Social Distortion "Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes" 2025-12-26 and Sinéad O'Connor

and Sinéad O'Connor

vintage vibes and NYC cool that made the Strokes an early-2000s phenomenon

Acid Eaters forms a musical tribute to the Ramones' 60s favorites

Bob from Shinobu is sitting right next to me trying to come up with adjectives to describe how good they are

and here he packs it in: these songs are about muscle cars

Social Distortion "Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes" 2025-12-26 and Sinéad O'ConnorHard Times and Nursery Rhymes builds on singer Mike Ness twin footings, one in the haunted American landscapes of Hank Williams and the other in the raw swagger of Exile era Rolling Stones. While these twin pillars have always been behind Social Distortion's anthemic songs, on Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes they come roaring to the fore, in one of the hardest rocking, most soulful albums of Ness's career. From opener California (Hustle and Flow), in a