Mar 25, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Local Natives have announced a new album, But I’ll Wait For You, and shared its first single, “April,” via a music video. More

Jul 07, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Local Natives have released a new album, Time Will Wait For No One, today via Loma Vista. More

Jun 28, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Local Natives are releasing a new album, Time Will Wait For No One. Now they have shared another song from it, “Paradise,” via a music video. More

Jun 22, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Local Natives have announced some in-store performances at three Southern California record stores and shared a live performance video for the album’s recent single, “NYE.” More

May 12, 2023 By Mark Redfern (with Caleb Campbell)

Welcome to the 17th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week we had an obvious #1, a clear highlight to top the list. But there were plenty of other solid tracks too, including three from newly announced albums. More

May 09, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Local Natives have announced a new album, Time Will Wait For No One, and shared a new song from it, “NYE,” via an amusing music video. They have also announced some new tour dates. More

Oct 13, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Jaws of Love. (aka Kelcey Ayer, vocalist/instrumentalist for indie rock band Local Natives) has shared a video for his new single “Rainbow Baby.” It is the latest release from his forthcoming solo album, Second Life, which will be out on November 11. More

Oct 12, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Local Natives have shared a video for their new single, “Just Before the Morning.” It is out now via Loma Vista. More

Sep 19, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Jaws of Love. (aka Kelcey Ayer, vocalist/instrumentalist for indie rock band Local Natives) has announced the release of a new solo album, Second Life, which will be out on November 11. Ayer has also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “5 Years.” More

Jul 22, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 28th Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a weak week for new tracks. Don’t get us wrong, we stand behind all the songs that made this week’s main list, there just wasn’t a plethora of other tracks to choose from. More

Jul 22, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Local Natives have shared a new double single featuring the songs “Desert Snow” and “Hourglass.” It is the band’s first release of new music in two years, and it is out now via Loma Vista. More

May 05, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Jaws of Love. (aka Kelcey Ayer, vocalist/instrumentalist for indie rock band Local Natives) has announced the release of a new EP, Patricia, which will be out on May 27 via Chewing Inc. Ayer has shared a lyric video for the EP’s title track, as well as announcing a string of upcoming tour dates. More

Nov 22, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Local Natives have shared a new EP consisting of soft rock covers which they performed on an episode of the Apple TV+ series The Shrink Next Door. The EP, entitled Music From the Pen Gala 1983, includes covers of songs by Roxy Music, Michael McDonald, 10cc, and Gerry Rafferty. It is out now via Loma Vista. More

Jun 30, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Manchester Orchestra released a new album, The Million Masks of God, in April via Loma Vista. Now they have shared a remix of the album’s “Bed Head” by Local Natives, which takes the song in a more danceable direction. More

Apr 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, which is out now nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere) and available to buy directly from us here. The issue features Japanese Breakfast and HAIM on the two covers and is another edition of The Protest Issue, which examines the intersection of music and politics and features musicians photographed with protest signs of their own making. More

Jan 19, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Local Natives and Sharon Van Etten were the musical guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night, where they performed their collaborative song “Lemon,” taken from Local Natives’ Sour Lemon EP, released back in October. They performed remotely in what seems to be the hills overlooking Los Angeles. More

Dec 03, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Los Angeles indie rockers Local Natives and LA electronic duo Classixx have teamed up for a new song, “Francesca.” More

Nov 20, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 43rd Songs of the Week of 2020. Whereas last week’s Songs of the Week covered three weeks’ worth of songs, this week we’re back to just covering the last seven days. More

Nov 20, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Los Angeles indie rockers Local Natives and LA electronic duo Classixx have teamed up for a new song, “Weekends.” More

Nov 19, 2020 By Joey Arnone

Kelcey Ayer, vocalist/instrumentalist for indie rock band Local Natives, has shared a new song under his Jaws of Love. moniker titled “m&m.” More

Oct 16, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Local Natives have announced a new EP, Sour Lemon, and shared a new song from it, “Lemon,” which features guest vocals from Sharon Van Etten. There’s also a video for the song that also features Van Etten. Plus the band have announced a livestream concert and the band’s Nik Ewing has launched his own label. More

