Each Sunday, The Hard Times travels back and reviews a notable album from the past. This week we take a trip to beautiful Berkeley, California…
There was a time before social media when art was expected to have substance, and music could be a vehicle for real change. Rage Against…
Each Sunday, The Hard Times travels back and reviews a notable album from the past. This week we look back on the 1985 album that…
First things first, have a seat! Ha! Little joke I like to make to people I hogtie to my wondrous collection of barber chairs. I’m…
Danish rockabilly metal heroes, Volbeat, have returned with their eighth full-length of shake-and-shimmy mosh music, “Servant of the Mind.” This new eighteen-track LP embodies the…
Aw hells yeah! That thing I love about metalcore is happening again! It started off with a couple light strums to get me all primed…
We’ve all seen bad movies. Some are just plain bad and some are so bad they become good. But then there’s this third category —…
Richmond, Virginia is no stranger to extreme music, and the 2018 debut LP ‘Good To Feel’ from Candy, one of the capital city’s favorite young…
Angel Du$t, Baltimore’s constantly morphing indie-pop group featuring members of Turnstile and Trapped Under Ice, are back at it with their fourth LP, YAK: A…
Minutemen is one of the most influential hardcore punk bands of the 1980s, especially their biggest album “Double Nickels on the Dime.” It left an…
Last weekend, I paid a visit to my local cinema complex to see James Gunn’s comic book-inspired adventure romp, “The Suicide Squad.” And I must…
Each Sunday, The Hard Times travels back and reviews a notable album from the past. This week we tackle the 1995 breakthrough studio album ‘Live…
Orange Country straight edge powerhouse, DARE, are here to make their mark on the hardcore scene with their debut full-length LP “Against All Odds” on…
Each Sunday, The Hard Times travels back and reviews a notable album from the past. This week we tackle the 1992 self-titled debut from the…
Released in 1998, “Ocean Songs” is the fourth major album from the Australian rock trio, Dirty Three. Warren Ellis, Mick Turner, and Jim White transformed…