Joe Steinhardt

Joe Steinhardt (born June 6, 1984), is an American singer, musician, record producer, and author, best known as the co-founder of Don Giovanni Records.

Biography In the late 1990s, Steinhardt began to attend punk rock shows in and around New Brunswick, New Jersey.

In 2002, with his friend Zach Gajewski, he founded Don Giovanni Records which played an instrumental role in launching the careers of artists like Mitski, Waxahatchee, Screaming Females, Laura Stevenson, Moor Mother and Irreversible Entanglements.

In 2016 Steinhardt was named one of the 25 most influential people in New Jersey music by NJ.com . That same year he launched the New Alternative Music Festival.

Steinhardt has been a vocal critic of streaming music and published his first book Why to Resist Streaming Music & How through Microcosm Publishing.

In 2024 Steinhardt released a graphic novel Merriment with Marissa Paternoster.

Steinhardt received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2015 and is currently an associate professor of Music Business at Drexel University. He serves as vice president for the board of directors of Hillel International at Drexel University.

Discography

With For Science

Revenge For Hire (LP, Don Giovanni Records, 2006) Way Out Of Control (EP, Don Giovanni Records, 2007) Tomorrow's Just Another Day (LP, Don Giovanni Records, 2007)

With Modern Hut

Generic Treasure (LP, Don Giovanni Records, 2013) I Don't Want To Get Adjusted To This World (LP, Don Giovanni Records, 2021)