Keep It Goin' Louder. One Person's Response to Pop-Culture & Life Among It,

Last night The Blow’s Khaela Maricich came to Atlanta and played a show at The Drunken Unicorn. She started her set on stage, alone without any special lighting, just tapping the mic for a beat and overlaying her vocals. As everyone piled in to hear her sing, she teased the audience about having never been to Atlanta. She noted that in the time that had elapsed since Paper Television was released The Beatles had put out their entire discography. But Maricich had work to show for the absence. She alluded to working with a celebrity—with hints pointing to Lohan—who she was writing music for before the album was shelved. She performed those songs, as well as classics, but what was most captivating about the performance was how it seemed more like a one woman show than a concert. 

Maricich laid out a performance centered around this celebrity—whose reality was intentionally unverified—finding an identity in this pop music, grappling with whether or not these songs could be hers after without the celebrity to hide behind. She was a captivating story teller, intertwining dance and tech with songs and narrative. The above video is one of these new songs. The shoes she kicks in the air she claims were a gift from the celebrity, an opportunity to walk in someone else shoes, something new she is trying with her songs—attempting to play someone else.

The future single, Make it Up, shows that Maricich can be whomever she wants. 

For a 2007 interview with Maricich by Miranda July, go to: http://www.believermag.com/issues/200706/?read=interview_maricich

Otherwise, check out her upcoming shows: http://theblow.tumblr.com/

(Source: theblow)