Amanda Blank
The Metro – Chicago, IL
11/20/2009

Amanda Blank is awesome! Many are familiar with Amanda as the fiery vixen appearing alongside crowd and critical darlings Spankrock, and as part of the Philly-based pop group Sweatheart. Enlisting the help of uber-produers Diplo, Switch and XXXChange, Amanda Blank has made a record that is light years ahead of what anyone could’ve expected based on her guest appearances thus far. Balancing a razor-sharp wit & vocal dexterity with an unmatched stage presence, this is a woman to watch. Her record includes other such as Spank Rock, Santigold, Lykke Li and the Cool Kids.

Amanda came to Chicago Friday night (November 20) and had everyone at the Metro rocking out to her live and eccentric sounds. I love her style, her dancing and her energy. The girl is just plain awesome! She is out of the ordinary and extremely talented.

Many people have good albums but can’t deliver a good show, yet hands down Amanda Blank delivered! She is so exhilarating live, she dances and gets the audience hyped up and even shows some skin. She can sing, rap, and write and did I mention she can dance? She humps quite a lot, but that’s cool we all seemed to enjoy it, well, I did.

I didn’t catch all the songs she preformed from her set, but she did play “Gimmie What You Got”, “A Love Song”, “DJ”, “Might like You Better” and “Make it Take it” She didn’t give a full show because she was opening for Peaches, thus, it was a really short set. We only had a taste of her on Friday night and I think she definitely made the entire audience crave more of her.
If you don’t know who Amanda Blank is… I suggest you look her up. You are missing out on life! I give the show 4 stars, only complaint being it was too short.

http://www.myspace.com/amandablank

Tour Dates:

Nov 20 2009   8:00P     Metro w/ Peaches Chicago, Illinois
Nov 20 2009   8:00P     Metro – Amanda Blank Chicago, Illinois
Nov 21 2009   8:00P     Turner Hall Ballroom w/ Peaches Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nov 21 2009   8:00P     Turner Hall Ballroom – Amanda Blank Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nov 24 2009   8:00P     Showbox Sodo w/ Peaches Seattle, Washington
Nov 24 2009   8:00P    The Showbox – Showbox Sodo Seattle, Washington
Nov 25 2009   8:00P    Commodore Ballroom w/ Peaches Vancouver, British Columbia
Nov 25 2009   8:00P     Commodore Ballroom – Amanda Black Vancouver, British Columbia
Nov 26 2009   8:00P     Wonder Ballroom w/ Peaches Portland, Oregon
Nov 26 2009   8:00P     Wonder Ballroom – Amanda Blank Portland, Oregon
Nov 27 2009   8:00P     The Grand Ballroom @ The Regency Center w/ Peaches San Francisco, California
Nov 27 2009   8:00P     The Grand Ballroom @ Regency San Francisco, California
Nov 28 2009   8:00P     Wiltern w/ Peaches Los Angeles, California
Nov 28 2009   8:00P     Wiltern Theatre – Amanda Blank Los Angeles, California
Dec 30 2009   8:00P      Falls Festival Lorene
Jan 1 2010   8:00P         Field Day Festival Sydney
Jan 7 2010    8:00P        Corner Hotel W/ Major Lazer Melbourne
Jan 9 2010   8:00P        Southbound Festival Perth
Jan 11 2010    8:00P      Sydney Festival Sydney

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