May 06, 2020 By Stephen Axeman

Brooklyn-based electronic duo Overcoats have shared Local Natives’ remix of their track “Fire and Fury,” off of their recently released sophomore album The Fight, available now via Loma Vista Recordings, and we are pleased to premiere it. More

Apr 29, 2020 By Laura Studarus

Welcome to Why Not Both Wednesdays. Every week, in partnership with the Why Not Both podcast, we’ll be presenting new podcast episodes that explore how multiple passions inform the inspiring lives of musicians, writers, actors, and creatives. This week, Local Natives on the wild world of music, art, and the Los Angeles cyclist scene. More

Apr 15, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Foals and Local Natives were due to go out on a co-headlining North American tour this May and June, but they’ve now cancelled the whole thing (rather than postponing it) due to COVID-19. As a thank-you to disappointed fans, the two bands have traded remixes and made them available as free downloads. More

Nov 20, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The National have announced the lineup to their 2020 Homecoming festival and that they will be performing their 2010 album High Violet in its entirety both nights of the festival. More

Nov 15, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Local Natives released a new album, Violet Street, back in April via Loma Vista. Now they have shared a brand new song, “Nova,” via a lyric video for the track. It was recorded during the sessions for Violet Street with that album’s producer Shawn Everett and according to a press release “the song was originally edited to sync up with two unexpected visuals: Interstellar and Playboi Carti’s music video for ‘Location.’” More

Nov 11, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Foals have announced some new 2020 North American tour dates. Some of them will be co-headlining dates with Local Natives and most will feature support from Cherry Glazerr. More

Sep 27, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the My Favorite Album Issue, our new print issue in which we speak to musicians and actors about their all-time favorite album. The issue features Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the two covers and is available to buy directly from us here, as well as being distributed in stores nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere). More

Apr 26, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Local Natives have released a new album, Violet Street, today via Loma Vista. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

Apr 25, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Local Natives are releasing a new album, Violet Street, tomorrow (April 26) via Loma Vista. This week they have shared one last song from the album, “Megaton Mile.” Listen below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates. More

Apr 12, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We were a bit indecisive this week. There were lots of new tracks to sort through and lots of good ones, but none that immediately screamed #1 Song of the Week. But then we realized there was actually a clear winner after-all. More

Apr 11, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Local Natives are releasing a new album, Violet Street, on April 26 via Loma Vista. Now they have shared another song from the album, closing track “Tap Dancer,” via a video that was shot in one-take and features an amazing performance by contemporary choreographer/dancer Micaela Taylor. More

Mar 08, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

We’ve got another supersized Songs of the Week this week, with a Top 12 instead of the regular Top 10. Like last week we could’ve gotten it down to 10, but it felt wrong to leave out the bottom two. It was a near tie for the top two songs this week. More

Mar 08, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Local Natives have announced a new album, Violet Street, and shared a video for a new song from it, “When Am I Gonna Lose You.” The video stars actress Kate Mara (The Martian, Megan Leavey). The album also features “Café Amarillo,” another new song that they shared yesterday via a video for it. More

Mar 07, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Local Natives have shared a video for a brand new song “Café Amarillo.” Van Alpert directed the video, which features visuals by Public-Library and includes the band performing the song in the desert. More

Mar 01, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 65, which is out now nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere) and available to buy directly from us here. The issue features Mitski on the front cover and boygenius (Julien Baker + Phoebe Bridgers + Lucy Dacus) on the back cover. More

Dec 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Chewing is the solo project of Local Natives’ Nik Ewing. He has announced a new album where he covers Dennis Wilson’s 1977 classic Pacific Ocean Blue in its entirety as part of Turntable Kitchen’s Sounds Delicious Series. He has shared two tracks from it: “River Song” (which features the rest of Local Natives) and Moonshine (which features Cults). More

Mar 28, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Spring 2018 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine apps Readly and Zinio. The print version has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. The issue features Courtney Barnett on the cover. More

