Buying that Funeral For a Friend hoodie are ya? But did you come to this show as some casual bandwagoner or do you truly appreciate…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Breweries across the Pacific Northwest are faced with barrel supply chain issues forcing them to utilize a piece of furniture known as…
Once you’ve been inside the proverbial “Cathedral of Sound” that characterizes the Shoegaze genre, life is never quite the same again. It’s better than sex,…
PITTSBURGH — Local tenant Bob Kasah was shocked to find his child was painted over in his sleep by his completely spatially and situationally unaware…
Who could forget the sultry trip-hop of Portishead? The answer is me, and most men under the age of 30, but it’s time to change…
Before I started practicing meditation, the stresses of the world got to me. The global pandemic, crippling inflation, and of course the repercussions of my…
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Members of the ska group Ship Shank Shunk came to the startling realization that they were under no obligation to dress…
DETROIT — Local mother Sheryl Carter purchased her 30-year-old Juggalo son a big red clown nose and a pair of cartoonishly large shoes in a…
We have had a whole lot of wild adventures here at The Hard Times, from the time we were forced to fight against the entire…
DURHAM, N.C. — Local drug hookup Benjamin Wertner is reportedly only known to clients by his first name and one of the assortments of narcotics…
I bet you thought I’d never do it. In fact, I’m pretty sure we did bet on it. Well, two and a half decades of…
SHREVEPORT, La. — Local metal band Sinister Dissonance warned their guitarist Henry Derrickson that he’ll go blind if he doesn’t stop playing so many solos,…
Oh, you’re a libertarian? Yeah bro, I guess that copy of “The Fountainhead” with the pages stuck together you’ve got there should’ve been a clue.…
TUCSON, Ariz. — Every musician who played the Rat’s Nest Thursday night showed an unprecedented display of scene camaraderie by forming two lines, high fiving,…
Each week, The Hard Times takes a trip to the past to review a classic album. This time around we take a look at Poison…