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Happy MagScenesNew Shane MacGowan tribute album features Hozier, Springsteen, U2 and more Happy Mag https://happymag.tv An iconic legacy honoured. It’s not every day you get Bruce Springsteen and Primal Scream on an album together.

Happy MagScenesDermot Kennedy – The Weight of the Woods Tour setlist Happy Mag https://happymag.tv Here are all the songs he will play on his The Weight Of The Woods tour. Dermot Kennedy is heading back to Australia this November, bringing his latest album The...

Happy MagScenesSee the setlist for Two Door Cinema Club’s Australia tour Happy Mag https://happymag.tv A celebration of the indie sleaze era. In 2010, Northern Ireland rockers Two Door Cinema Club released their debut studio album Tourist History, receiving critical…

Happy MagScenesNew Music Friday: DEM MOB, Middle Kids, ILUKA and more Happy Mag https://happymag.tv Friday’s here, and there’s plenty of new Australian music to get stuck into.

Happy MagScenesSophee Jean delivers powerhouse vocals on debut single ‘B&W’ Happy Mag https://happymag.tv A haunting voice debuts. Newcastle-based singer-songwriter Sophee Jean’s emotionally precise writing and sweeping, piano-driven pop melodies turn heartbreak into…

Happy MagScenesEau the Music finds her own direction in the haze of debut album Light in the Dark Happy Mag https://happymag.tv Eau the Music has a love affair with distortion on debut album Light in the Dark. There’s not much better than getting completely lost in a wall of distorted guitars....

Happy MagScenesNew Music Radar: Valories, Miau and Tyra Jutai Happy Mag https://happymag.tv Celebrate the end of the working week with 10 new tracks. We’ve made it to another Friday, which means there’s a whole host of new music releases to dig our...

Happy MagScenesAlanis Morissette plays video of Ben Affleck’s head exploding during concert Happy Mag https://happymag.tv The pop-rocker has a message for the actor. Canadian pop-rock icon Alanis Morissette is not happy with Ben Affleck.

Happy MagScenesNew Music Radar: Nomad Glaze, Sacreblues and More Happy Mag https://happymag.tv From Nomad Glaze’s dark new single to Sacreblues’ gritty rock and roll, here’s what’s on our radar.

Happy MagScenesNeedle In The Hay Spotlight: The Great Emu War Casualties – ‘Public Sweetheart No.1’ Happy Mag https://happymag.tv Martinic spotlights Melbourne art-rockers The Great Emu War Casualties and an album that reads like one long bad week.

Happy MagScenesGAMMA RUBYQON takes us to the edge of the map on ‘A Traveler Come From Far Away’ Happy Mag https://happymag.tv A capsule of quiet gravity when looking toward an uncertain horizon. There is a specific kind of quiet magic reserved for music that refuses to rush its arrival…

Happy MagScenesAdam Briggs Foundation brings back BARPIRDHILA Grant for First Nations artists Happy Mag https://happymag.tv The grant offers up to $10,000 for recording, production and promotion costs.

Happy MagScenesNew Music Radar: Psyonik, Dulls, Bigelow, Matahari and more Happy Mag https://happymag.tv Ten new tracks worth adding to your rotation. There’s always something good hiding a few clicks away.

Happy MagScenesNew Music Radar: Divan, Ali Mills and Chimestone Happy Mag https://happymag.tv New music from both sides of the equator. From Melbourne to Michigan, this New Music Radar traverses across the world, and across all kinds of genres, to find the…

Happy MagScenesWilliam John Titus Bishop is a songwriter worth getting lost in Happy Mag https://happymag.tv Meet the Brighton songwriter bringing thoughtful country-folk back into focus with new single ‘The Palmist’.

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