Jan 29, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Local Natives released their second album, Hummingbird, on January 29, 2013 via Frenchkiss. In honor of its fifth anniversary the band have shared an 8-minute demo version of the album’s “Colombia” (the album version is 4:50). More

Aug 07, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Kelcey Ayer (Local Natives vocalist, pianist, and one of the band’s primary songwriters) is releasing his debut solo album under the name Jaws of Love. (the period at the end of the name is intentional), Tasha Sits Close to the Piano, on September 22 via House Arrest. More

Jul 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Kelcey Ayer (Local Natives vocalist, pianist, and one of the band’s primary songwriters) has announced his debut solo album under the name Jaws of Love. (the period at the end of the name is intentional) and shared the project’s first single, also titled “Jaws of Love.” More

Jun 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Amnesty International and Sofar Sounds have organized a series of concerts in houses to raise awareness for the refugee crisis. More

May 19, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Local Natives released their third album, Sunlit Youth, last September via Loma Vista and Infectious Music. Now the band has shared a new song, “The Only Heirs.” It features Nico Segal, who used to go under the name Donnie Trumpet. More

Mar 08, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Local Natives released their third album, Sunlit Youth, last September via Loma Vista and Infectious Music. Now the band has shared a video of Sunlit Youth track “Dark Days.” The song features guest vocals from Nina Persson of The Cardigans and A Camp. More

Dec 14, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Local Natives released their third album, Sunlit Youth, back in September via Loma Vista and Infectious Music. Now the band has shared a remix of Sunlit Youth track “Dark Days” by Los Angeles-based electronic duo Classixx. More

Dec 13, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Death Cab for Cutie‘s Ben Gibbard is set to cover Teenage Fanclub‘s 1991 album Teenage Fanclub’s Bandwagonesque in its entirety. It will be released on limited edition vinyl (with a download card) as part of Turntable Kitchen’s Sounds Delicious vinyl subscription series. More

Sep 09, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our 2016 Protest Issue (out September, October, and into November), which is out now both digitally and on newsstands. We’ve done a Protest Issue every U.S. Presidential election year since 2004 and as before this issue features articles examining the intersection of music and politics and photo shoots with musicians holding protest signs of their own making. Then in mid-October we will be launching our charity Protest Auction, in which we auction off all the protest signs in the issue, with all profits going to the American Cancer Society. More

Sep 08, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Local Natives are releasing their third album, Sunlit Youth, tomorrow (Friday, September 9) via Loma Vista and Infectious Music. More

Aug 26, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Local Natives are releasing their third album, Sunlit Youth, on September 9 via Loma Vista and Infectious Music. Previously the band had shared “Past Lives” and lyric videos for “Villainy” and “Fountains of Youth.” More

Jul 28, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Local Natives are releasing their third album, Sunlit Youth, on September 9 via Loma Vista and Infectious Music. Previously the band had shared “Past Lives” and lyric videos for “Villainy” and “Fountains of Youth.” More

Jul 07, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Local Natives are releasing their third album, Sunlit Youth, on September 9 via Loma Vista and Infectious Music. Previously the band had shared “Past Lives” and a lyric video for “Villainy.” Now the California band has shared another song from the album, “Fountains of Youth,” via its lyric video. More

Jun 07, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Local Natives have officially announced their new album, Sunlit Youth, and shared a lyric video for single “Villainy.” They have also announced some tour dates. Sunlit Youth is due out September 9 via Loma Vista and Infectious Music. Below are the lyric video, tracklist, tour dates, and album cover. More

Jun 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

It’s been three years since Local Natives released their last album, 2013’s sophomore effort Hummingbird. But back in April the Los Angeles band shared a brand new song, the driving, anthemic, and festival-ready “Past Lives.” More

May 05, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Austin City Limits have announced the lineup of their 2016 festival, in which they will celebrate their 15th anniversary. Highlights include Radiohead, M83, HAIM, LCD Soundsystem, Foals, Kendrick Lamar, Mumford and Sons, Andrew Bird, Local Natives, Conor Oberst, Chairlift, Flying Lotus, Caveman, Marlon Williams, Willie Nelson, Band of Horses, Major Lazer, Frightened Rabbit, and more. More

