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So I saw Maria Taylor live a couple nights ago and it was spectacular. I'm not going to bore you with my incessant babbling but basically, she was totally fucking amazing. The songs sounded so much more alive than they do on record. I mean, I love her albums but they're really restrained and calm, even in the most upbeat or loudest moments. Live, though, they were totally rocking. Especially "Xanax" - which was every bit as kickass as I was expecting it to be (it was the song I was most excited to hear based on the performance videos I'd seen of it) - and "Song Beneath the Song" which was the set closer and basically turned into one huge jam session. Her voice also sounded flawless and much more commanding and intense than it usually does in her studio recordings, especially on the songs from 11:11 and on the choruses of "Replay" which she got really into. It wasn't a very long set but I was very impressed. She's got the kind of music that could easily be boring to witness live if the performer doesn't have the charisma and talent to pull it off but she definitely does. And, on a shallow note, she was way pretty in person as well.

The Whispertown 2000 opened and I happen to be a huge fan of theirs, too. Their set included stellar renditions of "Ebb and Flow" and "Erase the Lines" which made me very happy as they are by far my two favorite songs on their newest album. They also played two new songs which sounded very, very good. For their finale, they were joined onstage by Maria's band (minus Maria herself sadly) for "From the Start/Jamboree" which was tons of fun and rocked on every level. Morgan and Vanesa's harmonizing was perfection and they were both almost too adorable to handle. The funny thing is, Maria and Morgan's voices couldn't be more different stylistically - Maria's is so smooth and soft and soothing while Morgan's is much more rough and wild and takes a bit of getting used to but they both sounded absolutely spot-on and their two sets actually complimented each other very well. It was all so good.

Pretty much, yes, I'm just using this opportunity to post more music by both of them because I love them so. And also I may be using it to brag just a little bit. If you really want to read my random musings about Maria's stage banter and how sexy I thought everyone was, see here (because all the cool kids have two Livejournals, don't you know?).





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