At The Hard Times, we know how much you love your K-pop. We also know how much you love your pornogrind. Like, you really, really…
Look, I’ve done some things I’m not proud of in this life. We all tell little white lies to get by, don’t we? Smile and…
BOULDER, Colo. — An explosive dispute over genre semantics broke out at the Thanksgiving dinner of the three-generation metalhead Reeder family regarding the disputed progressive…
For a long time I wanted to learn about jazz, but didn’t know where to start. One day I was listening to the Twin Peaks…
MALIBU, Calif. — Legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, the genius behind albums like “Highway 61 Revisited,” “Time Out of Mind” and “Blood on the Tracks” is…
I can remember hearing “Revolver” for the first time. I stole my dad’s guitar off the wall and tried to play along. He walked by…
Many frustrations come with being an accomplished boundary-defying musical artist such as myself. But the biggest might be people trying to fit me into that…
AUSTIN, Texas — Local musician Garrett Thompson’s attempt to explore diverse music genres resulted in five uniquely terrible solo projects which were met with embarrassment…
Does your favorite band have blood on its hands? Did they put out an album or even just a song that perfectly summarized a genre…
ATLANTA — A group of heroic gatekeepers came together to stop the spread of a new subgenre of hardcore music that was close to gaining…
Can you believe this asshole? Sitting there like an idiot, playing that alt nu-metal garbage on repeat again. You can practically hear the band’s soul…
As influential as it is divisive, Hyperpop has been seemingly inescapable in recent years, but it’s classification is a little murky. What is Hyperpop? Is…
Metal is all about precision. The meticulousness of a face-melting solo, the accuracy of a complex repeated riff. The exactness of a relentless blast beat.…
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Local teenager Valerie Booth reluctantly made the choice to be goth after reviewing her wardrobe consisting entirely of black hand-me-down clothes…
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. — Local nü-metal band Hog Washer can’t decide which of the countless butthole puns they thought of over the last six months…