Hard Summer Unleashes Lineup For L.A. – Aug. 3-4

Trust us.

Those are the two words HARD Events, the producers of HARD SUMMER, have been sharing since announcing the major music festival was returning to Los Angeles State Historic Park August 3-4, 2012, as a two-day event for the first time in its 5-year history. Now, HARD Events has made good on those two words with the just-revealed line-up for this year’s event that is helmed by Skrillex, Bloc Party, Miike Snow (Live), Boys Noize, Bloody Beetroots (DJ set), NERO (Live), Magnetic Man, Squarepusher, James Murphy, Little Dragon and many more. Check out the HARD SUMMER 2012 official teaser video—directed by Jared Leto—here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0of4wmY6v3Y. Pre-sale two-day passes recently sold out in record time. Two-day passes for HARD SUMMER are available at www.hardfest.com.

Over 50 bands and DJ artists are set to perform on four stages encompassing an eclectic round-up of bass, electro, house, techno, disco/funk and hip-hop music, right in the middle of downtown Los Angeles. The complete line up for HARD SUMMER is:

SKRILLEX / BLOC PARTY / MIIKE SNOW (Live) / BOYS NOIZE
BLOODY BEETROOTS (DJ Set) / NERO (Live) / SQUAREPUSHER / A-TRAK
CHROMEO (DJ Set) / MAGNETIC MAN / JAMES MURPHY / LITTLE DRAGON
EROL ALKAN /
DATSIK / BOOTSY COLLINS & THE FUNK UNITY BAND
FAKE BLOOD / 12TH PLANET / DILLON FRANCIS / ZEDD
GESAFFELSTEIN (Live) / BRODINSKI / CLAUDE VONSTROKE / BURAKA SOM SISTEMA / BREAKBOT
ARAABMUZIK / JUSTIN MARTIN / JOEY BELTRAM / CRAZE/
GASLAMP KILLER / DESTRUCTO
TROLLEY SNATCHA / SURKIN / ALEX METRIC / JOHN TALABOT / BIRDY NAM NAM / DANNY BROWN / ACTION BRONSON / RITON / OLIVER
ZOMBIE DISCO SQUAD / ALVIN RISK / DJ ANTENTION / JOKERS OF THE SCENE
LIGHT YEAR / KILL FRENZY / SMIMS & BELLE / JASON BENTLEY / NICK CATCHDUBS / JIM E STACK
MR. MUTHAFUCKIN’ EXQUIRE / BRENMAR / LUNICE / BAIO /
NICK THAYER / SOUND PELLEGRINO THERMAL TEAM + MUCH MORE

Lindstrom – Six Cups of Rebel (4.5/10)

After 20 minutes of listening to this Six Cups I wanted to Gronkowski-spike my iPhone into the pavement. Conversely, if you told me that this album was a sonic representation of Turbo and Ozone’s ambiguous gayness, I’d say it was GENIUS.

(Breakin’ 2 reference; you’re welcome.)

-B.