{"id":709,"date":"2015-03-29T20:52:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T01:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/culturated.com\/?p=709"},"modified":"2015-03-30T19:03:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T00:03:41","slug":"indie-dance-duo-matt-and-kim-back-with-new-glow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturated.com\/indie-dance-duo-matt-and-kim-back-with-new-glow\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie Dance Duo Matt and Kim Back with New Glow"},"content":{"rendered":"

With little-to-no radio airplay over the years, the hard-to-define indie-rock duo Matt and Kim<\/a><\/strong> have managed to get their music out to the masses in just about every\u00a0way imaginable.<\/p>\n

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Their songs have been played on\u00a0TV shows (The Mindy Project<\/em>, Community<\/em>, etc.), in commercials (Bacardi, Buick, Mars) and video games (NBA Live<\/em>, The Sims<\/em>). But the band in perhaps best known for\u00a0their phenomenal live shows, playing everywhere from dingy basement clubs to Bonnaroo.<\/p>\n

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A decade into their career, singer\/keyboardist Matt Johnson and drummer Kim Schifino are about to release their fifth record, New Glow<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, which is crammed with 10 impossibly infectious dance-pop songs that are certain to appease fans of the group. Schifino was kind enough to talk with Culturated a bit about the new record, playing together for a decade and what\u2019s next for Matt and Kim<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Matt Miller<\/p><\/div>\n

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You just hit your decade milestone, celebrating being together for 10 years. What has changed the most for you two over that time?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We no longer live in an 8-foot wide apartment! HA! I will say that, in the past 10 years, our shows have grown, we’ve played amazing festivals and overall done some crazy shit. The nice thing is that everything has grown at a steady rate, which makes every new experience exciting. We have never felt like we were going backwards.<\/p>\n

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Has the way you record and release albums and tour changed much since your first record?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have recorded in studios and we have recorded ourselves. It seems like it switches with every album. Our self-titled album was recorded in a studio. We did Grand<\/em><\/a> ourselves in Matt’s childhood bedroom in Vermont. That was followed up by Sidewalks<\/em><\/a> being done in a studio with a producer. We then went back to recording ourselves for Lightning<\/em><\/a>. That was done in our old Grand Street apartment. right before we moved out. I am still shocked that the neighbors didn’t kill us. With New Glow<\/em> we did a lot of writing at our home studio, and then went in with a few different producers. We really enjoyed recording New Glow,<\/em> so maybe the next album will be like that. Who knows: Maybe we won’t focus on albums anymore and just do singles.<\/p>\n

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