Matt and Kim @ Werkstatt, Köln

So last Saturday Matt & Kim played at the Werkstatt in Cologne.


If you don't know who Matt & Kim are I strongly suggest you go and check them out right now. They are the incarnation of happiness. Watch their amazing video to Yea Yeah, the liberating video to Lesson Learned and the hit Daylight which is featured in a Bacardi commercial!!

They have released two albums, the self titled 'Matt & Kim' and their newest release 'Grand'.


It was my first time seeing them live and it was really amazing. They were supposed to hit the stage at 0:30am, which turned into 0:50am and they played for half an hour. Even though their set was so short (I think it was because of the time line of the club) it was still packed with lots of energy and it was a hell lot of fun. I was standing front and center with the other fans that actually knew them and were able to sing along.
The set list contained songs from both their albums. I can't remember all of the songs but they did play Cutdown, Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare, Cinders, It's A Fact, Yea Yeah, Silver Tiles and the last song was Daylight.

picture by Michael Mitulla

At the end of the half hour show the club was boiling hot and Matt, Kim and the crowd, me included, were dripping sweat. And I mean literally dripping, Matt in particular. Proof:

picture by Michael Mitulla

They left the stage and went right into the audience to talk to people. I got to talk to both of them for a while, told them I follow them on twitter and asked Kim if she got to visit any museums (she had said in a blog she wanted to go to as many museums as possible while in Europe) and she told me she was really bummed because she didn't go to any museums at all because they had been so busy with traveling, setting up and sound checking etc. We agreed that they had to come back to Germany, not just to play shows but to check out some museums too :D They both were really really nice and they signed my CD.


It probably was one of my favorite concerts this year. It was just so amazing, energetic and fun.
If you read reviews about Matt & Kim they almost every time write that Kim is always smiling while drumming. I can confirm this. Her smile is so contagious that it puts you in a good mood just from watching. It doesn't hurt that she is a total cutie too.


Both of them are extremely good looking. Man crush Matt:


They are probably the cutest and most amazing couple in the music industry.



They have 5 songs up for free (including Daylight and Yea Yeah) on their website.
Check them out on MySpace
and on Twitter.