Tag Archives: Kimbra
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PLAYLIST: Behind the scenes with Roman Gokhman’s year in interviews
Messing around with COIN at BottleRock Napa Valley on May 25, 2018. Photo: Roman Gokhman. I think this column is morphing into more of a “my favorite Roman stories” list, but what still holds true is that memorable interviews still lead better stories. I tell the RIFF staff, which…
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REVIEW: Kimbra pilots sonic spaceship to Regency Ballroom
Photos: Kate Vides SAN FRANCISCO — Kimbra is releasing her third third album, Primal Heart, in April, but she’s giving U.S. fans a sneak peek on tour right now. The New Zealand singer-songwriter brought her revamped show to the Regency Ballroom Tuesday. Like the new LP, Kimbra’s live show tones…
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Q&A: Kimbra challenges herself and others on ‘Primal Heart’
Courtesy: Micaiah Carter Visiting churches on Sunday mornings not only helped Kimbra find a deeper meaning of love, but impacted her forthcoming third album, Primal Heart. Before the singer-songwriter moved from Los Angeles to Manhattan, she enjoyed walking up early on Sundays, going for a walk, and finding a…
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Tuesday Tracks: Your weekly new music discovery
Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms such as Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to sort through all that? RIFF does! We pooled our resources to find some of the best…
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Interview: Kimbra breaks from Gotye’s shadow with ‘The Golden Echo’
Kimbra performs at The Independent in San Francisco on Oct. 20, 2014. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Kimbra still sees concertgoers with puzzled looks on their faces at her shows. People who’d heard her sing on one song, bought tickets, and were surprised to hear something other than stripped-back, emotional pop. That…
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Kimbra on her musical fashion sense and future collaborations
Kimbra performs at The Independent in San Francisco on Oct. 20, 2014. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. The first thing I noticed about Kimbra when we spoke a few weeks ago was how fast she talks; like a gatling gun. We chatted for 15 minutes, but she spoke as many words as…
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Roman Gokhman’s 10 favorite concerts of 2012
M83 performs at the Fox Theater in Oakland on April 17, 2016. I probably went to more shows this year than ever before. This year, artists such as Florence and the Machine, Coldplay, the Black Keys, Of Monsters and Men and the reunited Garbage didn’t even crack the ranks…
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Foster the People bring pumped-up beats, Mayer Hawthorne, Kimbra to the Greek
Foster the People perform at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on June 29, 2012. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. BERKELEY — About two-thirds of the way through the sold-out Foster the People show at the Greek Theatre on Friday evening, frontman-keyboardist Mark Foster noted his band is just a handful of shows away…
