It’s the Halloween season and we at The Hard Times are getting our novelty horror screamo band Suscreamia back together! Well, almost. As many of…
Founded in 1995 by Rich Egan, now at The Hard 8 Working Group management company, and Jon Cohen, now at Big Noise Music Group, Vagrant…
As you likely know, Orange County was certainly “the (literal) zone” for metal-adjacent, punk rock, third-wave ska, and racist acts large and small in the…
Senses Fail formed in the toxic yet somehow endearing wasteland known as New Jersey in 2001 when all of their five band members were too…
Music has the power to help us heal and get to the core of our deepest feelings. In fact, many who need honest-to-god-actual therapy often…
The Blood Brothers were a confounding band. Were they hardcore? Were they punk? Were they emo? Were they even music? We may never know the…
Emo is a lot like pornography – it’s hard to define but you know it when you see it. There’s also a lot of fake…
One of the more memorable bands to have come from the 2010s (even though they started just prior to 2010, but whatever.) is Touchè Amorè.…
FRISCO, Texas — Hot Topic manager Julia Hargrave reportedly urged employees to prepare for an influx of older relatives with limited pop culture knowledge to…
Circa Survive are back with their double EP “Two Dreams” and we’re here to break it down for you whether you like it or not.…
As a feminist, I believe that it is very important that women in STEM have opportunities to succeed in their fields. Whether their bands are…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Legendary post-hardcore band La Dispute confused fans with the band’s new lyrical direction by literally just reading ingredients off the shampoo…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Graphic Designer Mark Gravel’s two teen children were horrified to find a box in the attic with six different white belts their…
FERNDALE, Mich. — Local post-hardcore bands The Crooked Nose and Sleeping in Bushes brought a mix of high school-aged and middle-aged patrons out to the…
LAS VEGAS — When We Were Young festival released a new batch of tickets for an “Arms Crossed In The Back” section that saw the…