Ron Hart is currently enjoying his 11th year as a professional music journalist. In addition to PopMatters, he has also written for such publications as CMJ, Billboard.com, SPIN.com, The Village Voice, Gear, Paper, SHOUT NY, Paperthinwalls.com, Blender, Yellow Rat Bastard, Good Times, Paste, and Barnesandnoble.com among others. He is also the editor and publisher of the Interboro Rock Tribune, a free NYC music zine now in its 6th year in print. Please give us traffic on our website at http://www.irtmag.com.
Features
Thursday, December 17 2009
The Best Live Albums of 2009
This has been a year teeming with one of the most robust outputs of live recordings in recent memory.
Tuesday, September 1 2009
Wide-Eyed Wonder: An Interview with Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance
Six Organs of Admittance/Comets on Fire frontman Ben Chasny has a lot on his mind. Sitting down with PopMatters, he lets it all out, spilling a couple unique secrets in the process ...
Tuesday, July 15 2008
"Once You Saw Them Live, You Were Hooked Forever": An Interview With Don Letts
With the 30th Anniversary release of the seminal Clash documentary Revolution Rock, director Don Letts reflects on the sheer power of seeing the Only Band That Mattered in a live setting, the possibility of a Big Audio Dynamite reissue, and his unabashed love... for Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Friday, January 25 2008
The Best Music DVDs of 2007
The last few years have seen some mind-blowing DVD repackaging of a wide variety of musically projects. 2007 is the best yet.
Reviews
Sunday, September 11 2011
Honey Ride Me a Goat: Udders
Limited to only 500 copies by the Lexicon label, this is the definitive collection from the UK underground's hidden treasure.
Wednesday, August 24 2011
Paterson & Pults: Grand Tetons
Originally released in 1977, Grand Tetons is a lost treasure of private prexss psych-folk from Texas by one of the Lone Star State's most talented duos.
Monday, August 15 2011
Severance & Cassidy Severance & Cassidy
The late '70s/early '80s was a time that saw rock 'n' roll get louder, faster and weirder in the advent of punk and new wave. However, such seismic sea changes on the college and commercial radio charts had little to no effect on the music of the New Hampshire duo of Dan Severance and Gary Cassidy.
Wednesday, August 3 2011
Idiot Glee: Paddywhack
A chance encounter with an old cassette copy of Pet Sounds sends a young classical music prodigy into an experimental pop tizzy on the debut album from Idiot Glee.
Monday, July 25 2011
Mani Neumeier & Kawabata Makoto: Samurai Blues
A half-decade of collaboration between two of improvisational rock's finest talents finally comes to fruition in the studio with the release of Samurai Blues, the debut album from Guru Guru drummer Mani Neumeier and Acid Mothers Temple guitarist Kawabata Makoto.
Blogs
Tuesday, December 15 2009
Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison Legacy Edition
Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison Legacy Edition - Sony Legacy [$39.98]
