Hooked on Local Natives

A few weeks ago my friend Sam told me to check out a band called Local Natives. I didn’t get around to checking them out til yesterday, and boy am I sorry I waited so long. Their album Gorilla Manor is glorious. It’s organic and lush, with throbbing, spastic percussion and lovely melancholy melodies. The lyrics read like straightforward short stories or diary entries. One of my favorite songs so far is the propulsive and yearning “World News,” which includes the line “You don’t like anything on the radio/ So you fumble around til you land on NPR/ And listen to world news.”
Local Natives played a set for Daytrotter last year. I think they sounded great, so now I am hungry for them to stop by DC on tour.
Local Natives were also recently featured on La Blogotheque so check that Take-Away Show out HERE.
I strongly recommend this band to fans of Fleet Foxes, the Dodos, the Antlers and GOOD MUSIC in general. That should be all of you. Nina out.






