HARD Beats and Soft Skin

Two weeks of Alternative mayhem played in my head after amazing shows by Deftones, Alice in Chains, Temper Trap, and Minus the Bear. But, my introduction to Electro music at Hard Haunted Mansion this past Halloween weekend has over-ridden the sounds of string instruments and garage-band jams.The music of RUSKO, Bloody Beetroots and almost any Dubstep remix, as long as its not applied to a mainstream song on my "Never Play" list, have overshadowed my recent obsessions with uncanny indie groups like Menomena, Fugazi, Grizzly Bear, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Suckers, and the like. Electro music can never be fully appreciated until heard live and preferably where everyone is dressed in outrageous costumes and covered in glitter. Prior to Hard, I enjoyed listening to electronic music while out with friends, but never actively sought it out for myself. What I had once written off as aesthetically produced sound is really inexplicable bass beats and ingenious euphonies!