Hard Summer Festival is right around the corner. On August 7, check out some of the biggest names in the electronic music scene all over the world. The festival is locate at the Los Angeles State Historic Park and begins at 12 noon till 12 midnight. Set times will be announced soon!

Line-up: Soulwax, Crystal Castles, Major Lazer, Erol Alkan, Diplo, Tiga, Digitalism (DJ Set), Green Velvet, Proxy, Breakbot, Destructo & many more!

Take  a peak of Proxy’s new track Vibrate off of Turbo Recordings

• Télécharger MP3: Proxy - Vibrate (Original Mix)

At last, the long awaited HARD 13 is this Saturday at Club Nokia in Downtown, LA with sets by some of London’s greatest DJs off of Cheap Thrills Records. Superstar DJ Fake Blood will be having a rare appearance in the LA dropping some of his banger tracks from his Fix You Accent EP. Also, there will be performances by the Jack Beats, Boy 8-Bit, and Destructo!

Buy your tickets HERE!

• Télécharger MP3: Major Lazer - Bruk Out (Remix by Destructo and Uberzone) (320kbps)
• Télécharger MP3: Fake Blood - Mars (Jack Beats Remix) (128kbps)

From NYC to Miami, from San Francisco to LA, HARD Festival is bringing some of the best DJs known all over the world to a venue near you!

Line-Ups:

3/13 HARD 13 (Club Nokia, LA):
FAKE BLOOD, JACK BEATS, BOY 8-BIT, and DESTRUCTO

3/25 HARD Pool Party (Blade Pool at the Fontainebleau, Miami):
EROL ALKAN, BOYS NOIZE, DJ MEHDI, JACK BEATS, PROXY, BRODINSKI, DESTRUCTO, AEROPLANE, RORY PHILLIPS, and GINA TURNER

4/3 HARD NYC (Terminal 5, NYC):
BOYS NOIZE, MAJOR LAZER, BURAKA SOM SISTEMA (MC+DJ Set), PROXY (USA Debut), and DESTRUCTO

4/16 HARD San Francisco (Mezzanine, San Francisco):
MAJOR LAZER, RUSKO, MIIKE SNOW (DJ SET), and DESTRUCTO

4/24 HARD LA (The Palladium, LA):
THE BLOODY BEETROOTS, STEVE AOKI, RIFOKI, SIDNEY SAMSON, and DESTRUCTO

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Télécharger MP3: Fake Blood - I Think I Like It (You think you like it? Buy it.)

Update: We were not able to attend Hard NYE.  However, click HERE to check out the photos taken by Holy Mountain.

Also, here’s a video review of the event by YouTellConcerts.

Check out the rest of their coverage at YouTellConcerts.com.

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We wish you all a happy new year. For those of you in Los Angeles tonight, prepare for a night of mayhem if you choose to countdown at HARD NEW YEARS EVE at the Palladium. If you’re still undecided on what to do tonight, click the link below.

See you in 2010.

The photos are up.

Click it to see the photos, or check out high-res shots on our flickr.

Now, time for much-needed sleep.

Taken October 30th and 31st at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA.

Crystal Castles will be playing a free show this thursday evening in LA.

Kia Motors, Cornerstone and MFG Present:
The Soul Collective Rolls Into Los Angeles

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Also on the ticket is Neon Indian, and a DJ set from HARD’s own Destructo.

There’s going to be free valet parking, as well as an open bar.

Best of all, it’s FREE with RSVP. Hop to it.

Just remember to get there early.

EDIT: Photos are now on our flickr. Site post tomorrow…

We’re here at Hardfest. If you’re at Monster, you’ve made a mistake … Flag us down if you see us at Hard. We’d like to say hello and snap a shot of you (while I’m still sober at least). Many thanks to Gary, Tom and the Hard crew for setting it up. Hard photos as well as Shotgun’s Halloween Havoc photos will be up on here. We’ve got over a thousand photos (and counting) to edit.

Updates to come soon.

Chromeo was in town last Friday to play a bit of their DJ Kicks material at Discotheque in downtown LA. Photos are up.

On a side note, I lost my fisheye attachment last night. If you’ve found it please let us know [...for karma points].

I don’t mind parting with it though. It was is horrible condition–all scratched up and shit. I just ordered a new Nikon FC-E8 attachment which should arrive by this Friday’s CONTROL where Mr. Oizo will be playing.

Here’s a little video review courtesy of Bryan over at YouTellConcerts:

This Friday, catch DJ sets by Klever and Bird Peterson at Control. Discotheque will feature a DJ set by Chromeo, performing their DJ-Kicks mix, including sets by Mike B and Paul Devro.

If you’re out in New York, saturday is HARD NYC, where Crookers, Rusko, Major Lazer, Jack Beats, and Destructo will be tearing up the stage with the best bangin’ beats. Can’t afford to miss the first ever Hard Festival in New York…

Check out Avalon to see Felix Cartal drop some sick beats, including his new track “Drone”. Also, you can check out Discotheque to see DJ sets by BBC Radio 1’s Annie Mac, and residents Them Jeans and Destructo.