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.
  

Discovery: The Next Postal Service?

If not, it's at least gearing up to be the album the album of the summer. Discovery is Wes Miles of Ra Ra Riot and Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend. Their debut album is scheduled to be released on July 7.

For more information, check out the Pitchfork news item on the band. We should all be excited.

Tracklist:

01 Orange Shirt [currently on their myspace]
02 Osaka Loop Line [also on their myspace]
03 Can You Discover? [remix of Ra Ra Riot's "Can You Tell"]
04 I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend [ft. Angel Deradoorian]
05 So Insane
06 Swing Tree
07 Carby [ft. Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend]
08 I Want You Back [auto-tuned Jackson 5 cover]
09 It's Not My Fault (It's My Fault)
10 Slang Tang