The Blow: Energetic Strategies Tour

MUSIC
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2018
8:00 PM

(Le) Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan

$13 advance; $15 door
https://lpr.com/lpr_events/the-blow-november-8th-2018/

You've got to give The Blow credit:  they haven't allowed their catchy electro-pop to stagnate, but rather have made it more and more abstruse as time has passed.  The same personnel changes that have affected the music -- through which the band ended up including an installation artist/experimental electronic musician -- have led to an emphasis on creating live visual environments in the band's shows, adding a lot of interest.  Not to mention that the two opening acts tonight are well worth seeing in their own right:  compelling-with-a-bullet Haitian/Brooklyn electronic musician Val Jeanty; and Karima Walker, who says her electronic music is influenced by folk -- but she must mean the folk music of Mars.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  I feel a little guilty about it, but I'm sending you to the insanely good but insanely expensive cocktails and raw/barely cooked sea food at Z.Z.'s Clam Bar.