Khaela Maricich

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The Blow

Background information
Origin	Portland, Oregon United States
Genre(s)	Lo-fi Electro
Years active	2001 – present
Label(s)	K Records (US) Tomlab (Europe) Popfrenzy (Australia)
Associated acts	Get the Hell Out of the Way of the Volcano, YACHT, The Microphones, SINGERS
Members
Khaela Maricich

Khaela Maricich is an American pop musician and visual artist based in Portland, Oregon. She records for K Records. 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.^{[citation needed]}

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 simply Khaela Maricich.^{[citation needed]} 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",^{[citation needed]} 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.

In June 2007, Bechtolt decided to leave The Blow to focus on his own band, YACHT. [1]

1 Discography
2 Accolades
3 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] 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)
Poor Aim: Love Songs E.P. (2005, Slender Means Society/States Rights Records)
Paper Television (2006, K Records)

[edit] Singles

Alphabet Series K 7"(2006, Tomlab)
Parentheses 7"(2007, Tomlab)

[edit] 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"
Good Grooming For Girls (2004,Shameless Magazine), "What Tom Said About the Girls"
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"
Joyride: Remixes (2006, K Records), a cover of Mirah's "The Garden"

[edit] Accolades

'Parentheses' Ranked #55 in Pitchfork's "Top 100 Tracks of 2006" [2]
Paper Television Ranked #66 in Idolater 2006 Jackin' Pop Critics Poll "Top Albums" category" [3]
'Parentheses' Ranked #66 in Idolater 2006 Jackin' Pop Critics Poll "Top Tracks" category" [4]