Matt and Kim and the Thermals agree to disagree about punk, last night at the Beaumont Club

Since their viral, naked video in Times Square, Brooklyn’s Matt & Kim has in some ways become more brand than band, making last night’s show at the Beaumont more expo than concert. Beyond the blast of sugar-high, club-punk anthems, the Matt & Kim name streaked across ubiquitous 8-foot-tall billboards, underscored by their sponsor, Shure Microphones. Their cartoonishly cute faces were stamped and stretched out over 50 tornadic stage balloons.