James Knapp, Author at HARDTIMES

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…

January 17, 2023

SPARKS, Nev. — Post-grunge band Stunch Bunch recently informed the booker for one of their West coast tour dates that…

January 12, 2023

LOS ANGELES — Live show overlords Ticketmaster instituted a new paywall that hides exactly how much users are going to…

January 10, 2023

BEND, Ore. — Touring thrash metal band Vertical Gnome made the decision to toss their bass player into the mouth…

January 8, 2023

Each week, The Hard Times looks back on a classic album. This week we took a look back on Stretch…

January 2, 2023

DOVER, Del. — Struggling power-thrash band Boot Full of Piss recently sat down to a predictably cheap dinner made up…

December 29, 2022

Hey. How ya doing, bud? Not that you asked, but I’m doing okay. I’ve just kind of been in my…