Features Pro Audio Björk – ‘Medúlla’: Why It Mattered by Allegra Short Björk is a divergent icon, with no single genre capable of summing up her oeuvre. Medúlla is arguably her most daring body of work. She is the eclectic visionary hailing…
Features Aretha Franklin – ‘I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You’: Why It Mattered by Dan Shaw With her tenth studio album, Aretha Franklin finally broke through with the timeless I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You. I Never Loved A Man The Way…
Features Pro Audio Joni Mitchell – ‘Blue’: Why It Mattered by Tim McArtney Joni Mitchell’s Blue is a timeless masterpiece. Its songs arose from dealing with fame, and the sensations associated with grief and new beginnings. In 1970, as Joni Mitchell was dealing with newfound…
Features News Tame Impala – ‘Currents’: Why It Mattered by Emily Elvish Currents boasts a significant legacy: it challenged the authority of guitar within rock and took disco-psych into the mainstream. If one of music’s most brilliant minds completely dismantled their creative…
Music News Video Why the masterpiece ‘Jagged Little Pill’ mattered to just about everyone by Chloe Maddren Why It Mattered is a new video series by Happy Mag discussing and celebrating albums that changed the world. We are proud to announce that we’re releasing weekly videos based…
Features Music News Alanis Morissette – ‘Jagged Little Pill’: Why It Mattered by Dave Stano Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill was a landmark of the ’90s for its creative pairing of pop with alt-rock guitars, raw vocals, and candid lyrics. Here’s why it mattered. Jagged…
Music ABBA – ‘Arrival’: Why It Mattered by Manning Patston Once every few years, a record shatters not just the charts, but also our expectations of what a pop record can (and should) sound like. Yes, Arrival from ABBA foots…
Features News Patti Smith – ‘Horses’: Why It Mattered by Max Mahood In the ’70s, New York was a crucible of musical style. Let’s take a look at one of the seminal albums of this time and place: Horses by Patti Smith….
Features Oasis – ‘What’s The Story (Morning Glory)’: Why It Mattered by James Peppercorn In 1995, Oasis produced an album so universal, so concise, so monolithic, that rarely has a band touched so many people while riding so high. This is why What’s The Story…
Features Radiohead – ‘KID A’: Why It Mattered by Jayden Collins KID A saw Radiohead take a drastic left turn from their alt-rock mandate. Although received with confusion from fans, 20 years later, the record has made claim as one of…
Features Nas – ‘King’s Disease’: Why It Mattered by Happy The 2020 surprise album from hip-hop legend Nas, King’s Disease, doesn’t expect change to come from those in power, it’s a message of perseverance for those battling a broken system. When…
Features Pink Floyd – ‘The Wall’: Why It Mattered by Luke Saunders In 1979, Pink Floyd built The Wall. Their most magnificent project yet was expansive, philosophical, and the signpost of their demise. The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) is often…
Features Why It Mattered: The Allman Brothers Band – ‘The Allman Brothers Band’ by Luke Saunders On November 4th 1969, the greatest blues rock band of all time was born. The Allman Brothers Band‘s landmark debut is often described as the first Southern rock album and…
