Music Not For Humans deliver a sun-soaked slice of psych-rock glory with Blooming by Happy If you’re not already familiar with Adelaide-based outfit Not For Humans, we strongly recommend you change that right now. Since forming in 2015 as the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Danny Bishop,…
News Perth psych-rockers POND announce their first Australian tour since 2017 by Molly Lasker West Australian quintet POND have today announced a string of local and interstate shows in the lead-up to their forthcoming album Tasmania, set for release on March 1st via Spinning Top Records….
News PREMIERE: Dive into the sprawling psych-rock sounds of TUG’s new album You’re Not Exceptional, Man by Happy A couple of months back, when Melbourne outfit TUG dropped their single Colours Of The Season, we were immediately immersed in their sauntering psych-rock sounds. The track was an epic,…
Live Psychedelic Porn Crumpets rocked the Lansdowne so hard it needed a ciggie afterwards by Dani Hansen There’s nothing like an intense head-banger to round out the year. Thankfully Psychedelic Porn Crumpets had our backs. Just before we decidedly flipped off 2017 and ticked in the New…
Music 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 intentional or not; as even…
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 our fave Sydney bands to join us on the 29th…
News Experience a darker side of Aussie psych this November with The Baudelaires, Melbourne’s resident garage rockers by Happy The Baudelaires are gearing up for an explosive finish to 2016. For the Melbourne neo-psych rockers, November is set to be full-throttle start to finish, all beginning with the release of…
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)….
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 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…
Music Surf City champion psych and indie rock on Jekyll Island by Happy You can tell just from looking at the album cover* of Jekyll Island that there is going to be an abundance of psychedelic elements to this record. A fine display…
Music News Greaser Bar’s July Inferno: A Month-Long Riot of Rock, Punk & Metal by Alex Cooper Brisbane’s sweatiest venue unleashes a monstrous lineup—get ready for wall-to-wall chaos, blistering riffs, and mosh pits that’ll leave you breathless. Brisbane’s legendary Greaser Bar is transforming July into a full-throttle sonic…
Music Lemonade & Loudness: How Gadfly Turns Oppression Into Ferocious Rock by Laura Gordon From Tehran’s restrictions to Canadian stages, Homa Khoshnavaz channels feminine rage into blistering psychedelic rock Gadfly, formed by Iranian artist Homa Khoshnavaz, is a visceral response to systemic oppression, particularly…
