The Blow at the Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (10/15/13)

Setlist Tour Dates 10/17 Denver, CO - Walnut Room# 10/18 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court# 10/19 Nampa, ID - Flying M # 10/20 Portland, OR - Doug Fir * 10/21 Seattle, WA - Neumos * 10/22 Bellingham, WA - Wild Buffalo * 10/23 Vancouver, BC - Electric Owl * 10/25 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill * 10/27 Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room * 10/28 Los Angeles, CA - Eagle Rock *# 10/29 San Diego, CA - Casbah *# 10/30 Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room # 11/01 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves # 11/02 Austin, TX - Red 7 # 11/04 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree # 11/05 Atlanta, GA - The Earl # 11/06 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 # 11/08 Washington DC - Black Cat # 11/09 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian # 11/10 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall # * = w/ Kisses # = w/ Love Inks Read More The Blow The Blow is back, this time, sharing their second single called "From The Future" from their new self-titled LP (coming out October 1st on Kanine Records). Listen to the track via Soundcloud.… Part art, part performance, part music, and overall entertaining; this is typical The Blow performance. The Blow, an electro pop duo of Khaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne, stopped by the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis last night, October 15th, as part of their tour in support of their latest self-titled release. LOVE INKS Opening up was Austin's trio Love Inks. The band started their tour last Friday, October 11th, with the Blow and will continue with the Portland duo until ending in New York in November. Love Inks Setlist Songs from their set were mostly songs from their latest album Generation Club, including "Hearts Up" (a breakup song), "I'm Gone", "Magazine Street", "Secret Tattoo" (a song about teenage lust, inspired by Pamela Des Barres' autobiography I'm With the Band) "Time", "Solar Diary", and their set closer "Outta Sight". Rounding out the rest of their set were from their debut 2011 album E.S.P, including "Can't Be Wrong", "Blackeye", and "Leather Glove". The latter was a song they jokingly wrote for Lady Gaga. As for The Blow, I attend a lot of shows and I can tell you that this was one of the most interesting and entertaining shows I've seen in a while. Not a typical rock show, this is more like a performance art. The duo understood lighting and atmosphere, as they build their show using sound, silence, light, and dark. It became apparent to me that every show was unique, particularly when Khaela does her so-called vocal jams. I didn't see it on their setlist, but I know the first song they started was "From The Future", from their latest self-titled record. Between every song were spoken words, which sort of function like a really long introduction to the song. Although Khaela was the star on stage, "you're only getting half the show if you're not watching Melissa." As expected, many of their songs are from the latest album, including "Invisible", "Like Girls", "Make It Up", and their finale "A Kiss". The new songs sounded really good on record, but it was even better with the variant jams and foggy atmosphere. So be sure to check out The Blow when they come to your city. The Blow's self-titled album is out now on Kanine Records. The Blow at the Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (10/15/13) vu ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ theblow.org ♥ loveinks.com