From the packed main stages to the considerable talent in the festival’s nooks and crannies, Lightning in a Bottle 2024 offered a feast for the senses.
In the Buzz Bands LA interview, HARD Summer founder Gary Richards talks about his multiple lives as promoter, DJ, family guy and torchbearer for EDM.
Also on Monday: Draemings, Irontom, KONA, Diamana Galas, Kong, Banny Grove, Shai Baruch
Sonny Moore, aka Skrillex, returned to his roots to perform his first show in a decade as vocalist of From First to Last. It capped a wild Emo Nite at the Echo.
Also on Saturday: Wild Beasts, Bush, Primal Scream, Usher, La Sera, Ty Segall, Love Ghost, Lara FM, Isaac Rother, Barrie Rose, the Electric West, Pansy Division
Also on Sunday: Kristin Hersh, Death By Chocolate, Ghosts in Pocket, Tom Burton’s “Nightmare Before Christmas” With Danny Elfman
The two-day festival Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at the Fairplex in Pomona features Deadmau5, Skrillex, Hot Chip, Nero, Flying Lotus, Future, Gesaffelstein, Glass Animals and many more over five stages.
In wake of cancellation of Sept. 10 HARD event, the Halloween spectacular goes forward with a smaller capacity — and a 21-and-older age restriction.
There was a point at dusk on Saturday during TJR’s set at the Mad Decent Block Party, as beats blared through the booming sound system and the packed street of patrons danced in a trance, that five anatomically equipped male inflatable dolls bobbed above them all. They thrust-danced haphazardly, as did the two blue inflatable […]
Take all of the color and craziness of Halloween, mix in some of EDM’s biggest stars and stir. And stir. That was the delirious concoction that was HARD Day of the Dead 2013, which brought the party to Los Angeles State Historic Park over the weekend. Highlights? There were many, depending on how you negotiated […]