Apr 29, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

It’s been three years since Local Natives released their last album, 2013’s sophomore effort Hummingbird. Now they have shared a brand new song, the driving, anthemic, and festival-ready “Past Lives.” More

Aug 10, 2014 By Wendy Redfern

Check out photos from Day TWO of the Outside Lands, held in the historic Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA on August 9, 2014. We sent photographer Robert Redfield down to capture the action. Click here to view the full gallery.

Apr 23, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Last year, Local Natives released their sophomore album Hummingbird. Here’s the No-Face remix of album track “Bowery.” More

Jan 29, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Local Natives released their sophomore album Hummingbird a year ago. (Seems just like yesterday, doesn’t it?) In honor of the occasion, the Los Angeles band has made has made all the stems from the album available for free. More

Dec 09, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Continuing to support the heck out their sophomore album Hummingbird, Local Natives have announced plans for lengthy new set of tour dates in 2014. More

Sep 20, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Los Angeles four-piece Local Natives has premiered a new music video for their latest Hummingbird single “Ceilings.” More

Sep 11, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Still on the road supporting their sophomore album Hummingbird released earlier this year, California’s Local Natives stopped by the set of Conan where they performed their latest single “Ceilings.” More

Jun 18, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Local Natives have premiered an oddly touching music video for their Hummingbird track “You & I.” More

Jun 05, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Last night Local Natives made a stop by the Ed Sullivan Theater appearing as the musical guest on The Late Show with David Letterman. More

May 14, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Releasing their sophomore album Hummingbird to critical acclaim earlier this year year, Local Natives has announced plans for a massive, multinational tour that will take place throughout the rest of 2013. More

Apr 11, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Hey Los Angeles, in the mood for a treasure hunt? More

Feb 12, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Given the subtitle “The Ecstatic Flight of the Llandow Visually Impaired Harriers,” Local Natives have premiered a strange and moving music video for their Hummingbird single “Heavy Feet.” More

Feb 06, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Yesterday Local Natives stopped by the set of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon where they served up the standout single “Heavy Feet” from their recently released sophomore album Hummingbird. More

Jan 22, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

A week away from releasing their sophomore LP Hummingbird, L.A. ensemble Local Natives have have posted the entire thing to stream online. More

Jan 11, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Creeping ever closer to the January 29 release date of sophomore album Hummingbird, Local Natives recently stopped by Los Angeles radio station, KCRW. More

Jan 03, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Yesterday, Local Natives gave us a taste of their new track “Heavy Feet” via a live video filmed by KCRW. Now you can listen to the melodic studio version. More

Jan 02, 2013 By Laura Studarus

On January 11, Local Natives will be featured on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic. More

Dec 06, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

On Jan. 29 Local Natives will release their much-anticipated sophomore album Hummingbird. More

Nov 30, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Earlier this morning Local Natives stopped into the studio of BBC Radio 6 Music to talk about their upcoming sophomore album Hummingbird. More

Nov 27, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Leading up to the arrival of their sophomore album Hummingbird, Local Natives have debuted a music video for the record’s lead single “Breakers.” More

Oct 25, 2012 By Christopher Roberts

Here’s a new playlist we’ve made over at Rdio featuring some of the tracks that have been in heavy rotation in the Under the Radar offices of late. Some are artists interviewed in our last two issues, others might be interviewed in future issues, and the rest are just songs we’re really into. More

Oct 18, 2012 By Laura Studarus

It’s been a banner day for Local Natives. More

Oct 18, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Los Angeles’ darlings Local Natives are currently taking on CMJ (with what feels like the rest of the music world). Last night, at a Bowery Ballroom showcase, the band played three cuts from their forthcoming sophomore album Hummingbird. More

