Music News SelfDivision captures romantic tension and cements her sonic evolution on ‘Build Up To’ by Alex Cooper The breath before the fall. Sydney’s Jessica Fitzgibbon, the architect behind the evocative project SelfDivision, has always dealt in the currency of atmosphere. Since her 2023 debut EP ENIGMA, she…
Music Permission to trust yourself: Melia Lisa’s empowering new groove by Happy A motivational anthem wrapped in syncopated keys and pumping drums. Melbourne’s neo-soul scene has a compelling new voice, and her name is Melia Lisa. With her sophomore single ‘Making It…
Music Annie & The Make Believe navigates the tides of change on ‘Out To Sea’ by Happy With producer Simon Moro, the singer-songwriter delivers her most honest work yet. There’s a peculiar loneliness that arrives not in isolation, but in the act of returning. Annie & The…
Music ‘For You’: Noah Bates lays his heart bare on a shimmering new single by Happy The rising indie-pop star channels doubt, devotion, and 80s shimmer on his most personal release to date. There is a particular kind of heartache that doesn’t announce itself with a…
Music Suede Effect trades fuzz for feeling on their stunning new single ‘Washed Away’ by Happy Central Coast alt-rockers Suede Effect strip back the fuzz and lean into vulnerability on their most emotionally resonant work yet. Since forming in February 2024, Central Coast/Darkinjung outfit Suede Effect…
Music Mer/Lo find their sound on ‘cheap’ by Happy This is Melbourne’s psychedelic underground. Melbourne’s MER/LO have been quietly building something special since their 2021 formation, and their latest EP cheap arrives as a defining statement from a band…
Music Adrian J transforms personal heartbreak into cinematic beach-pop on ‘Oceanside’ by Happy A deeply personal confession wrapped in widescreen pop textures. Adrian J has built his artistic identity on something increasingly rare in modern pop: emotional honesty that feels unmanufactured. As a…
Music Step into Jean Elliot’s Devil’s Wilderness with ‘Beneath Your Sun’ by Tammy Moir The Australian bush has never needed much help feeling slightly menacing. From Wake in Fright to Picnic at Hanging Rock, it has long been a dependable setting for bad decisions,…
Film and TV News The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan has made one of the greats by Tammy Moir Christopher Nolan understood exactly why The Odyssey has lasted 3,000 years. Homer’s Odyssey has survived close to 3,000 years of retellings, translations and people insisting their interpretation is the correct…
Food Happy Places News Yulli’s Yum Cha review – 18 years in it still feels like Yulli’s by Tammy Moir Bottomless tea, very good dumplings and absolutely no need for fake prawns. There has been a vegan yum cha-shaped hole in Sydney since Bodhi served its final dumpling back in…
Lists News Pro Audio Pedal Month 2026 by Happy The pedals that made the biggest noise during Pedal Month From boutique builders and handmade circuits to modern takes on classic effects, these are the pedals that caught our attention…
Arts News Gantanter Singh Gill steals the show in My Fair Lawyer by Tammy Moir The play itself is a breezy, old-school comedy, but the biggest revelation of the night was the venue. Somehow, despite living in Sydney for years, I’d never actually been to…
Music One man, one keyboard, infinite horizons: Julian Weir unbound by Happy Using a keyboard as his entire ensemble, Weir breaks the mould of one-man-band clichés to produce an album that is evocative, authentic, and thrillingly free. In an age of grid-snapped…
