News & Notes: May 28 (Local Natives, Divisadero, Discovery, and more)

• Local Natives first ever release: UK Label Chess Club Records is releasing Local Natives' "Sun Hands" on June 7. It's a vinyl release and limited to 500 copies. Cards & Quarters is the B Side. You can pre-order your copy here. The release coincides with Local Natives' first ever trip to the UK.

• On Tuesday JAXART Records released Divisadero's album "Lefty" in electronic format. So now you can buy it on iTunes, eMusic, or Amazon, and stream it from Rhapsody. A free MP3 from the album can be downloaded here.

• Pitchfork interview with Discovery. Most disappointing part: "I don't think we're ever going to play any Discovery shows, so there's only so far it can go, really."

• For you New Yorkers, Kittens Ablaze will be opening for Natalie Portman's Shaved Head on June 20th at Santos.

• Go West Young Man dropped out of Sunday's show at Dakota Lounge. I'm probably dropping out too.

• This has already made the rounds, but http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix is really fun. It's a tone matrix where you can make your own beats.