Oct 19, 2011 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the release of the indie music and entertainment print magazine’s 10th Anniversary Issue which hits newsstands next week. The extra-sized 10th Anniversary Issue features cover artists Joanna Newsom and Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold together in an exclusive photo shoot and joint interview. Exclusive video taken during the cover shoot of Robin Pecknold and Joanna Newsom arm wrestling can be found here. More

Feb 25, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

In the last couple of weeks, we’ve added a ton of classic interviews with both musicians and comedians to our archives. These are articles that ran in our print magazine, but are debuting on our website for the first time. This includes our Joanna Newsom cover story from last year, as well as interviews with Florence and the Machine, Fred Armisen, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Pavement, Local Natives, and others. More

Feb 25, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Local Natives seem to be everywhere lately (Paris, hanging with Arcade Fire, playing late night). That list now includes NPR, where the Los Angeles quintet stopped by for a Tiny Desk Concert. More

Feb 19, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

Fresh off their Grammy win for Album of the Year—which nearly caused a Twitter meltdown as a result of angry and/or confused tweeters—Arcade Fire is heading on the road for a full U.S. tour. More

Feb 08, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Performing a stripped down version of their song “Who Knows, Who Cares” off their 2010 debut Gorilla Manor, L.A.‘s Local Natives recently found themselves playing along the streets of Paris for an installment of “The Take Away Show.” More

Jan 05, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Last night, Local Natives lit up the stage at Late Night With Jimmy Fallon with “Wide Eyes,” another harmony-filled cut from last year’s stand out debut, Gorilla Manor. We have the video More

Dec 09, 2010 By Laura Studarus

While Los Angeles’ harmony-makers Local Natives are preparing to go back into the studio and bust out their next album, they aren’t leaving the scene without giving their fans one more gift. A chance to remix their album. More

Oct 06, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Local Natives have great harmonies. Here We Go Magic crafts great, dreamy productions. Put them together and what do you get? Here We Go Magic’s remix of Local Natives stand-out track, “Sun Hands.” We have the track.

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Sep 30, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Los Angeles band Local Natives traffic in breathtaking harmonies and—if new video for “Wide Eyes” is any indication—possess a wicked sense of humor. We have the clip. More

Jul 29, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar‘s Summer 2010 issue is a special issue we’re calling the Wasted on the Youth Issue. The basic idea of the issue was to talk to musicians and actors about various facets of their childhood/teenage years, from their first favorite bands/concerts to childhood memories to movies/TV shows of their youth, etc. We were interested in talking to musicians and actors about some of their earliest memories and their childhood passions. Many of the articles include childhood or teenage photos of the musicians interviewed. We have the full details on the issue that includes these artists: The National, The Antlers, Fred Armisen, Camera Obscura, Judah Friedlander, Fucked Up vs. Devo, Here We Go Magic, Jim James, Jónsi, Kele, The Kids in the Hall, Liars, Local Natives, Menomena, Chloë Grace Moretz, Elisabeth Moss, Portishead, Robert Rodriguez, School of Seven Bells, Tegan and Sara, Russell Tovey, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Edgar Wright, and many more! More

Jul 21, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Los Angeles’ Local Natives haven’t seen much of their home turf lately. Instead, the quintet has been touring heavily in support of debut album Gorilla Manor. And jugging by the recently expanded tour dates, they’ll be unlikely to head home anytime soon.

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Jun 18, 2010 By Laura Studarus

The Love Language’s debut album isn’t already out yet, (you’ve got to wait until July 13th for that), but they’re already plotting their next tour, most of which sees them opening for Local Natives. We have the dates. More

Jun 16, 2010 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Last weekend (June 11th - 13th), Bonnaroo was the place to be with performances from She & Him, The National, Local Natives, Fanfarlo, The Dodos, Here We Go Magic, Phoenix, Mumford & Sons, Conan O’Brien, Dr. Dog, The Dead Weather, Steve Martin, The Flaming Lips, The Dead Weather, Local Natives, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and many more. We sent photographer Matt Jones down to cover the action. Check out the full galleries of each day. More

