EVENTS: “TAKING AIM,” MERCHANTS OF BOLLYWOOD 21 FILM: “HEREAFTER,” “PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2” 28 ART: REVIEW: “PSYCHEDELIC” @ MAG 20 DINING: LE BON VIE OPENS, SPOT RENOVATES
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Steve Greene • Grant Stewart • Thomas Pandolfi • Duck Baker • Hugh Cornwell • John Brown’s Body • and more music, page 10
OCTOBER 27 - NOVEMBER 2, 2010 Free
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Greater Rochester’s Alternative Newsweekly
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Vol 40 No 7
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News. Music. Life.
I don’t know how you can not say this is a crisis.” NEWS, PAGE 5
Paterson kills the messenger. NEWS, PAGE 4
Mario Daniele vs. the eagles’ nest. NEWS, PAGE 6
Dozens of things to do this Halloween. GUIDE, PAGE 18
Best of Rochester voting ends Friday! DETAILS, PAGE 26
INTERVIEW | BY FRANK DE BLASE | PAGE 12 | PHOTO PROVIDED
Matt & Kim: under no influence
Quirky Brooklyn geek duo Matt & Kim — Matt Johnson (keyboards, vocals) and Kim Schifino (drums, vocals) — shun the trappings of standard pop posturing (like, say, a clever name) and head straight for the cookie jar. They call it dance punk. There’s a splash of 80’s new wave along with big, bad beats. The duo started out full-on DIY, booking its own gigs and burning CDs in the van along the way. It has since gone on to bigger situations, like the Siren Music Festival and Lollapalooza. But the indie work ethic remains intact: the group’s second album, “Grand,” was recorded in Matt’s childhood bedroom.
Onstage the band is unselfconsciously energetic, full of unbridled glee. It’s like an inside joke that everyone is in on. This is one of the happiest bands you’ll ever see. Naturally, City was a little suspicious of all that sunshine, so music writer Frank De Blase asked Johnson about it when he called to chat about the group’s upcoming gig at Water Street Music Hall. Check out the edited transcript of the conversation, including Johnson’s scandalous take on 80’s electro pop.