Live Once again, Sydney was enamoured by Peter Bibby’s yarns by Happy Peter Bibby is a special kind of breed. Although I’ve only recently stumbled upon this delightful corner of Australiana, the Perth-based poet has been cultivating…
Live Mighty solos and a Madonna cover: LAKYN hits a home run at The Lansdowne Hotel by Ben Robinson This past Thursday, a hundred or so music lovers congregated on the sticky floors of The Lansdowne’s gig room to be blessed by the chilled…
Music LISTEN: Papaya Tree – Radar by Happy Drink in a concoction of funk, soul and big band bravado on Radar, the sophomore single from Sydney sextet Papaya Tree. See them launch the track…
News PREMIERE: Thunder Fox keep things gloopy on new single All These Girls by Happy Something saucy this way comes. Thunder Fox are keeping things hot hot hot on their newest, a gloopy jam named All These Girls. Fresh out of…
Music LISTEN: The Lulu Raes – Fade Away by Happy With the release of their latest Fade Away, it seems like The Lulu Raes can do no wrong. This one’s bursting with irresistible hooks, plus the…
Live Raw power, utter madness: Shame live up to the hype in Sydney by Bec Smeaton Riding the combined first-time-in-Australia and post-Laneway tour vibes, British post-punk band Shame lived up to their newly earned hype. It’s not often that a small…
Live Psychedelic Porn Crumpets rocked the Lansdowne so hard it needed a ciggie afterwards by Dani Hansen There’s nothing like an intense head-banger to round out the year. Thankfully Psychedelic Porn Crumpets had our backs. Just before we decidedly flipped off 2017…
Live Like dark preachers of the netherworld, ORB took the Lansdowne to a wicked, wicked place by Dani Hansen Spotlighting their dizzying kaleidoscopic take on proto-metal, psychedelia and prog-rock, ORB churned like raving dystopian preachers at The Lansdowne. They’ve toured extensively with labelmates King…
