Kimbra

Kimbra Lee Johnson (born 27 March 1990), known mononymously as Kimbra, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. Known for mixing pop with R&B, jazz and rock musical elements, her accolades include four ARIA Music Awards, two Grammy Awards and seven New Zealand Music Awards. Her musical influences range from Prince and Minnie Riperton to Björk and Jeff Buckley.

Kimbra's debut album, Vows, was released in Australia in 2011. Singles from the album include "Settle Down", "Cameo Lover" (which won an Australian Recording Industry Association Award), "Good Intent" and "Two Way Street". A reworked version of the album was released in Europe and the United States in 2012. It featured several new songs, including "Come into My Head", "Warrior" (on which Kimbra was joined by musicians Mark Foster from Foster the People and DJ A-Trak), and a cover of Nina Simone's "Plain Gold Ring". Vows reached the top 5 in New Zealand and Australia. In May 2012, the album was released in North America, debuting at number 14 on the Billboard 200, her highest-charting album.

Vincent Fantauzzo's portrait of Kimbra was a finalist for the 2012 Archibald Prize. The portrait was painted in conjunction with the making of a video featuring her song "The Build Up". She was featured on the 2011 multi-platinum single "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye, which became her first number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 and earned them two awards at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, including for Record of the Year, making her the third New Zealand singer to win a Grammy Award. Her second studio album, The Golden Echo, was released in 2014 to positive critical reception, and her third album, Primal Heart, was released in 2018. Her fourth album, A Reckoning, was released on 27 January 2023.

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Reviews / Live

Live Review: Kimbra, Banoffee

Kimbra showed she has pipes but not dance moves in Sydney

News / Music

Kimbra, Kate Miller-Heidke To Feature On New Disney Compilation

And yes, it includes 'Let It Go'

Features / Music

Kimbra - Miracle (Bag Raiders Remix)

Another day, another great Kimbra remix.. Following the release of her killer new album, The Golden Echo, it would appear Aussie songstress Kimbra has turned her attention to picking great Australian producers to remix her tracks. Yesterday we posted the perfectly perfect Client Liaison re-work of '90s music (listen HERE), and today we get a remix from Aussie electro lords Bag Raiders. Keeping up appearances with some new singles, no doubt in the lead-up to a new album (it's been so long dudes - give us more new shit!), their Miracle re-do takes Kimbra out of the nu-soul jazz lounge and into the clurb. It's not too hard or too fast, it's just a groovy little number with a slapping kick-snare combo that makes feet tap and heads nod. Kimbra's playing some shows mid-November, head to her WEBSITE for all the deets. Follow Bag Raiders: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

Features / Music

Kimbra - '90s Music (Client Liaison Re-work)

You might say this was a "Perfect Match" - to keep the nostalgic theme going.. I'll be honest - I wasn't a huge fan of Kimbra's '90s Music when she released it. I appreciate it's something a little different for one of Australia's brightest artists, but I just couldn't get into it. A lot of people do though, which is great, 'cause Kimbra is cool, and her other new tracks are awesome. A couple of dudes who do like '90s Music are Melbourne duo Client Liaison, and they like it so much they decided to add their own spin on the tune as part of the official '90s Music EP. It's a match made in heaven - Client Liaison's nostalgic pastiche takes the track from its original off-kilter vibes to a grinding little disco number, and it sounds like they had a lot of fun: "There was a calculated effort to sidestep the traditional notions of what constitutes a remix. We tend to treat remixing as the 'sampling' of a song which allows for an entirely uninhibited work flow, this we like. As Kimbra drives

News / Music

Kimbra Announces Australian November Shows

The Kiwi songstress will touch down for a limited run at the end of the year

News / Music

NZ Acts Kimbra And Shihad Score Highest Debuts In ARIA Chart

Perth's newest star Troye Sivan crashes the Top Ten

News / Music

Kimbra Won’t Take #1 From Hilltop Hoods This Week

Revealing midweek figures

Features / Music

Somebody We Still Know

I’ve just always been seeking answers to my cosmic significance or my spiritual significance