Action movies: I often wish that I were a normal person who could just enjoy an action movie. I’ve seen the way most of you…
There are very few bands who make me want to dance one moment and then headbutt a cactus the next. Sweden’s Meshuggah is one of…
Someone once said, “Every song ever written is about one of three things: a break-up, death, or going down on Dave Coulier in a theater.”…
SpongeBob Squarepants. What do we know about him? He lives in a pineapple, but then again, who doesn’t? Said pineapple happens to be under the…
In late 1970s Minneapolis, an iconic musical act emerged with both a genre-defying and genre-defining sound, and whose name is synonymous with talent and prestige.…
He goes by many names. Bruce, The Boss, uh, “old fuss and feathers” maybe. More importantly, Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen has got stories. LOTS of…
Before reading the text below, some obsessively avid and perpetually bitter readers of The Hard Times will most certainly say that this Pierce the Veil…
While horror isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, it’s hard to think of a living writer who has had a bigger cultural impact than Stephen King.…
Prioritizing one’s mental health ain’t no laughing matter and neither are Los Angeles’ Say Anything. Max Bemis, the band’s quick-witted and prolific Brian Wilson-esque figure…
Guitar pedals are the paint-by-number books of the music world. Can’t come up with an original riff? Buy a pedal to sound like your favorite…
The origins of Dio can be traced back to of all things a mixing disagreement for a live album. Band namesake Ronnie James Dio and…
If you’re a former punk teenager and current punk thirtysomething, the Menzingers discography perfectly soundtracks your growing up (or lack thereof). From humble beginnings as…
We Couldn’t Get Tickets to Barbie or Oppenheimer So Here’s What We’re Listening To This Week Instead
We Couldn’t Get Tickets to Barbie or Oppenheimer So Here’s What We’re Listening To This Week Instead
You’ve always thought of yourself as a hip youngster who is constantly up to date with the rising tide of popular culture and musical trends.…
The Casket Lottery is an emo band from the midwest, but they’re not necessarily midwest emo. Come to think of it, they’re not really emo…
Before we start listing ten underrated albums from ten underrated Hopeless Records bands below, we will state the obvious-to-us-but-likely-not-to-some-pleeb-who-just-scrolls-through- these-lists-without-actually-reading-them-or-the-fine-print-contained-in-such-like-a-savage and use the word “underrated”…