"The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it."

I have an inexorable passion for God, young people, coffee, writing, Photoshop, good books, precise grammar, beautiful words that I will never use in my day-to-day conversations, avocadoes, purple, pretty stationery, random trivia that is of absolutely no use to me, Post-its, bubble wrap, facial hair and origami.

Wandering Limbs by Kimbra ft. Sam Morris

I imagine passers-by wandering the streets of Fitzroy, hurrying back to work from lunch when suddenly, their runaway train of thoughts is interrupted by faint music wafting from a graffiti-ed alley way. They’d duck into the alley way out of curiosity - still in uncreased shirts and leather briefcases -and peek round the corner to find a pack of photographers and camera men crowding round a pair of musicians who are in their zone, pouring their hearts out into a song. The atmosphere is pregnant with unspoken awe; everyone is careful not to pierce the moment with even a whisper. The passers-by catch their breaths, enraptured by the beauty of the moment. They then check their watches and take a step back, reluctantly extricating themselves from the gravitational pull of the hidden commotion and return to the busy urban streets and everyday life.

Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye ft. Kimbra

So friggin’ brilliant.

Settle Down by Kimbra

You’ll probably hear from everyone about Little Red’s vivacious performance last night at the Gov, how incredibly drunk the band members were and how they played Coca-Cola after a long set of their slower songs and the crowd went off. You probably won’t hear about opening act Kimbra because hardly anyone turned up on time for the gig. Kimbra and her excellent 4-piece band were an absolute delight to watch; dressed in a quaint 70s-style peach tea dress, the quirky Kimbra delivered each song with passion, confidence and strange hand movements. Her band was equally quirky; one guy had purple tiger-print jeans and another had hair of epic proportions. Each song was tight and every band member really got into the music. Their performance was exceptional and definitely more entertaining than supporting act Sparkadia, who are just so average even though they played a good live set. I might just have to pre-order her album and stalk her Myspace for any upcoming live shows in Adelaide. Pity the crowd was little and rather unresponsive until they played a cover of Prince’s I Wanna Be Your Lover.

Kimbra’s Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/kimbramusic. Support excellent music, people!

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