Best New Bands » Hard LA 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 Hard Summer Festival Picks http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/hard-summer-festival-picks/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/hard-summer-festival-picks/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:00:00 +0000 Hard has suffered from a few snafus in the past year, including an early cancelation of Hard LA and a mid-show cancellation of last year’s Hard Summer. Hard NYC also had its share of problems, the biggest of which being that MIA walked off stage early, blaming poor sound on the rain and sound technicians.

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/hard-summer-festival-picks/feed/ 0 I Can’t Tell if They’re Kidding: A Look at Die Antwoord http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/i-can-t-tell-if-they-re-kidding-a-look-at-die-antwoord/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/i-can-t-tell-if-they-re-kidding-a-look-at-die-antwoord/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:50:04 +0000 Anyone who was lusting over the lineup for the ill-fated Hard LA knows that there would have been a lot of acts to look forward to. What many of you may not have known, myself included, is why the Hard LA poster had “Die Antwoord” affixed on the list third from the top, just below

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/hard-la-canceled/feed/ 0 A Few Reasons to go to Hard LA (None Involving M.I.A.) http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/a-few-reasons-to-go-to-hard-la-none-involving-mia/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/a-few-reasons-to-go-to-hard-la-none-involving-mia/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +0000 The hype hangs around M.I.A. so thick that you could cut it with a knife. She would probably prefer that you use a brightly colored piece of cutlery from some far away indigenous tribe, from whom she has likely already sampled some type of sound. After all, she has been a busy girl lately. She’s

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