benjamin hoste Our little bandcrush Local Natives just signed with Frenchkiss Records, home to Passion Pit, The Antlers, The Dodos, and more. Their debut LP, Gorilla Manor, will be out in the U.S. on February 16, 2010, about the time they’ll be kicking off their Spring 2010 tour!

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White Rabbits love percussion. In fact, if you know any of their songs, you probably know “Percussion Gun.” I won’t say that going to a White Rabbits concert is like getting shot in the face with that gun, but maybe bonked over the head with the handle of it, say.

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photography by benjamin hoste Local Natives and The Union Line perform at Spaceland on August 3, 2009. LOCAL NATIVES THE UNION LINE

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Gangi will be playing their final residency at Spaceland tonight so we are lifting this interview out of our archives. The vinyl version of their album A is almost out and they are already working on the follow-up Gun Show, with a title track that sounds like T. Rex and Funkadelic together in three minutes. They speak here when issues of toxic mold were much more on their minds. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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Spaceland (with Ticketweb, the Echo, Myspace and more) have just announced a three-stage Wednesday day party for SXSW that includes some of our favorite bands—especially Garotas Suecas, who we hope will come to L.A. very soon! Flyer and line-up below.

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