News Space Carbonara are bringing their fuzzed-out psych around Australia this summer by Lara Smetannikov Hold onto your minds – Space Carbonara are due to launch their new album any time now and are putting on a tour for you to rock your socks out…
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…
News Mikey, Dean & Troy from Queens Of The Stone Age are DJing in Sydney this Friday! by Happy For the better part of a year now, All My Friends have been running one of Sydney’s favourite dance nights. But with the announcement of their next lineup, they’ve really…
News Newtown’s King Street Crawl is returning this September! by Happy If you’ve ever been to Sydney’s King Street Crawl before, you’ll know that it’s easily one of the best days of the year. If you haven’t been, this year should…
News Sydney’s Record Fair Live is back! And they’re putting on some really great local gigs by Bill Robinson If you’re like us, you’re probably always looking for a way to find great new local live bands – a trusted voice who consistently puts on great gigs with consistently…
Music Introducing the charismatic, reckless energy of Mac The Knife by Bill Robinson Many moons ago, on the mean streets of Sydney’s inner-west, there formed an unholy alliance; five of Newtown’s favourite children converged to create the unstoppable force that is now referred…
Live Newtown Festival 2017: the Inner West’s beating heart where good vibes were felt by all by Happy Thanks for the good times once again, Newtown Festival. Now in its 39th year, the annual event run by Newtown Neighbourhood Centre feels as fun, fresh and fantastically weird as…
Lists The best of the Inner West: here are 5 acts you can’t miss at Newtown Festival 2017 by Happy Newtown Festival is fast approaching, less than two weeks away at this point. If you’re a local, I’m sure you’re well aware. Thanks to Newtown Neighbourhood Centre and curator Sarah…
News Want to give back to Newtown? Liz Yeo of the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre tells us how by Tom Cameron If you’ve ever been to Newtown Festival, you know that it’s a one-of-a-kind ordeal. A yearly event organised by the amazing people of the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, it’s a date…
Music Capewolf are the cool cuties carving up Sydney’s scene with their authentic indie pop by Molly Ulm Fresh out of high school, Capewolf pack a punch and are sinking their teeth into Sydney’s music scene. Reveling in heavy hearted lyrics, sharp guitar riffs and an undivided stage…
Music Did you know Cosmic Flanders is spelled the same backwards as it is forwards? Trip out to Sydney’s newest psych rockers by Molly Ulm As temperatures in Sydney reach sizzling heights, swelter into the universe of Cosmic Flanders. The four-piece from “cloey” and “newie” debuted a self-titled EP late last year that deserves hella…
News Protest organised for this Saturday to Keep Newtown Weird and Safe after a man was attacked and hospitalised by Emily Mathison A protest has been organised for this Saturday to Keep Newtown Weird and Safe after a man was brutally bashed last week. 25 year old Isaac Keatinge, who identifies as queer,…
News Young Henrys and Nathaniel Rateliff have collabbed on a new moonshine by Emily Mathison Young Henrys has today announced their new distillery collaboration with American rock/soul outfit Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. The boys have been busy, and have a new batch of…
