These barely postcollegiate lads Local Natives are about the purest, sweetest (sounding, at least) indie-rocking thing to writhe up out of the hotbed of terrible punk-pop and right-wing ideology that is Orange County. Their artistic process is all BFF democracy—the five longtime friends share a house and songwriting duties, and three of them switch off as singers. It makes them a tight and nuanced unit, and the featherweight, chimey interplay is sharp and seamless on their melancholy debut, Gorilla Manor (Frenchkiss). Suckers open.

Price: Sold out.