Lists As if you needed them, here are 8 reasons you need to grab yourself a ticket to Bluesfest 2017 by Chloe Kay Richardson Bluesfest is one of few Aussie festivals that gets music lovers of all ages simultaneously seething with anticipation every time an artist announcement is on the horizon. Throughout the festival’s…
Lists 5 Roots, Rock and Reggae revivalists carrying the torch in 2016 by Sam Dawes In its many styles, music is one of the most diverse, inclusive and divisive anomalies in our modern world, bringing people together in its beauty and, at times, dividing us…
Music Centre and the South talk the reggae talk on Yadah by Athina Mallis If you’re having a crappy day and want some music to pick you up we have the answer: Centre and the South’s debut LP, Yadah. They’re one hundred percent reggae…
News PREMEIRE: Need a lesson in love? Take It As It Comes from Centre and the South has all the answers by Shayen de Silva I’ll preface this by saying I’m not usually a fan of reggae. Somewhere between the Richard Marx I heard as a child (thanks dad), to the Blink-182 I devoured as…
News Centre & The South announce east coast tour in support of debut album by Emily Mathison Melbourne reggae roots outfit Centre & The South have announced an east coast tour in support of their upcoming debut album. The album, titled Yadah, will follow the band’s most recent…
News Single Premiere: Centre and The South – Feel That Flow by Shayen de Silva If someone asked me out of the blue if I could “Feel that flow” I would be confused as to whether or not I was being asked to perform a…
Music Introducing: Devil's Crossroad by Jonty Czuchwicki Devil’s Crossroad have been quietly turning heads in the Adelaide live scene for some time now. A loyal and cult like group of fans appear to pay homage at each…
Music Introducing: Devil’s Crossroad by Jonty Czuchwicki Devil’s Crossroad have been quietly turning heads in the Adelaide live scene for some time now. A loyal and cult like group of fans appear to pay homage at each…
Music Lime Cordiale – Falling Up The Stairs EP by Alex Gordon In the 12 months that I’ve been writing for Happy, there’s been a name conspicuously missing from the (now rather unweildy) database of bands, artists and producers catalogued in this…
Music Mar Haze – Dancing in the Water by Jonty Czuchwicki Mar Haze are a four piece outfit from the Northern Beaches [of Sydney], fusing their laid back surfer attitudes, a pride taken in exceptional musicianship and a penchant for the…
Music The Beautiful Girls – Dancehall Days by Shayen de Silva It may only contain nine tracks, but Dancehall Days from The Beautiful Girls has an uncanny ability to stretch out into a lifetime. It works fantastically on many levels and you…
Music Introducing: Devon Sproule by Sarah von Bock Hearty country music is good for the soul. Everybody knows it. Whether it’s unleashing to some pre- teen T- Swift, strutting along to Kacey Musgraves, or smashing out Miranda Lambert…
Music Single Premiere: Centre and the South – Inner City Paradise by Alex Gordon Australia has an addiction. An addiction that we’ve been unable to shake off. An addiction that seems to be crippling young local musicians mostly from the inner centres of Sydney…
