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Tonight In Rock: Maria Taylor, Local Natives, Le Switch, Avi Buffalo

Local Natives will be playing tonight at the Silver Lake Lounge | Picture via Local Natives' Myspace
Our Pick: Local Natives, Voxhaul Broadcast, Union Line, Love Grenades, You Me and Iowa @ The Silver Lake Lounge (Free!)
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.
Local Natives - "Airplanes"
826LA & Echo Presents: Tiny Vaudeville w/ Maria Taylor, Jeremy Konner and his Melodious Cutlery, Laraine Newman, Eddie Pepitone, Bhama Roget, Lauren Rogers @ Echoplex
Local Natives, Voxhaul Broadcast, Union Line, Love Grenades, You Me and Iowa @ The Silver Lake Lounge (Free!)
Le Switch, Andy Clockwise, The Faraway Places, Radar Bros. @ Spaceland
The Holloys, Avi Buffalo, Underground Radio to Candyland, His Orchestra @ The Echo (Free!)
Alexis Gideon, Shelley Short, Mycroft Holmes, Paleo @ Pehrspace
Esperanza Spalding @ Amoeba Music (Early Show; 7PM)
Amie Miriello, David Hodges, Brandon Rogers @ Molly Malone's Irish Pub
Tamarama @ Les Deux
d.v.s. @ The Terrace
Jake La Botz @ Redwood Bar & Grill
Heartthrob @ House of Blues Sunset
Adelitas Way @ The Viper Room
Steel Panther @ Key Club
SBK, Minyan, Automatic Music Explosion, Fat City Reprise, Flexx Bronco @ The Roxy
Shades of Day, The Northstar Session, Kevin Kanner Quintet, J-Logic @ The Mint (Free after 9 PM!)
Joel Eckels, Dawn Mitschele, Paulie Pesh, Joe Greene @ Room 5
Jason Damato @ Genghis Cohen
Kristin Chenoweth @ The Ralph Freud Playhouse
Uberzone, Simply Jeff, Eva Kim @ Nacional
Free Moral Agents, Deep Sea Diver, Blank Blue @ Detroit Bar
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