Let’s Go and Enjoy Summer with Matt & Kim

Summer is here and it’s time to kick back and enjoy yourself.  Summer is all about relieving the stress you have felt during the year.  Summer is also time to be spontaneous and stepping outside your comfort zone.  But before you get going on awesome summer trips you have to have a good tune to set the summer.  So I only thought it would be appropriate that tonight’s song is Matt & Kim’s Let’s Go. 

As to whether  Let’s Go is their new single that was featured in the Sony’s Xperia ad.  In true Matt & Kim fashion, the song has an upbeat and peppy beat to it.  The whole point of the song was expertly describe in the opening lyrics:

“I was up in my head
for everything I said
quote a million words
they’re all made with lead

In general Matt & Kim is a great band to listen to during the summer.  If you liked this song you might also enjoy

Daylight- Matt & Kim

Block by Block- Matt & Kim

Mates of States

Tonight’s band is an awesome duo from the Heartland.  Mates of States is just the ticket for surviving the arriving winter.  Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel founded this band in December 1997.  From then on their motto has been been play anywhere, at any time.  With their upbeat sound they might just make my winter.  The amount of albums they have made is unknown.  They do have 10 tracks that has manage to catch the eye of Nylon.

My favorite track is Sway.  This song is the most upbeat and quirky song I have heard in a long time.  They remind me alot of Matt and Kim. They have great synths and drums and the vocals go like chocolate and peanut butter.  After a crappy day of work or school just put on the sun and go for a run and maybe you’ll “punching the sky”.  Here is Sway:

Sway- Mates for states