The Clash redefined the art of being a pretentious dick wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt who starts every conversation with “um, actually…” before launching into…
Interpol is one of the great bands to emerge from the rock scene of New York in the early 2000s, when your hair was beautiful…
Black Flag is a legendary band people love to lie about listening to. Every indie artist name-drops them as an influence, and it’s all for…
Modest Mouse is one of the most important bands in indie rock. They advanced the popularity of the genre in the early 2000s more than…
Rancid has one of the most unlikely success stories in rock history. Despite having more members with face and head tattoos than those who can…
Millencolin: proof that coming from a country with the highest quality of life in the world doesn’t mean shit when you’re a pissed-off teenage skatepunk…
FUCKIN’ SLAAAAYYYYYEEERRR have been a staple in the metal community since their debut album in 1983. And since then, they have existed as a band…
Motion City Soundtrack were the undersung torch-bearers of Midwestern Emo long before the genre was appropriated by wildly inaccurate TikTok videos. If you haven’t visited…
The Hold Steady is the kind of band that will never, ever hit it big on the charts, but inspires a level of fanatical devotion…
With a career spanning over two decades, New York punk darlings Bayside have given their devoted fan base eight albums to laugh, cry, mosh, and…
The Britpop sensations known as the all-conquering Oasis were best known for the confrontational interviews, powerful eyebrows, and even occasionally the music they produced/plagiarized. Prior…
Cursive is such a criminally overlooked band that many public schools have cut them from their curriculum entirely. We here at the Hard Times believe…
Look, if you know anything about the Dead Kennedys then nothing in this ranking will surprise you, so let’s make things interesting. I’ll list the…
We desperately needed to raise our IQ by a few points, so we decided to re-listen to Tool’s five full-length albums and deliver a comprehensive…
There are few bands with a discography as staggeringly great as the one Fugazi produced during their twelve year run. Ranking these albums is such…