Features 10 records to introduce you to the world of art-rock by Luke Saunders For the most part, art-rock is an undocumented musical niche. A small fragment under the oversized umbrella of rock, that…
Lists The five new records you should be spinning today by Happy Happy Friday, y’all. The end of a working week means the beginning of a weekend’s listening, and as ever, there…
News The 5 new records we’re listening to today by Happy Happy Friday, y’all. The end of a working week means the beginning of a weekend’s listening, and as ever, there…
News Vinyl Get to know Zenith Records, Australia’s only vinyl pressing facility by Sarah Gillard Zenith Records, which launched in the ’90s, is the country’s last surviving manufacturer of vinyl records. Based in Brunswick East,…
Music LISTEN: Marika Hackman – the one by Happy Marika Hackman has offered another sterling taste of her forthcoming third album Any Human Friend with the one. Check it out below. …
Features Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Portishead’s ‘Third’ by Anthony Sfirse Few artists are able to become so synonymous with a distinctive musical genre as Portishead. Many years before the emergence…
News Someone just discovered the “rarest physical release of a Jack White performance”; listen by Happy A super rare unreleased recording of Jack White has been discovered. Recorded while White was engineering a session for a Detroit punk band…
Interviews Surfing, sequencers and Dave Fridmann: we caught up with MGMT at Splendour In The Grass by Nick Stillman When MGMT dropped the first single off their new album back in October last year, it seemed that something within…
Music News LISTEN Records announce new all-femme cassette LISTEN Compilation 3 by Happy LISTEN, an association created to promote the experiences of marginalised women in Australian music, have just announced their third mixtape….
Music Whether you’re a bluesman or a rockabilly, Rosa Maria are your next throwback obsession by Bill Robinson Listening to Sydney band Rosa Maria feels like sipping cerveza on a secluded, sun-soaked beach. Reminiscent of Allah-Las, Dick Dale,…
Interviews Music Records, romance and rundown gear: rekindling the pleasures of yesteryear with Raindrop by Tom Cameron It’s hardly rare to chat about an unreleased record with an artist. What is rare is chatting to an artist…
News Watch Jack White and Nas reunite for a powerful performance of ‘One Mic’ by Happy In case you missed it, Jack White is creating a documentary on the history of recorded music called American Epic, because who…
News Vinyl What does it take to run the only vinyl plant in Australia? We chat to Paul Rigby of Zenith Records by Happy Our Needle in the Hay vinyl comp wouldn’t be happening if it weren’t for the legends at Zenith Records, straight…