Sporting a tache that would make any ‘Movember’ participant go weak at the knees, lead singer Taylor Rice is the envy of much of the audience before a note has even been played. Thankfully, as Rice and his four cohorts launch into their set, it’s soon more than facial hair which is endearing them to the crowd. On a night when one could pick from a raft of excellent live acts in the capital, it’s a measure of Local Natives’ rise that the venue is packed to the rafters for their visit. Having played the dungeon-esque environs of Academy 2 on their last two visits to these shores, the five-piece express their pleasure of a shift to the Wexford St locale and boy, do they show it. Opener ‘Camera Talk’ serves as a nice, restrained introduction but it’s with the following track ‘World News’ that the pace for the evening … There’s more →