Hi! I’m Luke Ottenhof (he/him), a freelance writer based in Montréal, Québec, and assistant editor at Premier Guitar.

I write about music, culture, labour, colonialism, drugs, and harm reduction for outlets around the world. Recently, I’ve been reporting on cryptocurrency and crypto-colonialism, AI, music labour struggles, and tenant organizing.

My work has been published by Popular Mechanics, GQ, Billboard, The Guardian, Pitchfork, The Daily Beast, Columbia Journalism Review, Premier Guitar, Vulture, The Walrus, MEL, Mic, CBC, Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, Toronto Star, and others.

You can check out my work for Premier Guitar here.

I’ve written more than 100 artist and label bios, across virtually all genres. Hit me up if you’d like to talk about having one written for your project.

I also did communications and fact-checking for the podcast series Race Against Climate Change by Canada’s National Observer.

I’ve served as a juror for the Digital Publishing Awards, and have served as a juror for the Polaris Music Prize since 2018. I was part of the 11-person grand jury for the 2024 prize.

You can follow me on Twitter: @lukeottenhof. You can contact me at ottenhofluke at gmail dot com. You can also check out my band Brickie.



Some Recent and Not-So-Recent Work