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Native have just announced they will be joining O’Brother for a tour where both bands will be playing in support of their new albums coming out the same day on August 20th. Opening all the shows will be Daylight.
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Aug 14th, 2013 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree
Aug 15th, 2013 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
Aug 16th, 2013 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
Aug 17th, 2013 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
Aug 18th, 2013 - Austin, TX @ Red 7
Aug 20th, 2013 - Scottsdale, AZ @ Pub Rock
Aug 21st, 2013 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues 5th Avenue
Aug 22nd, 2013 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
Aug 23rd, 2013 - Canoga Park, CA @ Cobalt Cafe
Aug 24th, 2013 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of The Hill
Aug 26th, 2013 - Portland, OR @ Backspace
Aug 27th, 2013 - Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
Aug 28th, 2013 - Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
Aug 30th, 2013 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Aug 31st, 2013 - Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
Sept 1st, 2013 - Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
Sept 3rd, 2013 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Sept 4th, 2013 - Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
Sept 5th, 2013 - Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge**
Sept 6th, 2013 - Akron, OH @ Musica
Sept 7th, 2013 - Howell, MI @ Pike Room @ The Crofoot
Sept 8th, 2013 - Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck Bar
Sept 10th, 2013 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
Sept 11th, 2013 - Syracuse, NY @ Lost Horizon
Sept 12th, 2013 - New York, NY @ Santos Party House
Sept 13th, 2013 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
Sept 14th, 2013 - Hamden, CT @ The Space
Sept 15th, 2013 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary
Sept 17th, 2013 - Washington, DC @ The Rock And Roll Hotel
Sept 18th, 2013 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
Sept 20th, 2013 - Columbus, OH @ The Basement
Sept 21st, 2013 - Nashville, TN @ The End
Sept 22nd, 2013 - Charlotte, NC @ Casbah @ Tremont Music Hall
Sargent House has taken over Made Of Chalk all this month with 9 live video premieres coming including three from Native. Here is the first of the Native videos - “Coin Toss” featuring a nice Dave Summers cameo. Shot live in Chicago at Beat Kitchen. Big thanks to Made of Chalk for making these.
I have to review my favorite song performed by Native on March 25th, 2013, in Montreal at L’Escogriffe. This favorite Montreal dive bar, at first, seemed like a peculiar location to film a killer video, but it became clear this was home. The vibe and lighting accompanied Native‘s tension and rebellious attitude. These cats were so real and nice to the Spread crew, I was blown away. Also, the connection between them and another band close to my heart, Tomorrow, St. Peter, was too big to ignore, having played together at the Straight Edge Coalition‘s loft in Sweden. I found myself analyzing every piece of music as if it would save my tired soul. Watch the video before you read, so you really get how big this is. I promise to deconstruct this song and the writing approach just for you guys. The recipe behind the production of this timeless and perfect track. It was not by chance, nor was it a fluke, but masters at play.
Is it just me or are these crazy bastards playing to the tempo of children playing and other vocal samples. I’ve only seen this type of thing in Powerviolence and it’s a style that always impresses me as a listener. It’s the rare time that I don’t know where a song is going. Playing with tempo instead of time signatures. Hmmmmmmmm…..
Thanks to Quiet Country Audio for having Native in for a live session. Above are two songs from the forthcoming new album out on Sargent House this Summer.
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Pure, inborn, and Native, This band is heavy, trippy, and has a wide sound that melts into liquid gold. Always straight to the point, the songs capture the personality of each member at all times. This clash of egos creates an “end of the world” type of tension and depth. Just like Close to the Edge and Fragile, they are a constant, gyrating, overlapping machine that is made up of each member’s intent to try and overpower the last. This formula births the most sincere approach to playing music and really leads to a new, original, and unpredictable sound. The mixing of peculiar attitude and teasing the ones you love, only on stage. These guys are nice, polite, young, intellectual, political, and opinionated among many other things, and we love it all. The combination is an explosion of awareness. Native have started to stand up for what they believe in. Listen to the new album this summer and join the revolution. These are songs for tomorrow written before yesterday. In between the lines, that narrow channel bridging life and death. It’s the only way one can go that far and not be afraid for their life. Not even with nn-DMT, folks.
Music. The trance involved in it. We see this let go and we surrender to Native‘s live performance. We leave it all behind and embrace the inner experience we all carried yet forgot to tend to. We really enjoyed this show. It became clear to us pretty quickly that their sound cannot be contained. Five years later, Native return to their favorite Montreal venue to shed their skin and show us their souls. This was a special night and I’m glad we were able to capture it on tape.
Thanks Native for having us as a guest at your trip down memory lane. Aren’t we all looking for our purpose?
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Noise Pop 2013 has come and gone, and it ended on an epically high note. Post-rock mainstays Caspian were towering and majestic, a thing of primal beauty, on Sunday night at Bottom of the Hill, but that being said, supporting act Native was the real story of the night for me, if only because I knew nothing about them going in, and they officially earned my “best new discovery” award for the whole festival.
