatchee’s Ivy Tripp is ambitious and engaging by Dustin Calder When you first encounter a record that sounds like it’s from a certain era you’re confronted with a horrible problem. Your first reaction is to compare the record to other records…
Lists 7 Aussie bands that should really have their own cartoon show by Dustin Calder Musicians in cartoon shows have popped up a lot in my childhood. Robert Smith fighting Barbara Streisand on the first season of South Park back when I was most likely…
Features Believe it with Jeremy Neale in this awesome Sword and Sorcery clip by Dustin Calder Jeremy Neale gives less fucks than anyone else in the Australian music industry. Everything he’s put out or been involved is so off the grain and fresh it’s as if he…
Lists 6 Albums that sound Nothing like their Covers by Dustin Calder “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover” is the kind of phrase you use when you’re trying to G your mate up for coming along on a double date with…
