The Blow’s Khaela Maricich is hitting the road this November, embarking on a headlining tour of North America’s Northeast, showcasing a body of new material before heading into the recording studio. Fresh off a spate of festival appearances and tours opening for Vampire Weekend and Jens Lekman, The Blow has been showcasing a new body of song and narrative stage performance that accompanies the music in a large venue format. The New York Times said of The Blow’s new performance at Joe’s Pub in July, “The performance was an elaborate cabaret… They were terrific, the new songs, believable as identity-bending pop… or as deeply felt parody or as chipper performance art.”
The upcoming tour of the Northeast is planned as a workshop, where Maricich can test out and develop performance elements in intimate settings. For the upcoming album and performance cycle, Maricich is working in collaboration with installation and sound artist Melissa Dyne, who augments the live Blow performances and recordings with her expertise in acoustics, light, and spatial phenomena.
THE BLOW
10/23/10 Sat – Brooklyn NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg / Brooklyn Vegan CMJ Showcase *
11/09/10 Tue – Philadelphia PA @ First Unitarian
11/10/10 Wed – Washington DC @ Black Cat
11/11/10 Thu – Akron OH @ Musica
11/12/10 Fri – Columbus OH @ Wexner Center
11/13/10 Sat – Chicago IL @ Empty Bottle
11/14/10 Sun – Bloomington IN @ The Bishop
11/17/10 Wed – Toronto ONT @ Horseshoe
11/18/10 Thu – Montreal QC @ Il Motore
* = w/ The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Screaming Females, Yuck
THE BLOW LINKS:
Artist Page: http://www.khaelamaricich.com
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/theblowus
Read More about The Blow here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/arts/music/12blow.html
Info. on Melissa Dyne: http://melissadyne.com/projects/the-blow/