![]() ![]() Despite his fiery onstage guitar pyrotechnics, distinctive vocals, and the unparalleled respect of guitar gods such as Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton, Guy was a nowhere man, without an American record contract for much of the '70s and '80s. 32nd St.Buddy Guy got his start in Baton Rouge during the '50s before heading to Chicago, where he recorded with heavyweights such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Willie Dixon. Make sure you wear your dancing shoes and get ready to leave all your sweat on the floor when you see Matt and Kim do their thing at Crescent Ballroom. The theater kid energy is strong with them, but the songs are good enough that it compensates for it. ![]() ![]() The pair are a two-headed dynamo: Kim thrashing out a dizzying array of beats while Matt dances and sings himself into a sweaty mess. They can cut strong albums (consider 2009’s breakout “Grand,” featuring the inescapable, jaunty-as-fuck hit “Daylight”) but the real Matt and Kim experience is to see them live. The duo of Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino have that kind of FOMO mojo. There’s an intangible energy to their live show, a presence, that you just can’t capture on tape. They can cut good records - sometimes outright classics - but something is always missing. ![]()
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