If you’re a fan of dance-punk in the latest, you’ve no doubt heard of Matt and Kim by now. From some humble beginnings, the Brooklyn-based duo helped re-define the genre and morph it into something completely their own – something infectious, catchy, saccharine, addictive. Relentlessly…happy. (Check out that video below and tell me ya don’t feel at least the urge to crack a smile.) And perhaps even more than any other band, the two have shown how you utilize the Internet as a revolutionary marketing and self-promotion tool : with the help of MySpace and Facebook and a legion of other online social networks, Matt and Kim sprawled from no-name band on a no-name label to industry/AOR giants. Lollapollooza? Been there. Video Games? Too many to count. MTV? Yeah, if it matters anymore. (In case it does, they won breakthrough video at the Video Awards for “Lessons Learned”, off their album Grand.) Endless networking and self-advertising and self-releasing has spread them to the mainstream like a virus; everything from Gossip Girl, to Bacardi commercials, to HBO’s 24/7 and countless network television shows have proven susceptible to the charm and wit they extol. And now that we’ve caught it, we couldn’t help but post their latest single, “Cameras”. It’s from their forthcoming album Sidewalks, due out November 2, 2010.
Matt And Kim North American Tour Dates
Sept 15th Westcott Theater # Syracuse, NY
16th Beachland Ballroom # Cleveland, OH
17th Newport Music Hall # Columbus, OH
18th Majestic Theater # Detroit, MI
19th Metro # Chicago, IL
21st Majestic Theater # Madison, WI
22nd First Ave # Minneapolis, MN
23rd The Granada Theater # Lawrence, KS
24th Ogden Theater # Denver, CO
25th Virgin Mobile FreeFest Columbia, MD
27th The Rickshaw Theater Vancouver, BC
28th Showbox * Seattle, WA
29th Roseland Theater * Portland, OR
30th The Fillmore * San Francisco, CA
Oct 1st House of Blues * San Diego, CA
2nd Music Box at The Henry Fonda Theater * Los Angeles, CA
3rd Music Box at The Henry Fonda Theater * Los Angeles, CA
6th The Clubhouse * Tempe, AZ
8th House of Blues * Dallas, TX
9th Austin City Limits Austin, TX
11th The Lyric Oxford % Oxford, MS
12th House of Blues % New Orleans, LA
13th Club Downunder % Tallahassee, FL
14th Culture Room ! Fort Lauderdale, FL
15th State Theater ! St. Petersburg, FL
16th Masquerade ! Atlanta, GA
17th Exit In ! Nashville, TN
19th Orange Peel ! Asheville, NC
20th Cats Cradle ! Carrboro, NC
21st The Canal Club ! Richmond, VA
22nd 9:30 Club ! Washington, DC
23rd Rams Head Live! ! Baltimore, MD
24th Starlite Ballroom ! Philadelphia, PA
26th Webster Hall ! New York, NY
27th Webster Hall ! New York, NY
28th Water St. Music Hall ! Rochester, NY
29th Phoenix Theater ! Toronto, ON
30th Le National ! Montreal, QC
31st Northern Lights ! Clifton, NY
Nov 2nd Higher Ground ^ Burlington, VT
3rd Port City Music Hall ^ Portland, ME
4th House of Blues ^ Boston, MA
5th Toad’s Place ^ New Haven, CT
6th Pearl Street Nightclub ^ Northampton, MA
# w/ So So Glos
* w/ Fang Island
% w/ Big Freedia
! w/ Donnis
^ w/ Javelin
