Blog: Spinner.com

Filed under: Band of the Week With his floppy, Morrissey -esque quiff, graphic tee and over-sized cardie, bassist Andy Hamm is more architecture student than thundering axe god, but -- channelled through the Amsterdam Paradiso's beefed up sound system -- the vibrations from his playing send his pedal setup skittering across the stage. Restless, twitchy percussion becomes pounding and martial, twinkling close harmonies turn to ragged-throated yelps: Los Angeles' Local Natives make quite a racket live. Not as much of a racket as Dutch techno-punk duo Aux Raus, though, [...]