Hard Summer festival moves on to bigger beats

Acts like Friday headliner Bloc Party are testing the boundaries of what counts as dance music, with Hard Events' summer festival happily along for the ride.The British dance-punk band Bloc Party returns to the U.S. on Friday night as headliner of the two-day Hard Summer festival in Chinatown's Los Angeles State Historic Park. The huge popularity of the annual electronica-heavy festival owes a debt to bands like Bloc Party, who helped make dance music safe for young rock fans in the 2000s.

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