Local Natives owe a great debt to the folks over at YouTube. Back in October of 2008, the Los Angeles-based band uploaded an ramshackle acoustic cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s Cecelia that they recorded in their backyard which went viral. The clip attracted the attention of just about every hip music blog, and to date has been viewed over a million times. When they released their full-length debut, Gorilla Manor, roughly a year later, they already had a built in audience, with many anointing them the West Coast’s answer to Vampire Weekend, thanks in part of their bouncy, sun-baked brand of Talking Heads influenced music.
After a three-plus year wait the Local Natives will release their highly anticipated sophomore album Hummingbird via French Kiss Records on January 29. The band has lined up a lengthy world tour with a two-night hometown stand, that will double as their record release parties: Henry Fonda Theater on January 28 and the El Rey the next night. Prior to all that, the band has given their fans an advance taste of what’s to come via the oddball music video for the album’s lead single – Breakers.
As I always say, I’m at the mercy of what tapes are available when I put this piece together, and I had a great selection to choose from this time around especially when tapes popped up of rarely recorded acts like Iron & Wine & Local Natives. But don’t you worry, Hidden Track isn’t forgetting where we came from – we’ve got the likes of Tim Palmieri, Todd Stoops & Jennifer Hartswick to contribute a jammed out cover of Billy Cobham’s Red Baron.
[Thanks to GDfan for this week's photo]
And we continue to take all the selected tracks, normalize them, create some simple fades and put it into one easy to download MP3 for you.
Artist & Title:30db – The Good Times Are Killing Me, Liar Date & Venue: 2010-05-07 Barrymore Theater – Madison, WI Taper & Show Download:soling
Well it only took about four years, but Brendan Bayliss & Jeff Austin have finally released their studio album. The selected audio features a Modest Mouse cover and one of Brendan’s contributions to the album. I cut out some banter in between the tracks, there was some nonsense in there about maple syrup, download the show if you want to hear it. 30db next plays May 19th at the Fox Theatre in Boulder.
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And here they are playing Used To Love Her by Guns ‘N Roses, did these guys go through messy divorces or something?
READ ON for tracks from the likes of Dr. Dog and Wyllys w/Kung Fu…
Keeping in the spirit of Scotty’s post yesterday, former Blips act Local Natives, whose debut album Gorilla Manor will get its stateside release via French Kiss on February 16, have just dropped the music video for their infectious first single. Check out the video for Airplanes…
In our never-ending quest to dig up some great bands that cost less than a corned beef sandwich at Katz’s Deli, we bring you another round of Blips. Blips highlights some great bands that are largely still in their larvae stage, but will soon morph into their beautiful butterfly. In this edition, we have some really cool new music, so take a sec, poke around their various websites, and see what you think of these three under the radar musical groups…
I know what you’re thinking, didn’t we already write a Blips on someone named Lissie? While technically true – that was Lissie Trullie – this Lissie (full name Lissie Maurus) sounds nothing like the downtown New York rock we’ve previously written about. With her unassuming girl-next-door looks Lissie puts out an enchanting and powerful blend of Gospel-infused, dusty Americana that’s influenced by equal parts the blues of her native state of Illinois and the sun-baked folk sounds of her current home California.
READ ON for more on Lissie, Morningsides and Local Natives…
