Music News ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ dethrones ‘OK Computer’ as the internet’s favourite album of all time by Sam Bowmer Radiohead’s OK Computer has been overtaken by Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly after years at the top of Rate Your Music‘s fan-voted “Best Albums of all time” list. It’s…
News Tom Odell teams up with AURORA for beautiful new single ‘Butterflies’ by Sam Bowmer Tom Odell has shared his latest single Butterflies, a beautiful and tender love song featuring Norwegian singer-songwriter AURORA. Butterflies is a love song in its purest form, with delicate instrumentation…
Happy Studios Music Flashback: Watch San Cisco perform ‘Skin’ Live at Enmore by Sam Bowmer In celebration of our upcoming Live from Happy Vol. 1 release, we’re taking a look back at one of our favourite Happy Sessions: San Cisco performing Skin. In 2019, the…
Music News The new Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee list is awesome by Sam Bowmer The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its nominee list for 2023, and what a list it is. Artists nominated for the first time include post punk/new wave…
Music News Nakhane is set to treat Melbourne to an incredible live show by Sam Bowmer The Melbourne recital centre is continuing its hot streak of amazing live performances with a show from acclaimed singer-songwriter Nakhane announced for March. Nakhane features as part of the Melbourne…
Music News You NEED to watch this new music video from BLESSED by Sam Bowmer Ghanaian-Australian artist BLESSED has dropped one of the most gorgeous music videos of the year with Heya. Very rarely does a music video excite and floor me in the ways…
Music News Groovin the Moo has announced one of its best lineups ever by Sam Bowmer Beloved Australian music festival Groovin the Moo has announced its lineup for 2023 and it’s a doozy. Taking the country by storm in late April and early May, Groovin the…
Features Music Best New Music: Ziggy Ramo, Maisie Peters, Anderson .Paak and more by Sam Bowmer Welcome to Happy Mag’s Best New Music. Every Friday we’ll highlight the best new releases from the past week. This week gave us a fiery new album from Australian South…
Music News Paul McCartney announces new photo book from early Beatles days by Sam Bowmer Paul McCartney has announced a new photo book 1964: Eyes of the Storm, a compilation of photographs the Beatle took in late 1963 and early 1964. The book will contain…
Music News Escape the Fate accused of ripping off Dead Letter Circus’ artwork by Sam Bowmer US emo band Escape the Fate have been called out by an Australian artist for allegedly ripping off his artwork for Dead Letter Circus’ 2010 track Cage. Posting to Facebook…
Film and TV News ‘Rick and Morty’ co-creator dropped by Adult Swim following domestic abuse charges by Sam Bowmer Adult Swim has ended its association with Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland, after the creative was charged with felony domestic abuse earlier this month. A new statement released to…
News 4 entirely new music genres created in recent years by Sam Bowmer From Seapunk to Hyperpop, we take a look at 4 completely new genres of music that have arisen since the turn of the 21st century. In psychology, the end-of-history illusion…
Music News Mac DeMarco thinks TikTok’s influence on music is “very depressing” by Sam Bowmer Mac DeMarco has commented on TikTok’s effects on the modern music industry, calling it “very depressing”. In a new interview with Variety, Mac DeMarco was asked if he was glad…
