Matt & Kim

Matt and Kim
Matt and Kim at Hangout Music Festival, Gulf Shores, Alabama on Saturday, May 17, 2014
Background information
Origin	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres	Indie pop, dance-pop, indie rock
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Fader Label Harvest Records
Website	www.mattandkimmusic.com
Members	Matt Johnson Kim Schifino

Matt and Kim (sometimes stylized Matt & Kim) are an American indie electronic duo from Brooklyn, New York. The group formed in 2004 and consists of Matt Johnson (vocals/keyboards) and Kim Schifino (drums). The duo is known for its upbeat dance music and energetic live shows which often incorporate samples from other artists. Although they started their career playing shows in lofts and other close-quarters venues, they have since performed at numerous festivals, including Bonnaroo, Coachella, and the Firefly Music Festival.

Since they started performing together in 2004, they have released 5 studio albums. Their 2009 album Grand featured the lead single "Daylight," which was certified gold by the RIAA. The music video for "Lessons Learned," another song on Grand, featured the duo stripping naked in New York's Times Square and won the Breakthrough Video Award at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Their fifth studio album, New Glow, was released in April 2015 by Harvest Records in the United States and Virgin EMI Records internationally.

Matt Johnson is originally from Whitingham, Vermont while Kim Schifino is originally from Providence, Rhode Island. They met while studying at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute. Schifino studied illustration and graduated in 2002, while Johnson studied film and graduated in 2004. The two began dating and moved in together after 3 months. After graduation, Johnson began learning to play keyboards and Schifino learned drums. Neither had had extensive experience with their instruments prior to this. Despite their inexperience, they were urged to play live shows by fellow Pratt alumni from the band, Japanther. Their early shows were primarily played at houses and lofts in the Brooklyn area, but they soon branched out and began touring across the nation. In 2005, they released an EP entitled, To and From, which was the their first collection of music committed to an album of any kind.