Lists News 5 killer free gigs happening in Sydney this month by Happy Free gigs are the best. There’s nothing sweeter than waltzing into a venue like the king or queen you are, seeing a band you love, and walking out without wrecking…
Interviews Lola Scott chats Newtown Festival, her new single, and the art of the music video by Happy Lola Scott has just three singles to her name, but the world she’s building is formidable. Pulling a luscious pop sound and matching each tune with a resoundingly cinematic music…
Lists News Warm yourselves up for Newtown Festival with the NNC Festival Series by Happy With Newtown Festival 2019 fast approaching, it’s high time you started spiritually preparing yourself for one of the hottest dates on the Inner West calendar. As usual the Newtown Neighbourhood…
News Newtown Festival is back in 2019 with a peachy local lineup by Claudia Schmidt It’s that time of the year! Newtown Festival has come around once again to unleash its sprawling greatness onto Newtown’s favourite park. The Newtown Neighbourhood Centre have just dropped the…
News Save the date: Newtown Festival is returning Sunday 10th November by Amy Kennett Save the date: On Sunday the 10th, November Camperdown Memorial Rest Park will host the annually awaited Newtown Festival. Home to our own Happy Mag Studios, Newtown is a…
News A vibe you can’t fake: Newtown Festival’s 40th birthday was one we’ll never forget by Happy Over the weekend, Newtown Festival turned 40 years old with one of the biggest turnouts in the event’s huge history. Throughout the day, Camperdown Memorial Rest Park was packed to…
Arts News Join Happy Mag at Newtown Festival next weekend! by Molly Lasker The team here at Happy Mag are so excited about next weekend’s Newtown Festival that we are all losing sleep. Last year was the best day ever. We spent the…
Interviews Taking 5 with Jackie Brown Jr, Sydney’s most fun-loving band by Happy Jackie Brown Jr are one of our favourite local acts, so it was a buzz to hear their brand new EP Over Abroad for the first time today. The release is as…
Interviews “Our sound is developing into something else”: PLANET chat their evolution by Happy For the past number of years, PLANET have been kicking around, establishing themselves as one of Sydney’s most exciting bands. With their fuzzy, infectious melodies, the band have become masters…
News PREMIERE: Submit yourself to Dive Bell’s alluring debut clip Undercover by Luke Saunders Part emotional hellscape, part nefarious ritual, the debut clip from Dive Bell is a downright piece of art. After solidifying their quartet a short ten months ago, Dive Bell have…
Arts News Check out the 20 awesome events proceeding this year’s Newtown Festival by Louise Osborne Newtown Festival is back for another year and the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre (NCC) have just announced a handful of ancillary events preceding the big guy on Sunday 11 November. The…
News Save the date: Newtown Festival is back and turning 40 this year! by Happy Lock it in friends, the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre have declared that Newtown Festival is returning in 2018. In fact, it’s turning 40. A celebration of the inner west and every…
Interviews Music “Sleep when you’re dead, nap when you can”: A busy 2017, hip hop’s place and future plans with Spit Syndicate by Happy There are few artists who rep their hometown as hard as Spit Syndicate. Despite truly being Australia wide these days, the hip-hop duo from Sydney’s Inner West have never forgotten…