CD review: Kimbra

Ginger Brown Entertainment and Arts

At 21, Kimbra is young, pretty and peppy, but her music favours jaunty burlesque, cabaret and Bjork-style quirkiness, refreshingly eschewing the pop-tart mould.

Interview: Slipknot

Ginger Brown Entertainment and Arts

Slipknot

Some artists get knickers, soft toys or flowers thrown at them on stage. But for US heavy metal band Slipknot, it’s more likely they’ll be dodging flying prosthetic limbs than a personalised teddy or bunch of homegrown daisies.