This is the website of writer, editor, podcaster and musician Hank Shteamer. Hank is open to any writing or editing inquiries. Please feel free to reach out at hshteamer [dot] writes [at] gmail [dot] com. Click here to see examples of recent work, including pieces from his recently launched Substack newsletter.
Hank contributes to various online and print outlets, including The New York Times, Pitchfork and TIDAL. He writes bio copy for artists, liner notes for recordings, scripts for live events and a variety of other editorial material, and also takes on freelance editing projects. He formerly held the title of Senior Music Editor at Rolling Stone, where his own work also regularly appeared. He has also held senior editorial roles at The Messenger and Time Out New York.
In 2011, Hank published a book about the band Ween for the 33 1/3 imprint. That same year, he launched Heavy Metal Bebop, an interview series dealing with the connections between jazz and heavy metal; the series relaunched as a podcast in 2019. In 2015, he produced a limited-edition vinyl box set reissuing the early work of the Cleveland post-hardcore band craw. For more than a decade, Hank blogged about music and other topics at the now semi-dormant Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches. He has also written liner notes for a variety of releases.
Hank has performed, recorded and toured with bands including STATS, Skryptor and Aa. In 2021, he released an album of solo music under the name Lake Geode. He lives in New York.