News PREMIERE: See the future with White Bleaches and Psychic Visions by Shayen de Silva The new generation of psychedelic rock is out in full force. You can’t deny it, and whether or not you feel the term ‘psychedelic’ is applied to bands far too…
Happy Places Music News Greaser Bar is serving up hot tracks, good times, and cold beer all April long! by Alex Cooper Get ready for the iconic Fortitude Valley bar’s biggest month of live music yet! Get your April weekends, weekdays, and hangover cures sorted, because Greaser’s got a massive lineup incoming….
Live Twin Peaks, Wild Honey and Wax Witches brought a fire tornado of raucous rock n’ roll to the Oxford Art Factory over the weekend by William Jennings Harboured in one of Sydney’s most vibrant and culturally diverse social hubs, the Oxford Art Factory is known to churn through an array of creative acts on a perpetual assembly…
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…
Interviews Chatting hip-hop influencing Taylor Swift and psych rock, to making music that is just fucking weird with Nick Allbrook by Nick Stillman Nicholas Allbrook is one of the most enigmatic characters in Australian music. Frontman of psych purveyors POND, ex-bassist of Tame Impala, artist, writer and top bloke, Allbrook has spent the…
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 The Max Headroom’s new single Bad Dream is pure indie-psych listening bliss by Happy Since forming early last year, Adelaide-based five-piece The Max Headroom have gigged extensively around South Australia, developing their psych-laden brand of indie-rock music. The band ooze out a truly irresistible…
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 this flourishing collective. When you think of YEAH NAH YEAH,…
Music News The Wheel Workers make head music for troubled times on ‘One More Thing To Say’ by Tammy Moir The Wheel Workers bring head music back down to earth on ‘One More Thing To Say’ Psych rock has always felt a little like sci-fi to me. At its best,…
Music Wanna see some stars friend? Ron Hubble will put Gypsys of Pangea on the map by Riley Fitzgerald Melding laid back jazz, bluesy guitar licks and progressive rock, Ron Hubble is the latest studio helping from the Sydney psych gurus Gypsys of Pangea. Gypsys Of Pangea strut their stuff with…
News PREMIERE: Melt into the psych rock of My Life in Pieces from The Demon Parade by Nick Hartman A misguided if well-intentioned young man once implored us to “Put your hands up for Detroit”. It would have been wise for that fellow to have rather beckoned us to put…
Live Music News Greaser Bar Gig Guide for January by Tammy Moir New year, same dive-bar devotion. Greaser kicks off January with sweat-soaked guitar lines, late-night riffs, and enough local talent to rattle the beer taps loose. From garage blowouts to tour…
Music Makeshift Parachutes’ new single The Hole is psych-pop listening bliss by Happy Since forming in 2013, Auckland-based four-piece Makeshift Parachutes have carved out a unique space for themselves in the world of psychedelia. Their music is the kind of woozy psych that’ll…
