EASTHAMPTON, Mass. — Local music snob Larson Cheek is extremely anxiety-ridden over the fact that nobody has taken anything from the box of free records…
I’d say that I pretty much only listen to metal. Mostly doom metal. And some stoner and sludge. Well, also some blackened death metal. And…
You know me so well. You know I love ambient, fuzzy surf rock and you know I love when zoomers add 808s and rap over…
Oh, hey there. This is a pretty cool party, right? I couldn’t help overhear a conversation you were having earlier when you said that you…
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…
I despise popular music. I frequently make it known that I exclusively listen to bands that are so obscure, they aren’t even on Spotify or…
I can tell what you’re thinking from across the showroom. I know you want to pick one up, strum it like a jackass that has…
Nice Fugazi shirt. Where’d you get it, Target? Heh. Probably. Okay then, name three songs. Please? I’m trying to get into them. Oh, and “Waiting…
It’s 1 a.m., the party is winding down, most of your real friends have left, and there are just a few stragglers hanging around your…
We could tell the instant Jacob Spivey walked into Sunnyside Music that he didn’t know a single thing about records. Right off the bat, he…
Here at the Hard Times, we like to revisit albums that we are required to revere. Many of these works have forever changed the way…
I am not standing here in the garage of a Pep Boys because it’s my job to inform you about why Doom Metal is the…
Listen here, poser. You think you know this band? Really? What, you started listening to them six weeks ago? And now you’re happy to be…
It was 2012 and the Sacramento digital hardcore noise rap group Death Grips had just released their underground hit album, No Love Deep Web, which…