Native hails from Indiana, plays music that is equally influenced by hardcore and post-metal, to my ears. It’s a pretty original formula, and a pretty damn thrilling one, too. It helps that the band has the chops to pull off some wicked rhythmic interplay between the bass and drums, and to lay intricately arranged guitars on top with some extremely tight starts and stops. That’s where the hardcore comes in—abrupt changes not being a common feature of the post-metal genre, which typically moves at a more glacial pace—in addition to the vocals, which were exclusively shouted in a hardcore punk snarl. Apparently Native were playing mostly new material from an album they plan to release in July, and the band told me it’s all darker than their old stuff. It’s a pretty safe bet I’ll be writing about this band again come the summer.” - see the full show review & photos here
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Native have just added a few new headline shows before and after they meet up with Caspian for their tour together that starts on March 1st in Los Angeles.
Above, check out a newly posted video live from Paris of them playing a new song called “Kissing Bridge”. Stay up to date on all things Native on Instagram HERE and updates on their own tour blog HERE .
NATIVE 2013
Feb 25, 2013 - Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory
Feb 26, 2013 - Albuquerque, NM @ The Gas Works
Feb 27, 2013 - Tempe, AZ @ Tempe Women’s Club
CASPIAN & NATIVE 2013
Mar 01, 2013 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex also w/ Junius
Mar 02, 2013 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar And Lounge
Mar 03, 2013 - San Francisco, CA @ The Bottom of the Hill
Mar 05, 2013 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
Mar 06, 2013 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Mar 07, 2013 - Boise, ID @ The Red Room
Mar 08, 2013 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Mar 09, 2013 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Mar 10, 2013 - Omaha, NE @ The West Wing (No Caspian)
Mar 11, 2013 - Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Music Hall
Mar 12, 2013 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue 7th Street Entry
Mar 13, 2013 - Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
Mar 14, 2013 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
Mar 15, 2013 - St Louis, MO @ The Firebird
Mar 16, 2013 - Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
Mar 18, 2013 - Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
Mar 19, 2013 - Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar
Mar 20, 2013 - Newport, KY @ Southgate House
Mar 21, 2013 - Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop
Mar 22, 2013 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose
Mar 23, 2013 - Buffalo, NY @ Big Orbit Soundlab
Mar 24, 2013 - Burlington, VT @ Signal Kitchen
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Mar 25, 2013 - Montreal, QC @ L’escogriffe Cafe Bar
Mar 26, 2013 - Kitchener, ON @ The Jam Hole
Mar 27, 2013 - Toledo, OH @ Mickey Finn’s
April 5, 2013 - Urbana, IL @ Channing Murray Foundation (Skeletal Lightning Fest)
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Native have just announced that they will be touring with good friends Caspian starting in Los Angeles on March 1st. We will be adding a few more shows of their own on the way so stay tuned.
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CASPIAN & NATIVE TOUR 2013
Mar 01, 2013 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex also w/ Junius
Mar 02, 2013 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar And Lounge
Mar 03, 2013 - San Francisco, CA @ The Bottom of the Hill
Mar 05, 2013 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
Mar 06, 2013 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Mar 08, 2013 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Mar 09, 2013 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Mar 11, 2013 - Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Music Hall
Mar 12, 2013 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue 7th Street Entry
Mar 13, 2013 - Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
Mar 14, 2013 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
Mar 15, 2013 - St Louis, MO @ The Firebird
Mar 16, 2013 - Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
Mar 18, 2013 - Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
Mar 19, 2013 - Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar
Mar 20, 2013 - Newport, KY @ Southgate House
Mar 21, 2013 - Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop
Mar 22, 2013 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose
Mar 23, 2013 - Buffalo, NY @ Big Orbit Soundlab
Mar 24, 2013 - Burlington, VT @ Signal Kitchen
Dan and Ed from Native sat down with Zarif Miah from The Math Rock Blog to discuss things such as the political/social agenda of the upcoming album coming out in 2013 on Sargent House, the ever-changing ways of acquiring music, the pros and cons of digitalisation, gun control policies and much more.
The collaborative efforts of Pink Mist and Zine & Not Heard, however, put me firmly in my place on the 9th December 2012 – the date of Native‘s first ever London show to be exact, four or so years in the making. An overriding sense of gratification filled the Old Blue Last on the brisk winter’s night; each band grateful to us, the audience, for taking the time to appreciate what it is they do, whilst we thanked them with our clapping hands and wolf whistles for creating such glorious music. All three acts were so expertly selected and placed that although varied, they collectively projected a similar theme – the complexities of Suffer Like G Did paired with the relentlessness of TROPICS fusing to create a well-crafted bridge that seamlessly lead to Native…
…After opening with the intro to end all intros, ‘Backseat Crew’, Native proceeded to play strictly new material, which they apologized for on several occasions. I, however, thought that this out with the old approach was an admirable one, giving the audience a genuine insight into just how far they’ve traveled – in both a musical and literal sense – since the release of ‘Wrestling Moves’; which, for those who don’t know, was almost a whopping three years ago! Imagine how exhilarating it would be, after playing the same songs to the same people in the same places for so long, to have a new, highly developed sound and subsequent repertoire. I’d want to do nothing but share this discovery with the world. With this in mind, I think they deserved to play the majority of what they’ve been toiling over for literal years, especially to a predominantly unfamiliar audience; the ideal, unbiased recipient of the new. It’s apparent that Native have collectively been through a lot since ‘Wrestling Moves’ first graced our ears, and even more so since their inception, overcoming what was previously in their way to unlock a deeper, darker side; later creating music akin to both the likes of ‘We Delete; Erase’ and the aforementioned album, but so very different.
