album review Archives

Bobby Korec • July 24, 2022

Each Sunday, The Hard Times travels back and reviews a notable album from the past. This week we’re taking a…

Rob Steinberg • September 16, 2021

Minutemen is one of the most influential hardcore punk bands of the 1980s, especially their biggest album "Double Nickels on…

John Danek • April 24, 2021

CHICAGO — Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan made some coffee before launching into yet another day of writing 5-star reviews…

Ryan Werner • January 22, 2021

There’s something about hiding my receding hairline that reminds me of the classic Smashing Pumpkins album “Siamese Dream.” That wall…

Charles Bill • February 26, 2020

Hey there kiddo, it’s been a while huh? "Achtung Baby" was U2’s seminal 1991 masterpiece, a rejection of their previous…

Dan Rice • February 17, 2020

It’s hard to believe that Bright Eyes' “Fevers and Mirrors” was released almost 20 years ago. It’s even harder to…

Tara Marie • February 16, 2020

Sum-41 will forever be known as the band that made the bold stance of being not as good as Green…

Jay Chanoine • February 12, 2020

The term "concept album" can be confusing. Sometimes it implies that there is a narrative story told through a collection…

Dan Rice • January 1, 2020

At The Hard Times we think it’s important to look back on iconic albums that made influenced us and have…

Patrick Coyne • July 2, 2019

By 1969, the Chipmunks had hit a creative and commercial brick wall, with the public seemingly sick of rodent-based novelty…