Local Natives
Line-up
Origin
Los Angeles, United States
Genre
Folk, Indiepop, Indierock
Performed at Pukkelpop in
Similar artists
The Besnard Lakes, The Dodos , Field Music , Los Campesinos!, Midlake, Spoon, Yeasayer, Grizzly Bear, Port O'Brien, The Temper Trap, Bombay Bicycle Club, Vampire Weekend, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros , Cymbals eat Guitars , Beach House, Megafaun, Mumford & Sons, Two Door Cinema Club, The Tallest Man On Earth, The Soft Pack, The Drums, Girls, Fleet Foxes, Avi Buffalo, Tame Impala, Fanfarlo, Surfer Blood, Frightened Rabbit, Broken Bells, Bear In Heaven
Biography
Local Natives (formerly cavil at rest) are an indie rock band based in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, USA. Their debut album as Local Natives, "Gorilla Manor", was released in the UK on Nov 2nd, 2009, and saw a US release date of Feb. 16th, 2010. The band's sound has been described as "afropop-influenced guitars with hyperactive drumming and hooky three-part harmonies". They started to attract the attention of the music press after playing nine shows at the 2009 SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. Initial reviews of Local Natives have drawn favourable comparisons to Arcade Fire, Fleet Foxes and Vampire Weekend. http://www.myspace.com/localnatives
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