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Tonight Soundgarden front man Chris Cornell will be headlining the Wiltern. Fort Worth-bred songwriter, musician and producer T-Bone Burnett is poised to perform for a sold-out crowd at McCabe's Guitar Shop. And, lastly, Fugazi bassist Joe Lally will be gracing the Echo for this week's edition of Part Time Punks. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Troubadour to catch Birmingham-bred folk songstress Maria Taylor (LAist Interview). LAist favorites Whispertown 2000 (LAist Interview, Review, #2) are slated to kick things off.

Tonight Birmingham-bred singer-songwriter Maria Taylor (LAist Interview) will be performing at the Echoplex for 826LA's Tiny Vaudeville. Local indie rock outfit Le Switch are poised to conclude their residency at Spaceland with the Radar Bros. in tow. And, lastly, experimental folk rockers Avi Buffalo will be gracing the Echo with His Orchestra. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Silver Lake Lounge to catch the final night of Local Natives' residency.

In 2005, Maria Taylor received national attention when songs from her first solo album, 11:11, were featured on Grey’s Anatomy. Of course, longtime fans of her music weren’t surprised in the slightest. Over the years she’s become known for her layered songwriting and meltingly beautiful vocals in bands such as Little Red Rocket, Azure Ray and Now It’s Overhead. LAist recently caught up with Taylor at LA Mill in Silver Lake to chat about her next album, the theft of her instruments earlier this year, and her upcoming one-night-only Azure Ray reunion at the Troubadour on Nov. 30.

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Continuing the pursuit of cool musical appearances this summer, we swing our warm lights around to settle on Maria Taylor. She's one half of Azure Ray, whose warm and synth-laced "Burn and Shiver" was one of the nicest discs to come out of 2002. Last month, Taylor released her first solo effort, titled "11:11" (make a wish!) The collection of ten tunes is forty minutes of pulsing, melancholy bliss, above which drifts Taylor's voice, as smooth and quiet as velvet across the rim of a wine glass. Good stuff.