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Matt and Kim Video and Tour Dates

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Photo by Tod Seelie

Check out Matt & Kim’s new video where the Brooklyn duo get nailed with all food groups while performing the song Yea Yeah.  Matt & Kim were recently named by NY Press Reader’s Poll as The Best Local Band and featured in SOMA, Venus, CMJ, URB and Village Voice.  The debut self-titled Matt and Kim LP (Matt on keys/vox, Kim on drums) was recently released October 24th on IHeart Comix records.  Stream 4 other songs on MySpace.

Matt and Kim and Dates:
December 1 – Mama Engine’s – Daphne, Alabama
December 2 – Green Project Space – New Orleans, Louisiana
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Free Prix Tix

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In the LA area?  The Prix (pronounced “pree” not like a band of assholes) have two shows left for the year, and we are giving away tickets to each show.  Here are the dates:

11/23 – The Prospector, Long Beach, CA

11/25 – The Key Club, West Hollywood, CA (KRQQ Party)

 

We have one pair of tix for each show, so first come/first serve and please specify show date.  Also, check out “It’s All The Way That You Trip” on The Prix MySpace page.

Sufjan Stevens Songs for Christmas Stream

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Welcome to the second (and probably last) installment of: USOUNDS Presents X-mas Music That Does Not Blow.  Fortunately for all of us, Sufjan is also repelled by traditional Christmas music.  Here’s the stream to Songs for Christmas; the album also hits stores today.

Check this shit out:

• Five individually packaged CD EPs
• Five Christmas stickers
• Extensive liner notes and short stories by Sufjan Stevens
• An original Christmas essay by Rick Moody
• An animated music video and comic strip by Tom Eaton
• A Christmas Songbook with lyric sheets and chord charts–so you can sing along too
• An original Christmas Family Portrait painting of Santa Sufjan by Jacques Bredy

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