Spotlight On:
Matt & Kim

QRO ever again will return its attention to Brooklyn's hyperactive favorite couple, Matt & Kim.

Name: Matt & Kim

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York

Members: Matt Johnson, Kim Schifino

Albums:  To/From EP (2005), Matt & Kim (2006), Grand (2009)

Has toured with: Against Me!, Lily Allen, Amanda Blank, The Breeders, Bear Hands, Circle Jerks, Cool Kids, CSS, Cut Copy, The Death Set, Dillinger Four, Flosstradamus, The Go Team!, The Hold Steady, Japanther, Mannequin Men, Monotonix, Ninjasonik, Parts & Labor, Rude Mechanical Orchestra, The Sounds, Spank Rock, Team Robespierre, Weezer, The Whip

TV shows appeared on: Jimmy Kimmel Live

If the band was an animal, they'd be: a pair of hamsters on speed, forever running together in their wheel

Or if they were a food, they'd be: an open bar where everything's mixed with Red Bull

What about a piece of furniture?: two spinning office chairs

Okay, how about something to wear?: that spinning beanie that lifts Calvin from Calvin & Hobbes off the ground

Animal, vegetable... pick a mineral: feldspar, the most punk rock mineral there is

Side characters from The Simpsons: Itchy & Scratchy

Deadly weapon: they don't need no weapons - all they need is their bare hands & a shot of adrenelin

Name an author: Charles & Mary Lamb

If they could have one superpower, what would it be?: never sleep, never tire, never age

Umm... An office supply?...: coffee machine

Figure from Greek mythology: Hermes, with winged feet

Matt & KimRelated Articles:

Review of Matt & Kim as part of SXSW Day Three at Diesel:U:Music Party in Austin, TX on March 16th, 2007 

Photo gallery from Todd P show in Brooklyn on June 22nd, 2007

Review of Matt & Kim as part of the Siren Music Festival on Coney Island, Brooklyn on July 21st, 2007

Photo gallery from Siren Music Festival

Interview with Matt & Kim in 2007

Review of Matt & Kim as part of CMJ Day Five at Music Hall In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on October 20th, 2007

Photo gallery from Music Hall in Williamsburg

Live review from 70 Greene Street in New York, NY on May 28th, 2008

Photo gallery from 70 Greene Street

Photo gallery from Hugs in Brooklyn, NY on July 5th, 2008

Live review as part of F Yeah Tour at Highline Ballroom in New York, NY on July 12th, 2008

Photo gallery from Highline Ballroom

Photo gallery from McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn, NY on July 13th, 2008

Photo gallery from (le) Poisson Rouge in New York, NY on September 16th, 2008

Live review from Danbro Studios in Brooklyn, NY on Halloween '08

Photo gallery from Danbro Studios

Review of Grand

Interview with Matt Johnson in 2009

Photo gallery from Music Hall in Williamsburg on January 22nd, 2009

Live review from Hudson River Rocks at Hudson River Park on July 9th, 2009

Photo gallery from Hudson River Park

Photo gallery from Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, IL on July 18th, 2009

Photo gallery from Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, NY on Halloween '09

Live review with The Sounds from AC2 in Manchester, U.K. on November 23rd, 2009

Photo gallery from AC2

Featured in "Top 60 Albums of 2009"

Tour dates:

12/18/09 - Seinajoki, Finland - Rytmikorjaamo*
12/19/09 - Helsinki, Finland - Cable Factory*

* w/ The Sounds

 

MP3 Stream: "I Wanna"
 

 

Matt & Kim playing "Cutdown" live @ 70 Greene Street:

 

Matt & Kim playing "Silver Tiles" live @ 70 Greene Street:

 

Matt & Kim playing "Yea Yeah" live @ Hugs:

 

Matt & Kim playing "Silver Tiles" live @ Hugs:

 

Matt & Kim playing an instrumental live @ Highline Ballroom:

 

Matt & Kim playing "Cinders" (double-time) live @ Highline Ballroom:

 

Matt & Kim playing "Silver Tiles" live @ Highline Ballroom:

 

Matt & Kim playing "Yea Yeah" with Rude Mechanical Orchestra live @ McCarren Park Pool:

 

Matt & Kim playing "Grand" live @ (le) Poisson Rouge:

 

Matt & Kim playing "Lightspeed" live @ (le) Poisson Rouge:

 

Matt & Kim playing "It's a Fact (Printed Stain)" live @ (le) Poisson Rouge:

 

Matt & Kim playing "Spare Change" live @ Danbro Studios:

 

Matt & Kim playing a "Good Old-Fashioned Nightmare" live @ Danbro Studios:

 

Matt & Kim playing a "Daylight" live for the first time @ Music Hall in Williamsburg on January 22nd, 2009:

 

Matt & Kim playing a "Silver Tiles" live @ Music Hall in Williamsburg on January 22nd, 2009:

 

Matt & Kim playing a "Lessons Learned" live @ Hammerstein Ballroom:

 

Matt & Kim playing a "Jesse Jane" live @ AC2:


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