Artist · chart history
Local Natives
Band Silver Lake United States Formed 2003 fka Cavil at Rest
Local Natives formed in 2003 in Silver Lake, United States. Local Natives has 68 chart appearances on 62 radio countdowns from 25 stations on RockLists, spanning 2010–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “When Am I Gonna Lose You”, which appears on 18 lists with a best position of #4. The station that charted Local Natives most often is Lightning 100 (Nashville, TN), with 8 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2019.
Local Natives started out in Orange County, California, under the name Cavil at Rest, and by the time they became Local Natives in 2008 the blueprint was in place: three singers sharing lead vocals and swapping instruments at will, Taylor Rice on bass and guitar, Ryan Hahn on guitar, keys and mandolin, Kelcey Ayer on guitar, keys and percussion, with Matthew Frazier driving the drums and Andy Hamm on bass.
Their 2009 debut, Gorilla Manor, took its title from the Orange County house the whole band lived in, and it plays like a houseful of people shouting the choruses back at each other; "Airplanes" and "Wide Eyes" came from it, the reviews were warm and the touring seemed endless. Hummingbird, in 2013, turned inward. Aaron Dessner produced it, and songs like "Heavy Feet" carry the weight of Hamm's exit and the death of Ayer's mother. Sunlit Youth threw the windows open again in 2016 with "Dark Days", and Violet Street in 2019 brought the shimmering "When Am I Gonna Lose You".
After a rough patch, they made two albums side by side, Time Will Wait for No One in 2023 and But I'll Wait for You in 2024. Then Ayer stepped away on good terms, playing his last show with them in November 2024, leaving Rice, Hahn, Frazier and Nik Ewing on bass, keys and vocals to carry on.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Local Natives on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When Am I Gonna Lose You | 18 | #4 | – | 2019 | |
| 2 | Fountain of Youth | 9 | #30 | – | 2016 | |
| 3 | Heavy Feet | 7 | #11 | – | 2013 | |
| 4 | Airplanes | 9 | #14 | – | 2010 | |
| 5 | Sun Hands | 5 | #23 | – | 2010 | |
| 6 | Dark Days | 6 | #22 | – | 2020 | |
| 7 | Just Before The Morning | 4 | #45 | – | 2022 | |
| 8 | NYE | 4 | #38 | – | 2023 | |
| 9 | World News | 1 | #22 | – | 2010 | |
| 10 | April | 1 | #55 | – | 2024 | |
| 11 | Who Knows Who Cares | 1 | #40 | – | 2010 | |
| 12 | Breakers | 1 | #158 | – | 2012 | |
| 13 | Past Lives | 1 | #86 | – | 2016 | |
| 14 | Wide Eyes | 1 | #95 | – | 2010 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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