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via la.guestofaguest:   As some of us ran off to Lollapalooza and others hit up Escape to New York in the Hamptons, LA had its very own music festival. Duck Sauce, Chromeo, Ratatat, Skrillex, OFWGKTA and others headlined the Hard Summer Music Festival on Saturday at the L.A. State Historic Park and with 16 hospitalizations and 17 arrests it got insane. 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»

At Lollapalooza this past weekend, neither rain, nor heat, nor thunder, nor mud could keep the fans from enjoying the massive festival to its fullest.  The 20th anniversary of the fest brought in over 270,000 people and well over 100 bands. 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»

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MOMAPS1 hosted their Warm Up concert series this past Saturday. Their infamous 7 hour dance party, housed within an architectural installation (crafted by the winner of the Young Architects Program) brought an eclectic crowd, fashionable babies included, ready to rage. More»

It's been the best and worst and best of times for NYC's outdoor music scene. On Friday Sunday Best announced it'd been booted from its Gowanus home, again, but that organizers had found a solid, secure replacement. And today,  P.S. 1 announced the lineup for its Warm Up dance series. More»

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To kick off the first track on their first album, Ratatat announced: “I’ve been rapping for about seventeen years, OK. I don’t write my stuff anymore, I just kick it from my head.”

And, including a live show of theirs I saw in Nashville, these are pretty much the only words I’ve gotten from the duo. Their third album, released today, with its deadpan title of “LP3” once again leaves all the talking to 12:51-esque sound of Mike Stroud’s guitar and Evan “E*Vax” Mast’s synthesizer. Combined, the two emit a wide range of sounds, from goofy licks that sound like stuff from an old arcade game to great hooks that really should be Kanye’s next "Stronger". Their great new sound, say disco meets new age, is back again today, with 14 new songs.