May 18, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Festival fans rejoice, the lineup for 2010’s Austin City Limits has been announced. Lineup includes Muse, Flaming Lips, LCD Soundsystem, Spoon, and Vampire Weekend, among others. We have the full details. More

May 10, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Local Natives have released a video for “World News,” the latest single to be taken from their debut album, Gorilla Manor. In the clip the band has an oxygen-tank fueled beach picnic/party with bikini-clad friends, while a fake band fronted by a young boy mimes along to the song. More

May 07, 2010 By Michele Yamamoto

For the past couple weeks, our writers (namely Laura Studarus, Frank Valish, and Hays Davis) have been working hard to bring you website-exclusive interviews. We’ve posted a total of 12 interviews since late April, 10 of which were conducted at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. Making it easy to keep up, we’ve complied an alphabetical list of our most recent interviews. Find links to our interviews with Doves, Jónsi, Vampire Weekend, Beach House, Camera Obscura, Phoenix, Matt and Kim, Florence and the Machine, Local Natives, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Big Pink, and more. More

May 07, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

LA indie-rock fivesome Local Natives unfurled the tumbling harmonies of “Airplanes” last night. The performance of the Gorilla Manor single was their late-night TV debut over at the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Be sure to read our recent interview with the Cali answer to Grizzly Bear at Coachella. We have the video of their Ferguson appearance. More

May 05, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Former Under the Radar “Pleased to Meet You” artists Local Natives have been busy. No longer Los Angeles’ little secret, since the release of harmony-filled debut album Gorilla Manor, the quintet has been constantly touring, both at home and abroad. More

May 03, 2010 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Local Natives and Suckers played Cafe 11 in Saint Augustine, FL on April 29, 2010. Photographer Matt Jones was there to capture the action. Check out the full gallery of photos from the Local Natives and Suckers show here. More

Apr 20, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Day three of Coachella 2010 more than made up for a lackluster day two, with set after set of strong artists and ending with perhaps the three best performances of the whole festival, all in a row: Pavement, Thom Yorke, and Gorillaz. It would have been nice if the wealth of great artists had been spread out a little bit more over the three days, but then again, Sunday wouldn’t have been so strong if they had scheduled it that way. Here’s what I saw on the last day of Coachella: Local Natives, Owen Pallett, Mayer Hawthorne, Deerhunter, Florence and the Machine, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonsi, Spoon, Phoenix, Pavement, Thom Yorke, and Gorillaz. More

Mar 21, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Staff photographer and Under the Radar‘s Co-Publisher/Co-Founder, Wendy Lynch Redfern, was down in Austin, Texas for SXSW 2010. Check out a gallery of her photos from the second day of the music portion of SXSW 2010. The gallery includes photos of She & Him, Broken Social Scene, Local Natives, and The Besnard Lakes. More

Mar 21, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Day two of SXSW was a bit challenging, considering the lack of sleep we’d gotten the night before. Seeing a show at 1 a.m. is all well and good if you don’t have to wake up early the next morning to write about it or conduct other business. We weren’t able to attend any day parties on the second day of SXSW music 2010, due to two photo-shoots we were conducting, including one at the way too early hour of 10 a.m. (well, early for SXSW). But that night we were able to catch sets from two Canadian bands (including one collective who’s seemingly no longer broken), some Los Angeles natives, and a camera shy actress/singer. More

Mar 19, 2019 By Mark Redfern

For Under the Radar‘s 16th Annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the last year, plus some fun personal questions. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2018 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. More

Jan 26, 2018 By Mark Redfern

For Under the Radar‘s 15th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the last year. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2017 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. More

Nov 03, 2017 By Mark Redfern

To end out the week, we ask Kelcey Ayer some questions about endings and death. Ayer is Local Natives’ vocalist, pianist, and one of the band’s primary songwriters, but in September he released his debut solo album as Jaws of Love. (the period at the end of the name is intentional). More

Nov 15, 2016 By Joshua M. Miller

“We had gone through quite a bit of darkness.” That’s how Local Natives guitarist Taylor Rice describes the writing of the band’s 2013 album Hummingbird. The mood was largely dour, as the band members were going through difficult times in their lives, resulting in what Rice calls a “very cathartic record.” More

