Rejoice! Womp womp season is upon us, raver children. On Saturday night, A-Trak, Jack Beats, Destructo and friends joined a just barely 18+ crowd and what we might imagine was the greater LA area's majority supply of E at the Wiltern for HARD LA, marking the unofficial start of rave season.  Doubling as the birthday celebration for A-Trak, the crowd sang Happy Birthday as the mix master and his strobe lights appeared on stage, making it extra joyous occasion for the raver community. So, as the official season of unst unst kicks into high gear, let's take a look HARD LA through the best of Instagram. More»

The fashion of a big time summer music festival is a unique beast [See: The Mank]. Part form, part function, each individual fest will display a style that's all its own, and while some are more terrifying than others, they're all worth exploring. Thanks to this flickr pool, we now have an opportunity to break down the style of HARD Summer Music Festival. Let's see what we find. More»

When we talk about summertime mega music festivals, people are most likely to think of Chicago's Lollapalooza as the big ticket of this past weekend. And for good reason: anytime you can throw a party that the hackiest celebrity chef in the universe can describe as "so the bomb dot com," you've gotta go ahead and do that. But you didn't have to leave Los Angeles this weekend to hit a crazy all-day music party, as Duck Sauce, Chromeo, Ratatat, Skrillex, OFWGKTA and others proved by headlining the Hard Summer Music Festival on Saturday at the L.A. State Historic Park. Just in case you happened to be out of town, here's a look at just how insane it got. More»

Hundreds of Los Angeles ravers congregated at The Shrine for a two-day music festival featuring Steve Aoki, DeadMau5, and Justice. (Interestingly, the flyer notes that dolls and plush toys are strictly forbidden in the concert zone??) After looking at these sometimes NSFW pictures, it's hard not to wonder "What would their grandparents think?" Well, we've got some ideas... More»