Lists Koi Child is headlining Volumes 2016, but they’ll also be watching. Here are the 10 bands they know they won’t miss and neither should you by Tom Cameron Volumes 2016 is approaching fast, and the line-up is fat. In fact, it’s overwhelmingly fat. The festival is so chocked full of…
News VOLUMES festival drop a killer 2016 lineup by Chloe Kay Richardson VOLUMES festival is making a return to Sydney for it’s second annual event. Announcing the line-up this morning it shows that…
Lists We just can’t stop thinking about it. Here are 6 more bands that need to reunite now! by William Jennings Maybe they are not getting enough from the world, or the world doesn’t get enough of them, but for whatever reason,…
News PREMIERE: Probably the best name for a label ever, we look into the birth of Yeah Nah Yeah and their debut mixtape by Hui Zen Lim The Sydney party scene is about to get whole lot louder. Not even the lockout laws can clamp down on…
Arts News This vest grows a wearable garden using your own piss by Happy Today in the weird and ecologically wonderful… a self-sustaining garden you can wear as a vest and water with your…
Arts Juggling isolation and intimacy: we take 5 with photographer Matt Sav by Happy Matt Sav is a name you might have heard before, and if you haven’t now’s the time to pay attention….
Features Jack River: the woman doing it all at once by Freya McGahey Jack River has risen above those around her as the glittering star of Australian pop rock. And while it would…
Arts News Embracing the effortless elegance of Jungle collaborator Oliver Hadlee Pearch by Happy We’ve long been aware how magnificent cross-disciplinary art practice can be. A band with a graphic designer in their midst,…
Live Blasting arena-worthy psych into the Enmore Theatre pit, POND ripped us apart yet again by Dani Hansen In front of a roaring, adoring crowd at Enmore Theatre, POND proved to Sydney once more that they’re amongst the…
Interviews Music 808 breaks and DIY aches: Kim Salmon chats Perth, recording alone and his upcoming mixed media show by Happy Kim Salmon is a man with credentials longer than a Woolies receipt. Called the man who brought grunge to Australia…
News Watch Tame Impala bust NYC wide open playing Love/Paranoia live for the first time ever by Happy On Thursday at Capitol Theater in Port Chester, New York, Tame Impala busted out their Currents cut Love/Paranoia for the very first time….
Lists News Just 2 days til’ our issue 4 launch! Limber up with a kick-heavy playlist courtesy of Pikachunes by Happy We’re two days away from Underproof, the Happy Mag issue #4 launch party at the Botany View Hotel. A celebration…
Magazine A Portal of Sound and Vision: the innovation and determination behind James Spink of Volumes by Freya McGahey If you were to name just one rising star in the Sydney live music scene, James Spink would have to…