KHAELA MARICICH

(Redirected from The Blow)

'Khaela Maricich' is a Portland, Oregon-based K Records pop musician, visual artist, and performer. She is a native of Seattle's Queen Anne Hill, lived in Olympia, Washington for a decade, and was recently the artist-in-residence at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. She is formerly of the band The Microphones.
Until 2002, her solo music was known either as "Get the Hell Out of the Way of the Volcano", "Get the Hell Out of the Way of the Wave", or "Khaela Maricich". Since then, she's performed exclusively as "The Blow". From 2004 to 2006, she collaborated with Jona Bechtolt, a programmer and singer with his own one-person band, YACHT.
She has written songs that involve, and sometimes combine, both folk and electronic music. She has toured the United States extensively, performing her monologue-based solo opera, "Blue Sky Versus Night Sky", as well as giving more traditional concerts of dance-party music.
She has held a number of exhibitions of her drawings and illuminated paper sculptures in Seattle, Olympia, and Portland. As of February 2007, she is currently on a world tour to support her new record, ''Paper Television''.
Recently, Jona Bechtolt has decided to leave The Blow to focus on his own band YACHT.

Contents

Discography

Albums

Singles

Compilations

Accolades

External links

Discography

Albums

★ ''Look for It in the Sky, It Will Always Be There'' (2001, Knw-Yr-Own) (released under the artist name "Khaela Maricich")

★ ''Everyday Examples of Humans Facing Straight into the Blow'' (2001, 2004 K Records) (originally self-released under the artist name “Get the Hell Out of the Way of the Volcano")

★ ''Bonus Album'' E.P. (2002, K Records)

★ ''The Concussive Caress, Or, Casey Caught Her Mom Singing Along With the Vacuum'' (2003, K Records)

★ '' E.P. (2005, Slender Means Society/States Rights Records)

★ ''Paper Television'' (2006, K Records)

Singles

★ ''Alphabet Series K'' 7"(2006, Tomlab)

★ ''Parentheses'' 7"(2007, Tomlab)

Compilations

★ ''Yoyo a Go Go'' (1997, Yoyo) A compilation of live performances from various artists at the Yoyo A Gogo music festival. Khaela performs "A Girl in the Sky" with Jenn Kliese.

★ ''Projector'' (1998, Yoyo) Get the Hell Out of the Way of the Volcano "Bagfull of Spiders."

★ ''Remote Wing'' (2001,Knw-Yr-Own), an alternate version of "That Boy Makes me Want Things" from Everyday Examples…, retitled simply "That Boy".

★ ''Shipwreck Day'' (2002,Knw-Yr-Own), a cover of the Little Wings’ "Faith Children".

★ ''Own Zone'' (2004, States Rights Records), remix of “Hey Boy”.

★ ''Invisible Shield'' (2004, K Records), "The Democracy of Small Things"

★ ''Trust in Sirens'' (2005,Kelp Monthly), a cover of Devo's "Snowball"

★ ''2005 PDX Pop Now!'' (2005, PDX Pop), "Pile of Gold"

★ ''Free The Bird'' (2006, Kelp Monthly), "The Sky Opened Wide Like The Tide (Lucky Dragons New Age Power Mix)"

★ ''2006 PDX Pop Now!'' (2006, PDX Pop), "Babay (Eat a Critter, Feel its Wrath)"

★ ''Yeti #4'' (2006, Yeti Publishing), "Get Around"

★ '' (2006, K Records), a cover of Mirah's "The Garden"

Accolades

★ 'Parentheses' Ranked #55 in ''Pitchfork's'' "Top 100 Tracks of 2006" [1]

★ ''Paper Television'' Ranked #66 in Idolater 2006 Jackin' Pop Critics Poll "Top Albums" category" [2]

★ 'Parentheses' Ranked #66 in Idolater 2006 Jackin' Pop Critics Poll "Top Tracks" category" [3]

External links

★ Khaela Maricich's blog

★ The Blow's official site

★ The Blow on MySpace

★ K Records official site

★ Khaela Maricich fansite

★ The Blow interviewed by Plan B Magazine, November 2006

★ Interview on Urban Pollution

★ Australian Radio Station Triple J Interview [4]

★ Interview with Khaela Maricich of the Blow at Lunapark6

★ Interviewed by Miranda July in June/July 2007 issue of The Believer [5]