Ronen Kauffman began writing about music and culture in 1993 in the pages of his self-published fanzine, Aneurysm. He then spent three years as the music editor for the Daily Targum at Rutgers University. In the time since, his thoughtful columns, expository features and straight music journalism have appeared in magazines such as Alternative Press, Law of Inertia, AMP, and Outburn, and on music news websites like Punknews.org and Pastepunk.com.

Kauffman was also the vocalist for New Brunswick, NJ's try.fail.try and most recently, Zombie Apocalypse, a project including members of the influential metal-hardcore band Shai Hulud.

He is currently the producer and host of Issue Oriented podcast, a fast-growing production which has appeared on Sirius Satellite Radio and has thousands of listeners.