Stream the Local Natives in full
On Monday, Pitchfork bestowed the coveted designation of “Best New Music” on Los Angeles’ Local Natives, a well-deserved feat for this band I’ve been loving ever since they wooed me last summer with their propulsive melodies, joyful urgency, and clattery Simon & Garfunkel covers in the backyard.
The band just sent me this link for you to stream their whole album, and I think you should. “World News” remains one of the very best things I heard all of last year. Their debut full-length Gorilla Manor came out yesterday on Frenchkiss Records (The Hold Steady, Freelance Whales).
And this should be fun….
LOCAL NATIVES US TOUR
3/18-20 Austin, TX – SXSW (venues to be announced)
4/20 Tucson, AZ – Solar Culture
4/22 Dallas, TX – The Cavern
4/23 Austin, TX – Emo’s Inside
4/24 Houston, TX – Mango’s
4/26 Little Rock, AR – Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack
4/27 Hattiesburg, MS – Thirsty Hippo
4/29 St. Augustine, FL – Cafe 11
4/30 Nashville, TN – The Basement
5/1 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
5/4 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506
5/5 Washington, DC – DC 9
5/6 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
5/7 Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie
5/8 Allston, MA – Great Scott
5/11 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
5/12 Columbus, OH – The Basement
5/14 Chicago, IL – Schubas
5/15 Rock Island, IL – Rock Island Brewing Company
5/17 Minneapolis, MN – 400 Bar
5/18 Iowa City, IA – The Mill
5/19 Columbia, MO – Mojo’s
5/21 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
5/22 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
5/25 Spokane, WA – Empyrean
5/26 Boise, ID – Neurolux
5/27 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
5/28 Vancouver, BC – Media Club
5/30 The Gorge, WA – Sasquatch
6/3 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
Name: Heather Browne
What a great album! Thanks again Heather, I first heard about them on your blog.
I saw them yesterday in Paris, they are absolutely amazing live. There are such an urgency in their voices, lots of drumming, something really intense.. anyway, I lack the vocabulary to describe their music, I’d rather leave it to you
Severine — February 18, 2010 @ 4:07 am
Sasquatch! isn’t in Seattle – it’s in George, WA. I hate how bands refer to the Gorge as a Seattle venue to make it sound bigger and better. The Gorge is as much Spokane as it is Seattle – in fact, I would argue it’s more Spokane and Eastern Washington. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gorge_Amphitheatre
Bart Mihailovich — February 18, 2010 @ 10:01 am
noted, agreed, and updated! i agree, it’s like how every band that plays Shoreline in Mountain View, CA likes to yell things like “hellooooooo San Franciscooooooooooo!”
browneheather — February 18, 2010 @ 10:05 am
Wow – I’m not trying to be picky…. but…. on May 25th, that show is in Spokane, WA – not Spokane, WI
Thanks!
LOVE your blog!
Bart Mihailovich — February 18, 2010 @ 10:44 am
i’ll edit that too. cut and paste from the press release apparently doesn’t always work right
thanks for reading!
browneheather — February 18, 2010 @ 10:47 am
It’s ridiculous how much I love these guys!! They are an absolute must-see live band… shook me to my core. (Plus, they’re pretty cute)
Megan — February 18, 2010 @ 10:28 pm
wow, this is so great that you can put the whole album up for us to listen to, which I am doing right now, and loving it! I’m going to do my best to see them at the Necktie when they swing through Philly.
Kristine — February 24, 2010 @ 6:50 am