Local Natives make music for those of us who are still growing up—which is to say, they make music for each other. The band formed in 2005, after Kelcey Ayer, Ryan Hahn and Taylor Rice met at their ...

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 Natives have unveiled a new covers EP featuring songs by Roxy Music, Michael McDonald, 10cc, and Gerry Rafferty. It's called Music From the Pen Gala 1983 and was recorded for the Apple TV+ ...

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 ...

Los Angeles indie harmonizers Local Natives have been a band since 2005, and they always come across as very close friends, so it's a surprise whenever the band's lineup changes. Bassist Andy Hamm ...

Los Angeles indie-rock staples Local Natives haven't released anything since 2020's Sour Lemon EP, which followed 2019's full-length Violet Street. Well, today Local Natives are back with a double ...

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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 ...

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 is an American indie rock band known for their intricate vocal harmonies, layered instrumentation, and emotionally expressive songwriting. Formed in Silver Lake, Los Angeles in the late ...