Aug 03, 2010 By Ryan Hahn

I can remember the first time I played Super Street Fighter II. It must have been 1993, I was seven years old and we were living in Mission Viejo, California. More

May 04, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Former Under the Radar “Pleased to Meet You” artists Local Natives have been busy. No longer Los Angeles’ little secret, since the release of harmony-filled debut album Gorilla Manor, the quintet has been constantly touring, both at home and abroad. Under the Radar caught up with Local Natives at Coachella for a laugh-filled chat about learning on the road, life after day jobs…and Kathy Bates. More

Dec 16, 2009 By Under the Radar Staff

Under the Radar‘s Best of the Decade/Year-End Issue features our Best of the Decade Artist Survey. For Under the Radar’s 7th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the last decade and asked them for a list of their best albums of the decade. Some of the surveys didn’t make it in the issue and some answers from surveys that did make it in the issue had to be trimmed for space. Those surveys and answers are posted on our website. Here is a web-exclusive survey from Andy Hamm of Local Natives.
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Nov 18, 2009 By Mike Hilleary

Having recently moved into a new place in Silver Lake, CA, vocalist/ guitarist Taylor Rice of Local Natives says he and his bandmates are still feeling out just how much noise they can get away with before the neighbors start to complain. More

May 22, 2019 By Natasha Aftandilians

Los Angeles gets a bad reputation from so many people who judge it from their position outside the snowglobe of the city, people whose experience of it is often fleeting and transient. Endless movies and songs have been written about it, tales of disappointment or elegies for dreams deferred. More

Sep 09, 2016 By Will Moss

Local Natives have, whether through intentional effort or not, established themselves as the go-to band of inoffensive but charming West Coast indie rock. More

Aug 11, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Tired from indulging in a late night Stay Out West show? Yup! Ready to do it again? Yup! Particularly excited that day two of Way Out West was stacked with Under the Radar favorites, including HAIM, Local Natives, Bat For Lashes, Håkan Hellström, and The Knife? Duh.

Jan 31, 2013 By Laura Studarus

We all knew it was coming, right? The so-called “difficult” second album. This is especially expected from a band such as Local Natives—who named their debut album Gorilla Manor after the frat house-like living conditions they shared during the recording process. Time to grow up. 401ks are waiting. More

Sep 20, 2010 By Laura Studarus

It’s a curious thing to watch a band grow up. Last August, Local Natives reached a new career high with a month long residency at Spaceland—a 290 capacity club tucked deep in the heart of Los Angeles’ Silver Lake district. Fast-forward a year and they’ve sold out two nights at the Henry Fonda Theater, a venue roughly six times the size. After months of near-constant touring, it was a fit homecoming, and a promising send-off to their fall tour. More

Apr 20, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Day three of Coachella 2010 more than made up for a lackluster day two, with set after set of strong artists and ending with perhaps the three best performances of the whole festival, all in a row: Pavement, Thom Yorke, and Gorillaz. It would have been nice if the wealth of great artists had been spread out a little bit more over the three days, but then again, Sunday wouldn’t have been so strong if they had scheduled it that way. Here’s what I saw on the last day of Coachella: Local Natives, Owen Pallett, Mayer Hawthorne, Deerhunter, Florence and the Machine, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonsi, Spoon, Phoenix, Pavement, Thom Yorke, and Gorillaz. More

Mar 21, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Day two of SXSW was a bit challenging, considering the lack of sleep we’d gotten the night before. Seeing a show at 1 a.m. is all well and good if you don’t have to wake up early the next morning to write about it or conduct other business. We weren’t able to attend any day parties on the second day of SXSW music 2010, due to two photo-shoots we were conducting, including one at the way too early hour of 10 a.m. (well, early for SXSW). But that night we were able to catch sets from two Canadian bands (including one collective who’s seemingly no longer broken), some Los Angeles natives, and a camera shy actress/singer. More