James Knapp, Author at HARDTIMES

February 19, 2023

What in the actual dad-rock fuck is this shit?! I make my way all the way downtown (on a Thursday!)…

February 19, 2023

Each week The Hard Times looks back on a classic album from punk history. This week we reviewed Knapsack’s landmark…

February 15, 2023

This week we decided to take a look at Drug Church’s latest release, “Hygiene,” and we found as we reviewed……

February 11, 2023

BOILING SPRINGS, Penn. — Police corporal Stu Plansey geared up for another long, grueling day of sitting idle in his…

February 11, 2023

Time: man’s only natural predator. While once we were all new and hip it is only inevitable that we someday…

February 10, 2023

I know I’m a little bit behind the times on this - I mean, that game came out like ten…

February 1, 2023

Life imitates art. Or is that the other way around? Regardless, whichever way it works out just hope that, unlike…

January 26, 2023

For more than 25 years Alkaline Trio has been the archetypal brooding, pop-punk muse casting creepy shadow puppets over the…

January 25, 2023

Each week The Hard Times looks back on a classic album. This week we reviewed Slayer’s “Show No Mercy” because…

January 18, 2023

Each week The Hard Times looks back on a classic album from punk history. This week we listened to “Gluey…