Boy, are they ever! Matt and Kim are an undeniably energetic drums (Kim) and keys (Matt) duo from Brooklyn that play super tight, and super happy, toe tapping tunes. This band is fun. They remind me of England's Electric Light Orchestra (you know, they sang that one song used in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) meets their contemporaries, Parts and Labor and The Thermals.

Think of their songs as the soundtrack to slow motion summer montage; grinning guys and gals engaged in silly horseplay... a water fight, maybe, full of giggles and romps through sprinklers. Or something like that. This band will leave you feeling good and rocked.

Matt & Kim play The Smell, on Thursday, May 31st, and The Echo, on Friday, June 1st.