Filmed at Peats Ridge Festival and at Festival of the Sun, we find out the New Years Resolutions of bands from around Australia for 2012. Including The Brothers Grim, The Medics, Pigeon, The Holidays, The Delta Riggs, Microwave Jenny, The Snowdroppers, Benjalu, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Minnie Marks, Thundamentals, Sietta and Richard Cuthbert.
We catch up with Brisbane's Hungry Kids of Hungary backstage at 2011 Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie.


Check one, two… Festival of the Sun is back to finetune your summer, with 3,000 mates, a surfside location and a rocking homegrown line-up.



Hungry Kids of Hungary have been travelling the country on their Final Escapades tour for the last month with The Chemist, Andy Bull and in capital cities Daniel Lee Kendall. They wrapped it all up last night in front of a home town in Brisbane.


One of the benefits of reviewing live music is discovering new acts. Another is opening your eyes to acts you’ve heard of but know little about. This sold out Hungry Kids of Hungary show at the Metro had a bit of both.

Proving themselves as one of Australia's favourite young, live drawcards, Hungry KIds of Hungary's The Final Escapade Tour is still gaining serious momentum now with Sydney's Metro Theatre now SOLD OUT, while tickets to the final show at Brisbane's Hi-Fi is selling fast. These shows are the final for the tour that also features sets from Perth's The Chemist, Andy Bull and Daniel Lee Kendall (Syd and Bris only).

Daniel Lee Kendall has a very sweet, understated stage presence. The youngster from Bensville had the difficult task of warming the stage for a mammoth line-up of Australian talent, and he did well to win over the large crowd who had gathered early to stake their places at the front of the stage. Kendall’s vocals are very smooth and Jack Johnson-esque, and while his gentle tones were at times a bit too same-y and safe, his music is very pretty.
The Hungry Kids of Hungary are a band that I’ve always managed to miss in action when they’ve toured through Adelaide. Funnily enough, the last time they were here, I found myself drunkenly dancing to Devo and Rage Against the Machine with HKOH’s Dean McGrath, when the band partied on in town post-gig.

The recent collaboration between Brisbane bands HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY and BALL PARK MUSIC on The Beatles' classic Abbey Road track opener 'Come Together' is now available exclusively on iTunes.