The classic and the raw

THE CLASSIC
THE COVER
THE KNOWN


Kimbra and surprise guest Leon Ware performing 'Inside My Love' at the Minnie Riperton Tribute Concert at California Plaza (Downtown Los Angeles, Ca.) on 12 July 2014.

Listen to the rehearsal

Watch video of the performance

AND

THE RAW
THE IMPROMPTU
THE UNEXPECTED


Kimbra and Moses Sumney having an improvised jam session at Mark de Clive-Lowe's 'Church' residency at Downstairs At Fifty Seven in Los Angeles (Ca.) on 17 July 2014.

Watch video  

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Imaginary people

Real people >

Biscuit Monster training >

EXCLUSIVE - LYRICS


B Is For Biscuit

Kia ora bro. Biscuit starts with B. Let's think of other things that start with B Oh, who cares about the other things? B is for biscuit, that's good enough for me B is for biscuit, that's good enough for me B is for biscuit, that's good enough for me Oh, biscuit, biscuit, biscuit starts with B Hey you know what bro? A round biscuit with one bite out of it doesn't look like a B A large pretzel with one bite out of it looks just like a B But it is not as good as a bloody sweet as biscuit Oh well, heaps of glasses look like a B But you can't eat that, so ...  B is for biscuit, that's good enough for me B is for biscuit, that's good enough for me B is for biscuit, that's good enough for me Oh, biscuit, biscuit, biscuit starts with B

POLL:
Do you think "B Is For Biscuit" is a plagiarism of Cookie Monster's "C Is For Cookie"?

	SURE	75,215,244 votes
	NAH	5 votes
	YA NO PUES MAMITA, NO MAS ENCUESTAS, CARAJO	21 votes

 The poll is closed, thank you for voting!

Roller coaster

Every Kimbra's gig is a roller coaster ride.
Check it out for yourself!
This YouTube playlist of live recordings from Kimbra's The Golden Echo Tour (2014) follows the set list of the shows. Call it a virtual full concert taking place at diverse venues...




The band:
   Timon Martin – guitar/vocals
   Taylor Graves – keyboards/vocals
   Stevie McQuinn – drums
   Frank Abraham - bass/keyboards

Set list:
   Teen Heat
   Carolina
   90s Music
   Settle Down
   Nobody But You
   Something in the Way You Are
   Everlovin’ Ya
   Goldmine
   Two Way Street
   Rescue Him
   Madhouse
   Cameo Lover
   Love In High Places
   Miracle
-- Encore --
   As You Are
   Come Into My Head

Flying feathers

A feather having a moment in the sun during Kimbra's gig at The Observatory (Santa Ana, CA) on Oct. 24th, 2014, while she performed "Rescue Him".
Raw material for this video: 10 seconds from the live recording by Eduardo Cruz.
Soundtrack: Bass solo by Thundercat in Kimbra's "Love in High Places", as heard on her album "The Golden Echo".

Wildlife

> More on Moa attacks on trampers

> More on Kimbra attacked by Giant Eagle

Three worlds

Images sources: 1, 2 & 3

As we all know, a brand new album by Kimbra is just one of three new worlds, to say the least. We remain eager to listen also to the stripped back versions performed live at radio stations, and the energetic full band performances before large audiences.  

Experience those three worlds in one single mix right now!
Listen to '90s Music' Intergenre Mix:

This '90s Music' mix starts with a live performance at The Edge (New Zealand, August 2014), then visits the album version, and ends with another live performance, a concert at Forum Theatre in Melbourne (Australia, May 2014).

Why did Kimbra leave the farm

“I’d been caught up with all the Grammy and Gotye stuff happening,

 and the touring, the constant affirmation — or praise, or criticism,

 or self-reflection — everywhere,” she says. “You get wrapped up in it.

 Then here I was chilling with a bunch of sheep.

 And they don’t give a crap who you are. You’re not special to them.

 You spend time with them and there’s this beautiful kind of harmony

 of how everything works in that environment.

 It was a really great place to create.”

(Warner Music Group write-up on

 Kimbra's The Golden Echo -old link-)

This is the reason why she left the farm where she was living in LA. Don't trust idyllic silent selfies. They don't tell the whole story. Here it is...

( Selfies: 1, 2, 3 )

Visions of jewelry

"Donning an all-black ensemble,

  an intricate gold necklace,

 bright red lipstick and a leopard-print,

 she looked the part of a front."

("The Golden Echo: Kneebody + Kimbra and Tiny Hazard

 Take (le) poisson rouge", October 1, 2014, WSN's The Highlighter)

Kneebody + Kimbra at Le Poisson Rouge (NYC), Sep. 26th, 2014 (Photos and gig review / 'Slum Love' performance)

Safety-pinned neck...!

UPDATE: Kneebody + Kimbra at the Blue Whale (Los Angeles, CA), April 22nd, 2015. 'Slum Love'.

The Golden Echoers

("The Golden Echo" credits taken from here)

Certified Backmasking-Free

We are proud to announce that Kimbra's "Miracle" doesn't contain any backward satanic message (at least, not any that we could understand).
But don't take our word for it, check it out for yourself by listening to the following "satanic" backward version of the official music video (definitely, not sung in Simlish...):

Has this left a bad taste in your ears? Here is the antidote... Try this heavenly version of the song:

Kimbra performs "Miracle" Live at the ZM studio  

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The Hidden Track

When it comes to Kimbra's hidden tracks even Shaolin monks freak out.

(From a hidden episode of  the TV series Kung Fu)

UPDATE (March 2015): Not hidden anymore.

Word clouds

This is a word cloud of the lyrics of Kimbra's "The Golden Echo" (extra tracks of the Deluxe Version not included). The more times a word is mentioned in the lyrics, the larger it appears in the image.

Would you like a closer view? The image below shows the word cloud of each individual song in the album:

(Thanks Wordle)

Bye Bye Prozac

TRY BEFORE BUY

Miracle 4:49

antidepressant

Active ingredients:

Kimbraxetine 

with Thundercatyline

Aural administration

Maximum daily dose: 299 Miracle 4:49 capsules

WARNINGS:

Miracle 4:49 may cause a condition that urges you to move rhythmically using improvised steps and gestures.

Other symptoms may include: shock, euphoria, unusual agitation/restlessness, 70s flashbacks,  sweating,  incontinence.

Do not use

- if you have ever had an allergic reaction to MJ antidepressant

- if you have earth, wind and fire intolerance

- right before or after heart surgery

Inactive ingredients: none

Don't keep out of reach of children.

No expiration date.

=The Golden Echo Laboratories=

Sudoku

DID YOU KNOW?

Solving Sudoku puzzles

improve your mental abilities

for solving Sudoku puzzles.

Sudokus everywhere...

Nowadays, Sudoku puzzles are pretty widespread.

But I haven't seen any Kimbra Sudoku yet. 

It's time to fill the gap!

This variant of the Sudoku puzzle uses a 5 x 5 grid with five different coloured regions. Each region contains five cells. By clicking on the empty cells you can choose the Kimbra image to be displayed in the cell. The goal is to fill the grid so that every row, every column, and every region contains the five different Kimbra images.

Good luck!

Kimbra photographs by Thom Kerr,

for the album 'The Golden Echo' and Black Magazine.