Ron Hart

Patty Smyth Talks Doing the Theme Song for a Show She’s Never Watched

There isn't anything quite like hearing a radio hit from one's youth revamped as the theme to a hit TV show. Yet that is what…

Ron Hart / July 24, 2020

Oral History

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Don’t Give Me Your Soul: The Oral History of Sonic Youth’s Goo

By 1990, Sonic Youth no longer belonged to the cool kids. Before Goo was released that June, they were a band you had to read…

Ron Hart / June 26, 2020

Lists

Pale Saints' The Comforts of Madness reissue

The 10 Best Reissues of 2020 (So Far)

The record shops might have been closed up for the last 10 weeks (and plenty are reopening as I write, for better or worse). But…

Ron Hart / June 17, 2020

Features

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Return of the Justice Keepers: Bad Brains’ God of Love at 25

It should have made headlines all over the American music press, from CMJ to Raygun. After spending the first half of the decade apart, the…

Ron Hart / May 27, 2020

Lists

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9 Little Richard TV Appearances That Changed Everything

Without Little Richard, there would be no James Brown. No Elvis. No Beatles. [ed. note: deep breath] No Stevie Wonder. No New York…

Ron Hart / May 10, 2020

Lists

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The 10 Most Essential Was (Not Was) Tracks

Since David Weiss and Don Fagenson christened themselves the Brothers Was and formed Was (Not Was) in 1979 Detroit, a ridiculous number of great musicians…

Ron Hart / May 7, 2020

Lists

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Fiona Apple’s 10 Best Songs

Fiona Apple's music isn't pretty -- it's real. Though more folks appeared to have concentrated on her looks than her actual music, her 1996 debut, Tidal,…

Ron Hart / April 21, 2020

Lists

Quarantined Strings: Watch YouTubers Tackle Classics in Their Own Tune

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no shortage of guitarists, bassists and other string musicians playing recitals, offering tutorials or just plain shredding for…

Ron Hart / April 20, 2020

Features

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Pavement’s Wowee Zowee Turns 25: Musicians Remember Alt Rock Classic

Looking back, Pavement's Wowee Zowee was not immediately praised as a crucial album in the band catalog when it was released 25 years ago. In…

Ron Hart / April 16, 2020

Features

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Record Labels Feel the COVID-19 Crunch

There is no shortage of harrowing stories that illustrate the pain inflicted by every aspect of the music industry at the onset of the COVID-19…

Ron Hart / April 10, 2020

Lists

Fat Tuesday: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of an Epic Album Release Day

If there's anything to be said about how even a once-in-a-century pandemic couldn't quash the excitement for yesterday’s incredibly strong slate of releases, it's an…

Ron Hart / March 28, 2020

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