NIK FREITAS @ echoplex

Maria Taylor

In ten songs (the eleventh is more a late-coming interlude than a song — it unspools a child’s sing-songy tribute to “Lynn Flower”), Taylor lays out tales of sadness, self-doubt and elusive love that seem hand-dunked in humanity — see “My Own Fault” and “Smile and Wave” for the best examples. Throughout, a cutback on shimmery electronic effects results in a lived-in sound; there’s a shabby chic-ness to these songs, and also a believability. Taylor’s voice is part Elizabeth Mitchell and part Sarah McLachlan, minus the syrup. Like the name “Lynn Teeter Flower,” it issues from somewhere plain and true and captivates fully. – Allmusic

with:
Johnathan Rice || Listen
Nik Freitas || Listen

Maria Taylor’s van was broken into in San Francisco the other night and almost everything was stolen.
Guitars, basses, equipment, suitcases full of clothes and merchandise are all gone.
Tonight’s show at the Echoplex is the last night of her six-week tour of the U.S. with Johnathan Rice and Nik Freitas.
Johnathan and Nik have decided that tonight’s show should be a benefit to help Maria and her band recoup some of the many thousands of dollars that they lost in this tragedy.
Please, come out and show your support for Maria in her new adopted hometown of LA.
All donations will be given to Maria.
It’s been a rough summer for bands out there with gas prices being what they are, and these kids could really use your help.

Not to mention the show is gonna be fuckin’ sweet.

@ Echoplex
enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

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