Music Tear yourself apart from this! Total Control’s Zephyr Pavey talks punk, brass, and Vivid LIVE by Riley Fitzgerald Within the Australian underground, few groups command higher regard than Total Control. Why? Perhaps it’s their composition. All come from…
Features News PREMIERE: Shining Bird unveil episode 1 of new tour doco From Austinmer To Alice by Tom Cameron If you’re a fan of Shining Bird, you’ll know things have been somewhat quiet lately. Since releasing their acclaimed 2016…
Live News Brace yourselves: SOOK are releasing an EP and hitting the road for a huge national tour by Bill Robinson Since releasing their debut single I’m Not Your Woman in January, Sydney’s SOOK have been on fire. Having thrown their…
Music News Watch Sunscreen perform a sublime version of their debut single live at Enmore Audio by Happy Over the past few weeks, we’ve been inviting a score of our favourite Aussie bands into the studio at Enmore…
News Close VIVID 2018 in style: Announcing the full lineup for our Issue 8 Launch by Happy In case you missed it, Issue 8 is well on its way. On June 16th, on the last night of…
Live News Relive the utter fucking chaos of our Happy Mag Issue 5 Launch by Tom Cameron Nudity, nonsense and gnarly rock ‘n’ roll. Not even we were expecting the utter chaos of our Happy Mag Issue…
Interviews Music Chatting waxed chests and the North-West with SCK CHX and NEIGHBOURHOOD VOID by Happy Two up-and-coming Sydney punksters you need to know about are SCK CHX and NEIGHBOURHOOD VOID. The former came our way…
News PREMIERE: Love knows no bounds for The Jim Mitchells in their contagious new single Ankle Deep by Freya McGahey The Jim Mitchells are one of Sydney’s best loved acts. An acid-soaked take on garage rock, their latest track Ankle…
Lists Space out to a 20-song selection from psych-rock troubadours Cosmic Flanders by Happy Soon enough we’ll be dropping Issue 5 of Happy Mag, and we’re having a party to celebrate. Having asked six of…
News Happy Mag Issue 5 is just around the corner so we’re throwing an epic Sydney party by Freya McGahey Happy Mag is releasing Issue 5 very soon. What better way to usher it in than with a free gig?…
Books Lists News 39 of the best graphic novels of all time by Happy Graphic novels are a relatively new style of novel, but they’ve grown to become one of the most cherished literary…
News A look into why we kiss. Spoiler: we don’t really know by Ana-Sofia Petrovic Pash, smooch, snog, whatever you wanna call it, figures say less than half of global cultures do it, so where…
Interviews Christmas, Jesus, and modern visions of hell: we chat with Rhyece O’Neill by Happy Christmas Day was a little different this year. Normally, our ears would be filled with sounds from the likes of…