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  See Local Natives Rep for Blind Pilots and Singing Sandwiches in 'Heavy Feet' Video

  February 12, 2013 – We've seen Local Natives perform their "super-sensitive, baroque-rockin'" Hummingbird standout "Heavy Feet" on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, and even watched the National's Aaron Dessner join in for a rousing live rendition of the same song. …
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  Local Natives Lift 'Heavy Feet' on 'Fallon' as Jim James Joins the Roots

  February 6, 2013 – Local Natives pull off the neat trick of combining uptight intricacy with hippie-friendly looseness. Melding "drum-circle brawn and chamber-pop beauty," as our own Rob Harvilla put in his review of the Los Angeles band's sophomore album, Hummingbird. …
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  See Local Natives and Aaron Dessner Shuffle 'Heavy Feet' Live

  February 4, 2013 – Local Natives recorded their fairly masterful sophomore album Hummingbird in Brooklyn at the home of the National's Aaron Dessner, so when the Los Angeles band touched down at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Friday night, it was a bit of a homecoming. …
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  Local Natives, 'Hummingbird' (Frenchkiss)

  January 28, 2013 – You are forgiven for dismissing Local Natives as yet another cohort of super-sensitive, baroque-rockin', breathtakingly mustachioed L.A. gents who fetishize the word "polyrhythm" and (quite probably) dress up in goofy animal costumes and howl with a studied sort of feral melancholy at whatever tiny portion of the moon is visible through the toxic cloud of smog/narcissism hovering over the Silverlake Lounge. …
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  Local Natives' Taylor Rice Rides for Sufjan, Attempts to End the NYC vs. LA Debate

  January 24, 2013 – Full of lush vocal harmonies and ringing guitars, Local Natives' 2010 debut album, Gorilla Manor, had an unmistakably Californian aura. For the follow-up, though, the Los Angeles foursome decamped to Brooklyn to work with the National's Aaron Dessner who co-produced the intricate follow-up, Hummingbird (Frenchkiss), at his home studio. …
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  Watch Local Natives Debut Synthy 'Hummingbird' Songs in Hour-Long Live Set

  January 11, 2013 – If you've got an hour to spare, Los Angeles' Local Natives will make it worth your time. The tropically tinged folk-pop posse recently recorded an intimate 60-minute concert (and interview) for L.A. …
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  Local Natives Return With 'Breakers' Off January LP 'Hummingbird'

  October 19, 2012 – We've heard so little from Local Natives since the Los Angeles band broke out back in the summer of 2010. …
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  WATCH: Local Natives & Titus Andronicus Live!

  November 10, 2010 – Two is often better than one. Which is why the double-dose bill of Local Natives and Titus Andronicus, both among indie rock's hottest newcomers, is an absolute must-see. Luckily, we brought the cameras. …
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  Breaking Out: Local Natives

  August 19, 2010 – Local Natives keyboardist Ryan Hahn has something to confess about the strange jeers that kick off his eclectic indie-pop band's earworm of a single, "Airplanes," an otherwise bright slice of folksy melody and drumline effervescence. "We give him a hard time a lot," explains Hahn, 24, referring to lead singer Kelcey Ayer, 25, who wrote the song. …
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  FREE ALBUM! SPIN's Picks for Bonnaroo 2010

  June 5, 2010 – June 10-13 brings us Bonnaroo, the annual celebration of music in the Tennessee countryside, attended by some 80,000 fans. …
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