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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For the first half of the concert, we might as well have just put on their album and stood facing forward in a large room together. Meric Long (vocals, guitar), Logan Kroeber (drums), and Keaton Snyder (vibraphone) are such impressively precise players, that even when Long’s guitar string broke, it seemed rehearsed. And then, about five songs into a rather mechanical live show, they surprised us with a burst of energy and actual concert versions of “In The Fire” and “Jodi.”

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The Getty will be setting up dublab DJs (including Frosty, Ale and the folks from Mas Exitos!) and L.A. RECORD alumni bands (like the Dodos and Chairlift) at free Saturday concerts from now until late fall! And free parking, too! More details below… LOS ANGELES – Fridays Off the 405 are now Saturdays Off the [...]

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Sarah Tillman

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