PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Local post-hardcore band Hegemony Cricket was interrupted during last night’s show at the Slapshack by awkward, mid-song questions about the guitarist’s pedals,…
Teenagers are often as ignorant as they are opinionated. In the case of local teenager, Ricky Spencer, homophobic remarks have plagued the ill-informed young man’s…
As new media pioneers and the platform for futuristic four-dimensional storytelling, The Hard Times is always seeking new ways to engage and educate our coveted millennial taste-masker demographic.…
ISLIP, N.Y. — Tommy Kersten, 26, suffered severe injuries after being brutally attacked by a shark while crowd surfing at a Long Island punk show…
Wow. Shit just keeps getting worse. Last night, at an undisclosed hospital, Lars Ulrich passed away at the age of 55, and that’s totally our…
SEATTLE — Local man Brian Reynolds embarrassed himself again thanks to his unique skill of transforming into a historian of any music genre while in the…
MIAMI – Local musician Harry Corbin, the experienced songwriter and guitarist of veteran pop-punk band The Restless Jets, has finished recording what experts project to…
MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. – Local mathcore band Obtuse Heart released a new album entitled Life Is But 58008 last week, including cover art reading “BOOBS”…
BEND, Ore. — Noted coward and yellow-belly Michael Goldwater could not muster the courage to reject a second copy of a flyer he’d just been…
SAN FRANCISCO — Friends of local punk Derek Evans report they are already fed up with his anti-Christmas rants that accompany every holiday season, a…
SOMERVILLE, Mass. — The long-awaited reunion of seminal Northeast emo outfit The Silver Hour ran into a scheduling conflict as the bar area of the…
CHICAGO — Swamp Smut drummer Logan Stone discovered a text message following his set on Thursday night, reading, “What time r u playing?”, sent from…
SEATTLE — A mad bomber wired local speed metal band Adrenaline Enema to explode if they play at less than 300 BPM, according to ongoing…
BERKELEY, Calif. – Excitement turned to disappointment this week as zinesters across the United States received a brand new issue of the seminal punk zine…
Rancid has been taking their brand of ska-tinged street punk to the masses for more than 25 years now. The legendary Berkeley group, founded by…