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The Los Angeles based band Local Natives was featured on NPR due to their concert at the SXSW Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas. NPR covered their return to this major spring event in Austin. Also known as South By Southwest, the festival took place from March 12 through the 21 and the final events occurred tonight. The festival began in 1987 and continues its tradition of recognition of excellence at the downtown Austin Convention Center. It is one of the city’s ongoing events that has turned into something of a local tradition that can make careers for talented musicians.

Los Angeles also has a major music scene and the majority of rock bands that are trying to make a name for themselves in this country and land a record deal move to this west coast entertainment mecca. Last year Local Natives performed at the festival in Austin and did a total of nine different concerts. That was when they first began to attract the attention of music critics and it was the point where they began to gain more mainstream and positive attention. They have been compared favorably to similar styled bands such as Arcade Fire and Feet Foxes. They are not the only band to make the news after performing well at the festival.

Local Natives is also not the only band from LA to gain some critical attention. Many of the LA hotels are full of people that are there to take in some of the local music scene. The Black Eyed Peas, Buckcherry, The Eagles and Guns and Roses are just a few of the major bands that are from or have come out of Los Angeles. The city has produced some of the legendary rock and roll bands and is also responsible for some of the cultural music trends that have spread across the country. Whatever Los Angeles does, it does it big. And music the music scene is no different.