Best New Bands » hard fest http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Leona Laurie meets the Riot Police at Hard Fest 2009 http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/leona-laurie-meets-the-riot-police-at-hard-fest-2009/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/leona-laurie-meets-the-riot-police-at-hard-fest-2009/#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 23:00:00 +0000 Another treat from our recently restored archives is our highest-trafficked article of 2009: Leona Laurie’s account of the abortive Hard Fest at the LA Forum… Well, I don’t feel stupid anymore about buying tickets to San Diego’s Street Scene after already buying tickets to see Chromeo at Hard Fest/Hard Summer in LA. Why? Because Hard

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