hinter den hungry kids of hungary mag man ja vieles vermuten, aber wahrscheinlich kaum eine vierköpfige indie pop band aus brisbane, australien. ...

(Sony) Pop music for clever people Brisbane has a proud history of producing pop music for people who aren’t idiots. Between Hungry Kids of Hungary, Megan Washington and Custard, this city has generated an impressive array of pop songsmiths. Fellow smart-pop singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Hiedke proves with her third album that she can not only handle a catchy melodic hook, but delve into more unusual sonic territory as well.  Nightflight has a far more richly layered sound than her previo ...

Brisbane management outfit Mucho Bravado have got it down. Initially appearing in my inbox courtesy of my signing up for a free download of their first big-breaking artist (a band amongst my five favourite of 2010), Hungry Kids of Hungary, they subsequently impressed both J and I with their efforts for indie geeksters Ball Park [...]

Das niederländische Festival Pinkpop glänzt auch in diesem Jahr mit einer Reihe hochkarätiger Acts. Der Event, der vom 26. bis 28. Mai stattfinden wird, kann nämlich mit Namen wie Bruce Springsteen und seiner E-Street Band, den Schwermetallern von Mastodon und den elektrisierenden Sets von Paul Kalkbrenner glänzen. Somit sind bereits 33 Künstler der unterschiedlichsten Genres für die Veranstaltung in Landgraaf bestätigt. Hier noch einmal das bisherige Line-up sowie The Boss beim 2009er Pinkpop Festival in Action: Anouk | Babylon Circus | Ben Howard | Red Shoes">Blood Red Shoes | Bombay Bicycle Club | Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band | Status">Chase & Status | Chef's Special ...

+Subscribe now! DAN’S.INDIE.MIX.47 (link will open in Spotify)   Track List: 01. Ma">Jagwar Ma – Come Save Me 02. Electric Guest – This Head I Hold 03. Santigold – Disparate Youth 04. St. Lucia – All Eyes On You 05. Reptar – Stuck In My Id 06. Hungry Kids of Hungary – Wristwatch 07. Wilhelm [...]

FasterLouder reports that Woodland Bar in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley will be closing next month. It follows the recent closures of Miss Libertine , The East Brunswick Club and The Buffalo Club in Melbourne; the Jade Monkey in Adelaide; and, as we reported yesterday , Sydney’s Gaelic Theatre. From FasterLouder : Woodland Bar opened in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley and has hosted a parade of indie favourites including Best Coast, Times New Viking, Die! Die! Die!, Metronomy, Dan Deacon, I Heart Hiroshima, Parades and Seekae since it opened in 2010. However, according to Brisbane based music management and publicity crew Mucho-Bravado (aka ...

With bands like Hungry Kids of Hungary and Ball Park Music under their belt, it would be easy to call the team at Mucho Bravado the hit-makers of Brisbane, so it's natural we're paying attention to the latest band to join their PR roster: Art of Sleeping . The Brisbane group have just released their new single "Empty Hands", produced by Yanto Browning (The Medics, Tara Simmons, The Jungle Giants, The Belligerents). It's the first taste of their EP release planned for later this year and you can listen to it below. Enjoy! Catch Art of Sleeping LIVE ...

Great new video from Melbourne bro-band Northeast Party House, a moody, tropical dance-punk quintet recently signed to Stop Start Music, an EMI partner and home to Ballpark Music and Hungry Kids of Hungary. Empires – Northeast Party House from Stop Start on Vimeo. Check out more NEPH if you dig Gold Fields, New Navy and [...]

We look ahead at the first six months of 2012 – from new releases by the Dirty Three and Aleks & The Ramps to the long-awaited Catcall debut. The list below is likely to fluctuate and is by no means exhaustive, so feel free to add any omissions in the comments section below. (If we’re in a good mood we might even put them up.) January Woollen Kits: Debut self-titled album. Out now through R.I.P Society. Described by M+N as “one single, ringing revelation” . Jonti: Sine & Moon LP. A collection of early material recorded at home on a ...

Triple j Unearthed radio: great redeemer for Australian independent music or another peg in the national broadcaster’s market monopoly? As part of our summer Great Debate series, MATT SHEA talks to bands and industry representatives to get their thoughts. Weigh in on the debate in the comments section below for your chance to win a $250 record store voucher of your choosing thanks to Hyundai’s Veloster . When triple j announced the introduction of a dedicated digital radio station for its Unearthed talent-finding initiative, there was understandably a lot of excitement from up-and-coming artists, industry representatives and the listening ...

We catch up with Brisbane's Hungry Kids of Hungary backstage at 2011 Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie. read more

In the second installment of our two-part news wrap, we countdown the final six months of 2011, which saw Royal Headache get a bad review, among other significant events. Part one here . July Hottest 100 Australian Albums: Triple J Listeners proved that they had short memories and a preference for meat’n’potatoes rock when the station announced its hottest 100 Australian albums of all time . Powderfinger’s Odyssey Number Five took out the title, followed by silverchair’s Frogstomp and AC/DC’s Back In Black . The bankable likes of Crowded House and INXS filled out the list, along ...

Trabajamos con la mejor música de la galaxia . En Galaxy fm ® siempre tenemos los sonidos más nuevos del mundo, directamente llevados a ustedes para animar el alma... Este 2011 —casi por terminar, nos ha dado increíbles muestras de arte expresadas en música... editores, programadores, músicos, investigadores, ejecutivos, técnicos y especialistas que integramos el equipo de Galaxy fm ® hemos recopilado las mejores 100 canciones del 2011 ... Vamos a transmitir en estos días de fiesta gloriosa, desde hoy viernes 23 y sábado 24 de diciembre , repetición viernes 30 y sábado 31 de diciembre , la lista más esperada por los fieles radioescuchas de ...

Photographer: Amy Lee Freshwater Photographer: Amy Lee Freshwater Acts: Art vs Science, Ladyhawke, The Snowdroppers, FloatingMe, The Delta Riggs, Brothers Grim, The Medics, Benjalu, The King Cannons, Young Revelry, Hungry Kids of Hungary Event: Festival Of The Sun, Port Macquarie :: Sundowner Breakwall Tourist Park – NSW Date: December 9th-10th, 2011 Related: ** Festival Of The Sun 2010 @ Port Macquarie, NSW [...]

You know the drill! Here are my favourite songs (#41-50) that were released over the past 12 months. Weeee! 50.  Blake Mills – Wintersong 49.  Tennis – Pigeon 48.  The Belle Brigade – Losers 47.  Kanye West & Jay Z – Otis 46.  Hungry Kids of Hungary – Scattered Diamonds 45.  Middle Brother – Me [...]