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Author: Susie Garrard

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How much does a ticket cost? Scrutinising the tangled world of Australian ticket sales

by Susie Garrard

As citizens of a modern world, we generally accept the idea that when it comes to cost, it’s different strokes for different folks. Or at…

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How an entire hipster generation fell for Foster The People and their irresistible debut Torches

by Susie Garrard

Every generation has their hipsters. Today it’s beards and coffee, three years ago it was beards and bicycles. But rewind further and, not so long…

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A salute to Inside In/Inside Out, when The Kooks were kitsch and we all loved it

by Susie Garrard

Do you want to go to the seaside? It’s hard to convey the true romance of that statement to anyone who didn’t grow up in…

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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…

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Orbiting rock, glam, disco and psychedelia The Belligerents are sonic cosmonauts on Science Fiction

by Susie Garrard

According to their press release, The Belligerents are “psyched” to announce the release of their debut album. And I can’t decide whether the pun is…

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Bursting with pride, life and colour, Manual Override by Saskwatch is a record loved to its core

by Susie Garrard

This week brings the fourth full length album from Melbourne’s full size outfit Saskwatch. In their own words, Manual Override “marks a special moment for the…

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EXCLUSIVE: Wells takes on the monstrous Smiths classic There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

by Susie Garrard

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/334877506″ params=”color=000000&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%” height=”20″ iframe=”true” /] There is nothing quite like taking on a really good song, as any karaoke aficionado will tell you….

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Life got you down? Keep on keeping on with Cody Munro Moore and No Matter How Hard

by Susie Garrard

From dodgy global politics to poignant memes, these are tough times. It’s best not to go too far into that, suffice to say, the struggle…

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Out of Brisbane and straight into our hearts, Hatchie makes music for when the sun is shining

by Susie Garrard

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/320315055″ params=”color=000000&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%” height=”20″ iframe=”true” /] It’s your birthday; you might have some drinks, eat some cake, you will probably “go shorty” at some…

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Nico Muhly and Sufjan Stevens’ Planetarium is the soundtrack to the best sci-fi film that was never made

by Susie Garrard

Space is an inescapable lure to our psyche. It hangs over us, quite literally; and even as we explore further and further into the outer…

  • Music

Missing Studio Ghibli? Get lost in Miyazaki’s world forever with the debut mixtape from Ghosting

by Susie Garrard

The moniker Ghosting might not sound familiar, but you are probably aware of this alter ego’s alter ego; Andrei Eremin. The Grammy nominated producer and…

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“Mum, I got hit by a bus.” Find out how SELKI’s life-changing accident fed into her single Skins

by Susie Garrard

For decades the cautionary idea of being hit by a bus has been used by the inspired, the careful, and those who use it as…

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PREMIERE: Knowledge by Alanna Eileen is the heartfelt break you’ve been waiting your whole life for

by Susie Garrard

Sometimes it’s hard to see beyond the sexy world of rock and roll, the Instagram antics and the shock tactics. But then it’s also worth…

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