New Music: Local Natives

California’s Local Natives might have a redundant name, but they play music that more than makes up for it.  They’ve been compared to Arcade Fire and Fleet Foxes, so that might tell you something.  I personally hear the Fleet influence dangling around in there more, except Local Natives have more of a bustling city sound than those soft smooth Foxes do.  All in all they play dramatic indie pop folkish rockish music with a lot of energy and charisma which makes them hard not to en...

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