Live Interpol’s first-ever Sydney Opera House show was pure decadence by Dani Hansen Sydney’s historic Opera House seemed like a perfectly charming, albeit perplexing venue to see an Interpol show. The notorious New York quartet-turned-trio has built a career upon crafting dark, decadent…
Live A hurricane straight from the South: The Mystery Lights brought energy unending to Oxford Art Factory by Dani Hansen Around two years ago I first started seeing manic shots of this New York outfit called The Mystery Lights trickle through my Instagram feed. Local photographers had started documenting their…
Live Military garb and jazzed-up grooves: Genesis Owusu was a powerhouse at Waywards by Dani Hansen As an impressionable, doe-eyed high school senior, I went through a phase that left me chronically influenced by the jazz and hip-hop scene that emerged in 1980s New York. Jazz…
Live Reuben Stone kicks off a new era of live music at Henrys Rooftop by Happy Last week Henrys Rooftop, the newly revamped gig room at Manly’s Hotel Steyne, opened its doors to Christchurch sensation Reuben Stone. A live looping wizard whose stage show has taken…
Live Magazine News Here’s what you missed at our Happy Mag Issue 9 Launch by Happy Last Thursday we closed in on Golden Age Cinema & Bar in Sydney for our Happy Mag Issue 9 Launch, and it was good. What wasn’t good was our headaches…
Live News Vivid 2018, closed right: thanks for hitting up our Issue 8 Launch! by Happy This Saturday gone by, we checked in to the Lady Hampshire once again to launch our latest print mag, the inaugural Photo Issue. We were joined by a host of…
Live Rhythm, power, darkness: Gold Class hit the reawakened Lansdowne like a fucking wrecking ball by Dani Hansen Upstairs at the revitalised Lansdowne, it didn’t take the pulsating crowd long to start rolling to the rhythm and the power of Gold Class. It’s Saturday night at Sydney’s newly…
Live The 80s haven’t gone anywhere, and GL turned Oxford Art Factory into one giant disco to prove it by Dani Hansen The GL sound is a mess of neon synths, breezy vocals, funky percussion and loads of attitude adding up to one thing: a hell of a party. The 80s were…
Live Kirin J Callinan didn’t even have to get naked to put on a pornographic Sydney show by Dani Hansen There’s no doubt Kirin J Callinan has overcome any second guessing, emerging as a holy grail of absolute self-expression and individualism. It’s been a while since Kirin J Callinan has…
Live Shirtless punters storming the stage? Northeast Party House were business as usual at The Factory Theatre by Dani Hansen For the debaucherous Northeast Party House, their brand of jangly riffs and relentlessly catchy basslines over punchy lyrics speaks entirely for itself. Northeast Party House hit Sydney last week on their…
Live The Pinheads and The Murlocs played Oxford Arts on the weekend and we’re still fucking hurting by Dani Hansen Flying spit, boots hitting the ceiling and enough sound to shatter safety glass: we challenge you to find a more potent live combo than The Murlocs and The Pinheads. After…
Live Hard, fast and vicious, Polish Club roared as loud as rock music should at Oxford Art Factory by Dani Hansen At Oxford Art Factory, Polish Club were a roaring testament to the hurtling power of what a thrashing beat, homespun chords and sweeping vocals can achieve. If loud, unbridled, howling rock…
