For Rick Maguire, work always comes first, and that work is writing, creating and playing music with Pile. Over the past decade, work has been good…
Posts published in “Features”
How Viagra Boys Use Satire to Push Punk Into Deeper Territory
Listening to Swedish Post-Punk band Viagra Boys is like stepping into a comical nightmare of misadventures with no sure way out. If you have ever experienced…
How Facebook Shitposting Groups Unite Music Fans IRL
Philadelphia-based Joon Daniele Kim didn’t want to just create his music in a vacuum. He wanted to broaden what he was doing and introduce new viewpoints…
The Hard Times Guide: 2019’s Best Albums of 2009 (part 2)
The year 2019 is about to become just another bad memory, and every music site is churning out list after list of the best songs, albums…
The Hard Times Guide: 2019’s Best Albums of 2009 (part 1)
The year 2019 is about to become just another bad memory, and every music site is churning out list after list of the best songs, albums…
Happy Holidays! Here’s a Horror Story
Save yourself. Live better. Lucy didn’t think there could be anything worse than going home for the holidays. It meant taking time off she couldn’t afford,…
This “War Pigs” Cover Will Get You Into the Holiday Spirit
The holidays are here, and we found the perfect thing to show your cousins while you’re out “taking a walk” before dinner: This Home Alone-themed cover…
VIDEO PREMIERE: The Warriors- Follow Your Bliss (Part 4)
Hard Noise is thrilled to bring you a new documentary tracking The Warriors’ process of creating their ambitiously realized latest record. Watch the conclusion of Follow…
VIDEO PREMIERE: The Warriors- Follow Your Bliss (Part 3)
Hard Noise is thrilled to bring you a new documentary tracking The Warriors’ process of creating their ambitiously realized latest record. Watch part three of Follow…