Interviews Chatting Download Festival and big things ahead with Caitlin from Eat Your Heart Out by Happy If you haven’t yet heard the name Eat Your Heart Out, it’s time to start paying attention. The shows these Newcastle alt rock noise-makers have been playing just get bigger…
News Melbourne’s Amyl and the Sniffers take out the latest $30,000 Levi’s Music Prize by Rianna Manuel Amyl and the Sniffers, a Melbourne based, four-piece punk band, have won the latest Levi’s Music Prize. Now in it’s third year, the Levi’s Music Prize awards the winning band…
Interviews Heroes, BIGSOUND, and the much-anticipated first album: a chat with Jade Imagine by Riley Fitzgerald I first met Jade McInannly and Tim Harvey at a bar side table in Brisbane. It was 2017 and Jade Imagine had just recently released What The Fuck Was I…
Interviews Why does New Zealand have so many pianos? Should dogs vote? A BIGSOUND chat with The Beths by Tom Cameron Since the release of their debut album Future Me Hates Me, The Beths have been the band on everybody’s lips. The record earned praised from the world’s biggest tastemakers and has…
Interviews Magazine “It is what it is”: a zen chat with Emerson Snowe at BIGSOUND by Tom Cameron This article appears in print in Happy Mag Issue 9. Grab your copy here. In the whirl of BIGSOUND 2018 we had the opportunity to speak to several of the…
Lists News 5 incredible performances from BIGSOUND 2018 by Tom Cameron Having had the weekend to fully recover from the frantic wonder of BIGSOUND 2018, it was a really, really good time. From 8PM through till the wee hours, three nights in…
Music WATCH: FRITZ – Summer Holiday by Happy Summer Holiday is the latest from FRITZ, a bright little jam with plenty of shady feelings hiding beneath the surface. Catch her at BIGSOUND, Yours & Owls, or a headline…
News WATCH: Two People – Something To Talk About by Happy Two People take things to the silver screen on Something To Talk About, a stunning film clip made in collaboration with director Dimitri Basil. Two People aren’t an act you should ignore…
Music Introducing the stunning and soulful sounds of Estère by Happy It’s a little hard to place your finger on the music of Estère. It’s a stunning blend of soul, jazz, funk, and hip-hop beats – all wrapped up in flawless…
News Heading to BIGSOUND this year? You’ll definitely want to check out Hear65’s Singapore showcase by Happy Brisbane’s BIGSOUND Festival is one of the biggest weeks in Australian music. It’s a huge showcase of all our best acts, and sometimes it can get a little overwhelming. With…
Music LISTEN: Linying – Paycheck by Happy Before Linying represents Singapore at BIGSOUND, she’s shared a stunning, James Blake-esque new single from her upcoming 2018 record. Listen in below. Catch Linying at BIGSOUND 2018: Tuesday 4…
Music Raw and raucous: Introducing Auckland’s Miss June by Happy Having come together in 2013 after frontwoman Annabel Liddel recruited a group of musicians to support her solo performance, Auckland band Miss June have not wasted any time in establishing…
News Fortune Shumba is heading down under for a string of epic Australian shows! by Happy This September, iconic South African queer musician Fortune Shumba will be descending upon Australian shores for a huge string of appearances at Brisbane’s BIGSOUND and Heaps Gay’s Trash Parties in…
