News Tributes flow for rising rapper Pop Smoke after he was shot dead by Claudia Schmidt Up-and-coming rapper, Pop Smoke, has been remembered by the music world after he was shot dead yesterday during a home invasion. The rap community has today mourned the loss of American…
Music RVBY MY DEAR’s Try is a glistening pop ballad of love and longing by Sarah Gillard Brooklyn-based Aussie RVBY MY DEAR‘s music cinematically explores the space between quiet melancholy and simmering rage, with tracks that confidently navigate between calm introspective ballads, aggressive guitar-heavy breakbeats and hook-laden pop…
News Brooklyn street renamed in honour of Notorious B.I.G. by Sarah Gillard Notorious B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace, has now been honoured in his hometown of Brooklyn with a street being renamed after him. The Fulton Street intersection between Gates Avenue and St….
Interviews Fresh off the release of his incredible debut single, we took five with Discount Sunset by Happy Last week, when Brooklyn based artist Discount Sunset released his debut single Slippery, we were immediately immersed in his hypnotic sounds. As far as first offerings go, it doesn’t get…
News PREMIERE: Fall into the shimmering and hypnotic debut single from Discount Sunset by Happy Debut singles can be tough. Many acts take years to develop their sound… and debut singles often don’t hold much juice. However, this is not a problem faced by Brooklyn-based…
Music Prepare to have your body taken over by the emotive dance sounds of Bob Moses by Happy You’ve probably been seeing the name Bob Moses around a lot lately. Since emerging from Brooklyn’s underground music scene in 2012, the duo have toured extensively around the world and…
Music Introducing the irresistibly smooth sounds of Masego by Happy Jamaica-born, Virginia-raised artist Masego (born Micah Davis) oozes out a hypnotic and seductive concoction of sounds that might have been difficult to describe had he not already coined it TrapHouseJazz…
Music Frills’ new single Drunk Girls, Drunk Boys is about to take over your summer playlists by Happy It’s pretty much impossible not to fall for the shimmering indie-pop sounds of Frills. It was only a couple of months ago that they dropped the incredible addictive single She’s…
Lists Yellow Shoots runs us through the gear behind his incredibly funky debut album by Happy Last week, when Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist Yellow Shoots dropped his incredible debut album, we were blown away. The eight tracks explode with energy and colour as they navigate characteristics of psych,…
News PREMIERE: RVBY MY DEAR lights up a stifling creative void in her newest clip 10:17 by Freya McGahey Perth artist RVBY MY DEAR is now living in New York, but we couldn’t pass up an opportunity to sing praises for one of our own. After the release of…
News Photography From Basquiat to artisanal bodegas: 9 images that illustrate the impact of gentrification on the Brooklyn streetscape by Nick Stillman Check out this awesome photo series that illustrates the impact that gentrification has had on the Brooklyn streetscape. Photographer Kristy Chatelain moved to Brooklyn in 2006 and immediately fell in…
News Ratatat announce Black Cab will be joining them on national tour by Emily Mathison Ahead of their trip down under for a national tour, Brooklyn duo Ratatat have announced Melbourne indie trio Black Cab will be joining them as support. This will be the first…
Music Great Good Fine Okay – Body Diamond by Kayla Burazin Great Good Fine Okay are everything their name suggests and more and the Brooklyn based electro-pop duo have just dropped their debut EP Body Diamond. After listening to the debut EP from…
