Local NativesOnly Son
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Local Natives - Only Sun

This is a b-side from Gorilla Manor. You can sort of tell why it didn’t make the record, but it’s pretty good in its own right.

Local Natives has a photoblog Tumblog.

I ripped the NPR steam of their recent Local Natives live performance at the World Cafe and edited it down to just the songs. If you’re interested, you can download it here.

Local Natives - World News

Local Natives doing Airplanes in a living room jam session from Yours Truly.

Local Natives doing Wide Eyes, Airplanes, and Stranger Things on La Blogotheque.

Local Natives performing Wide Eyes live and acoustic in a Parisian art studio.

via jesuisperdu.

Best record I heard in ‘09? Perhaps.

Local NativesWho Knows Who Cares
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Local Natives - Who Knows Who Cares

I’m thinking this will be my album of 2009.

Local NativesWide Eyes
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christinefriar:

theduty:

Local Natives - Wide Eyes.

…holy shit, i may be in love with this record.

Holy shit I may agree.

I like the sound of this. Downloading now.