“Wrestling Moves’ is one of the most important and meaningful albums of our generation, period.”
In late 2008, Cathy Pellow of Sargent House stated, “Fuck it, we signed them – they rule.” She was, of course, talking about Native. Having built a reputation on nothing but raw, youthful vigour and a lust for shows (whenever, wherever) the Indiana-based quartetsoon drew the attention of everyone that mattered; just over a year later, their first full-length was released. In a considerably short amount of time, Native transcended the limits of their assigned genre and rose to the top of a thriving music scene. That said, ‘Wrestling Moves’, being highly developed and notably more mature than its predecessor, ‘We Delete; Erase’,1 confirmed my belief that these guys meant business. Their debut EP served its intended purpose, and outstandingly so, perfectly encapsulating a time and place specific to them; the collective energy of four young people and their friends, all on the cusp of change. When I first heard Bobby Markos proclaim, “If third times a charm, why not the fourth?” during EP opener ‘Alpacastan’ (Ed O’Neil, Dan Evans and Nick Glassen chiming in momentarily) I felt involved, regardless of geographical differences. ‘Wrestling Moves’, however, signified a greater understanding of both musical and ideological concepts; Native subsequently became something more, a vessel, so to speak, used to convey beliefs through music.
Native playing a new song “Books on Tape” from their forthcoming 2013 album release. This was recorded live at the Beat Kitchen in Chicago, IL. on October 19, 2012. Native are currently on Tour in Europe - SEE ALL DATES HERE and we will be announcing very soon their March 2013 tour on the West Coast of the USA!
Thanks to Ben Clayton, Ben Hoy and Kaitlyn Manlove and Dither:The DIY Sound for their work on this video!
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Native are putting the finishing touches on the mixing with Greg Norman on their new full length album due out sometime in Spring of 2013 on Sargent House. They will also get back to touring with a kick off show in Chicago on October 19th before heading overseas for their first tour in every corner of Europe possible. We can’t wait for everyone to hear the enormous growth and evolution of this band and they will be playing a lot of the new music so get ready and don’t miss them when they come through your city.
NATIVE HEADLINE EU TOUR 2012
Nov 16, 2012 - Milan, Italy @ SCA
Nov 17, 2012 - Darmstadt, Germany @ Oetinger Villa
Nov 18, 2012 - Dornbirn, Austria @ Cafe Schlachthaus
Nov 19, 2012 - Graz, Austria @ Forum Stadtpark
Nov 20, 2012 - Budapest, Hungary @ Trafik
Nov 21, 2012 - Budweiss, Czech Republic @ Cafe Klub Slavie
Nov 22, 2012 - Dobeln, Germany @ Treibhaus e.v.
Nov 23, 2012 - Linz, Austria @ Posthof
Nov 24, 2012 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Bunkr Parukarka
Nov 25, 2012 - Berlin, Germany @ Tiefgrund
Nov 26, 2012 - Hamburg, Germany @ HafenKlang
Nov 27, 2012 - Kiel, Germany @ Schaubude
Nov 28, 2012 - Kristiansand, Norway @ Haandverkeren
Nov 30, 2012 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Klara Sodra
Dec 2, 2012 - Munster, Germany @ Baracke
Dec 3, 2012 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Cafe Rocas
Dec 4, 2012 - Porrentruy, Switzerland @ Galerie du sauvage
Dec 5, 2012 - Oberhausen, Germany @ Druckluft
Dec 6, 2012 - Trier, Germany @ Ex-Haus
Dec 7, 2012 - Leuven, Belgium @ Rock Cafe
Dec 8, 2012 - Brighton, UK @ Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar
Dec 9, 2012 - London, UK @ The Old Blue Last
Dec 10, 2012 - Nottingham, UK @ JT Soar
Dec 11, 2012 - Leeds, UK @ The Well
Dec 12, 2012 - Dundee, SL UK @ Beat Generator Live
Dec 13, 2012 - Barrow in Furness, UK @ Sanctuary
Dec 14, 2012 - Dublin, Ireland @ The Twisted Pepper
Dec 15, 2012 - Cork, Ireland @ Fred Zepplins
Dec 16, 2012 - Sheffield, UK @ The South Sea
Dec 17, 2012 - Cardiff, UK @ Buffalo Bar
Dec 18, 2012 - Southampton, UK @ Joiners
Dec 20, 2012 - Paris, France @ La Cantine de Belleville
Dec 21, 2012 - Merskplas, Belgium @ JH ZigZag
Dec 22, 2012 - Würzburg, Germany @ Café Cairo
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