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KahBang 2009: Ida Maria, Ra Ra Riot and Matt & Kim Bring Indie Rock 101 to Small-Town Maine

I have spent the better part of the last 21 summers in the town of Brooklin, Maine. It’s the quintessential small town—complete with a General Store where people order their “usual” sandwich and sit at the counter to gossip about the latest meeting of the Clam Committee—that most people only experience through television shows and movies. Maine is full of towns like this one, towns that seem oddly stuck in time, where everyone knows not only your name, but your business as well, and can remember the business of your deceased relatives for several generations. People still listen to classic-rock...  read more

Matt & Kim Declare "This is our Summer!" With Shows Aplenty

Some things just go together well in the summertime: lemonade and hammocks, team sports and cookouts, and Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino. Yes, the adorably indistinct line between Matt & Kim's music and relationship is perfectly apropos of the season, which is why they're declaring "This is our summer!" and hitting the road in July to sow their infectious marriage of drums and Casio keyboards across North America....  read more

Matt and Kim Storm Charm City

The natives of Charm City know the legendary Ottobar well: a consummately grungy dive bar tucked in the backstreets of Baltimore’s Charles Village neighborhood. If the Hüsker Dü and Talking Heads posters lining the walls don’t give you an idea of the place’s character, a hirsute bartender in his trademark Megadeth t-shirt will slide dirt-cheap rail drinks your way and regale you with stories of the time he snuck into a church late at night and threw empty beer bottles at the apse....  read more