Tuesday, April 15, 2014

What the funk?!



Shooting the video for Janelle Monáe and Kimbra's mash-up of Aretha Franklin's Rock Steady and Michael Jackson's Wanna be Startin' Somethin'...


Kimbra gets funky



Lapse


"Listen out for Lapse; Melbourne will be hearing more of this one"

"Lapse we are told is about marriage and how couples fall out of love whilst being in marriage"




Lapse - Kimbra



Watch Kimbra playing "Lapse" live at 303 and The Toff (Melbourne) in 2009.

Kimbra live at The Toff




Saturday, April 5, 2014

Thatcherizing Kimbra



You're about to learn a couple of things about you...


Thatcher illusion


First, you never do what you're told, do you?

Second, your brain deludes you. Your brain is not good at recognizing upside-down faces.
Now that you have seen the picture right-side-up, you know that she's not smiling at all, but it's not because she's from Down Under that you got confused. You should blame on the "Thatcher effect", a perceptual illusion discovered only in 1980.




Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go help Kimbra rearrange her mouth and eyes...



Vows: Mars Edition


Vows: Mars Edition - Kimbra



Listening to Kimbra in a Martian HMV store
Listening booths in a Martian HMV store.


Kimbra's Vows arrives at the Martian HMV stores.
Kimbra's Vows reaches new heights in Mars.