Listen Before You Buy

Conveyor are a former keyboard-duo turned four-piece, founded in Gainsville Florida but now working in Brooklyn. Their debut EP, called Sun Ray, brings a brand of synth-meets-guitar indie-pop that’s hardly unfamiliar, but is delivered with a calm maturity that’s worth checking out. The highlight of the EP is the opening track, “Foreword”. It opens with [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

The cover art of “Home”, the debut album from Binghampton University duo Vermilion Club, might have you geared up for a dreary experience. Fear not: those worries are dispelled the moment the music starts. “Daylight” kicks in with a snappy, upbeat guitar line and vocals delivered with childlike enthusiasm that doesn’t fade at all across [...]

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About five minutes ago (at the time of writing) I left the house to make a short 10 minute walk to the nearest bus stop. Four minutes ago I put my earmuff headphones on and hit play on an album that was sent to me by an almost unheard-of band. Three minutes ago I was [...]

I haven’t seen many live performances by Local Natives so I’m not sure if this is how they usually go down, but holy shit can these gypsy-hipster (gypsters?) put on a show. Listening to their record you wouldn’t think they’d be bordering on a Yeasayer meets Gogol Bordello live show, but I’ll take it.  Playing [...]

So, a buddy of mine rented out a room to Eric Frederic here in LA (excuse me, I think I just dropped something on the floor… pardon me real quick while I pick up that name I just dropped). Anyway, sure I’ve heard of Wallpaper., but in relevant interest I searched a bit further. Shit [...]

Artist: Local Natives Hometown: Los Angeles, U.S.A. Members: Taylor Rice, Kelcey Ayer, Ryan Hahn, Andy Hamm, Matt Frazier Formed: 2008 Released: 2010 Genre: Indie, Folk, Rock Label:  Frenchkiss, Infectious Singles: “Sun Hands”, “Camera Talk”, “Airplanes”, “Wide Eyes”, “Who Knows Who Cares” Connect: Facebook | Twitter | MySpace | Website | Last.fm Buy The Album: Amazon - Vinyl | CD | [...]

If you’re unaware of what Music Monday is, it’s a Twitter recommendation system where users of Twitter share their favourite music, artists, genres, etc in order to not only find new music themselves but help others find new music too.  Using the hashtag (#) followed by “MusicMonday” you can easily find new music posted by [...]

I might complain about the amount of shite that gets sent to me, but I do equally gush when something magical turns up in my inbox, as I’m sure you know already if you’ve been reading this for more than a week. Nick, the dude in charge of Bravestation sent me their music almost a [...]

In what is quickly becoming an obsession, my love Blackbird Blackbird (Mikey, the man, and the music) reached a new very early this morning as he sent me this remix of Local Natives’ awesome tune “Camera Talk”. At first it’s actually a little unrecognisable but as the deep beats and ethereal synths that are synonymous [...]

No, not me.  I wish, but I’m talking about the excellent San Francisco video site Yours Truly.  They’ve had some awesome acts walk through their doors from Local Natives to Delorean, Toro Y Moi to Burn Ruffians, and this time it was the turn of Camera Obscura.  Even though they didn’t quite walk through any [...]

I posted Local Natives’ session with La Blogotheque a couple of weeks ago but today I’m actually going to post some of their other music.  Formerly known as Cavil At Rest whom they released an EP (“Cavil At Rest EP”) and an album (“Orion Way”) under back in 2006 and 2007, they changed their name [...]

Many a band and artist have been through the LaBlogatheque doors and now it’s the turn of Local Natives, giving us an excellent version of “Wide Eyes” played on a revolving carousel, “Airplanes” on the beach at sunset, and “Stranger Things” in a pub.  B-E-A-Utiful. Local Natives’ debut album “Gorilla Manor” is out now on [...]