Success has come quickly to the Los Angeles-based indie rock band the Local Natives, but not as quickly as it may seem at first glance. Although the band released its debut album, Gorilla Manor, on ...

Local NativesAround this time last spring, the NPR Music staff sat around talking about bands we wanted to book for our daytime party at South by Southwest 2010. Those discussions get fairly heated: ...

Last year, Local Natives battered SXSW with nine shows in three days, ultimately leading to a record deal in the U.K., followed by a tour. This year, the L.A. five-piece is gaining traction stateside, ...

Local Natives released a few one-off tracks in 2022 -- last July's "Desert Snow" and "Hourglass" and October's "Just Before The Morning." Now, the SoCal indie-rock staples have announced their fifth ...

I found an old digital 8-track recorder I used in when I first started writing songs in high school. The first song that I recorded on there that had three-part harmony was an absolute ripoff of ...

The music boasts soaring, sky-scraping harmonies, complex absorbing melodies, and throbbing beats that lovingly bash their way into your soul. It’s big music, but with an intimacy that draws you close ...

Few bands arrived with as much hype and fanfare as Local Natives. The Southern California group’s debut album, “Gorilla Manor” — featuring gorgeous multipart vocal harmonies, shimmering guitars and ...

In the photograph on the cover of Local Natives' latest album, 2013's Hummingbird, a man is struggling to get out of a precarious position. With his legs dangling over an apparently endless abyss, it ...

Local Natives came through last year with their first album since 2019, Time Will Wait For No One. They're quickly following it up with a companion LP titled But I'll Wait For You. (See what they did ...