Interviews Music Chatting all things psychoactive and psychedelic with David Couri, director of Sydney Psych Fest by Happy With each new lineup announcement, Sydney Psych Fest 2017 has become more and more attractive to the psychoactive punters eating up the delicious, reverb heavy rock the country has fallen…
Features Lists Music The 25 best psychedelic rock albums of the 2010s by Luke Saunders We reflect on a mammoth decade of psychedelic rock and whittle it down to the gems. Here are the albums that dared to innovate, re-create and redefine the genre. We…
News PREMIERE: Just when you thought there was too much psych rock floating around Ocean Alley throw reggae in the mix by Happy There seems to be a lot of psych-influenced music bouncing around at the moment, unless of course you ask Kevin Parker (then the Australian psych scene is dead). But contrary…
Interviews Music We chat with Shiva and the Hazards as the blast off towards psych-rock prominence by Luke Saunders Shiva and the Hazards are quickly making a name for themselves in the vast ocean that is Australian psych-rock. With our biggest exports establishing prominent international footing, it says a lot…
Interviews Sloom spends their Saturday nights ripping out psychedelic jams surrounded by Go-Go dancers. Mad jealousy aside, we caught up with the band before this weekend’s gig by Happy Riding the multicoloured wave of Australia’s psych-rock explosion with big smiles on their faces are Sydney locals Sloom. With a couple of EPs under their belt, the rockers are making a…
Interviews Music Scatter Light chat their new single and the timelessness of Aussie Rock by Jasmine Kassis Scatter Light frontman chats all things behind their new single, confirming that there is hope for Aussie rock n’ roll. The Northern Beaches trio shine a light on the process…
Music Over that tired psych-rock formula that has been charred in 2015? Lewiside from The Walking Who is the perfect fix by Sam Dawes In its complex simplicity, psychedelic music has found many forms since its early 60s conception and has slinked in and out of the shadows of popularity time and time again….
Music Pink Harvest Keeps Aussie psych rock alive on Big Fancy Modern Architecture by Debbie Carr Kevin Parker is an extremely talented musician, an extremely talented producer and just an all-round nice guy. He’s been kicking goals with his latest release Currents while kicking it bromance style…
News Sydney Psych Fest release a mind-blowing first artist announcement featuring two international acts by Happy They say the third time’s the charm, and Sydney Psych Fest have proved it by dropping their first announcement for 2017’s edition. A pair of twin internationals from Beijing join…
Music The psych rock mystery of Kelvin Hurts by Happy It can all get very strange when an artist leaves you with little to no context to back their work, instead merely leaving pleasant sounds that make you ponder who exactly is…
Music TSUN flex their psych-rock muscles on Indro Chaudhuri by Che-Marie Trigg If you were just getting your first glimpse of Gold Coast four-piece TSUN, you’d be forgiven for thinking they’d just stepped off the album cover of The Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely…
Features News Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are Australia’s next massive psych rock act by Bill Robinson You may not realise it yet. But it’s true. Over the past decade, Perth has established itself as a hub for emerging psych music, housing such bands as Tame Impala,…
Music Peach Fur break down the mainstream barriers with their psych surf, reggae rock. Get yourselves a slice ahead of Shakafest by Brooke Gibbs Peach Fur are a Queensland based psych-surf rock four piece outfit, that consists of Mikey Woodworth (drums), Denny Hidler (vocals and guitar), Ben Crichton (lead guitar), and Liam Ward (vocals and bass)….
