Loud/Hard/Metal


For Fefe Dobson, melody comes first

Returning on a wave of resurgent pop-punk

Call Security!

Supergroup La Sécurité releases debut album, Stay Safe!

Les Shirley : The magic that happens when you give more

Trio enlists Marie-Pierre Arthur on production for More is M...

Nickelback presents Get Rollin’ – its first album in five years

Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, on co-writing songs about “the g...

How Jutes was inspired by co-writing with Demi Lovato

After evolving from hip-hop to pop-punk

NOBRO: As if the world no longer existed

“Rock is a way of life. When you love it, you play it, no ...

ElyOtto’s “SugarCrash!”: fourth most-liked TikTok ever, and 100 million Spotify streams

Writing some of the most popular songs on earth… while rid...

Songwriter/producer Karen Kosowski’s knack for collaboration

“Every step in the process of producing a song informs the...

Video Interview: Staying Home with grandson

On making music to connect listeners during ongoing isolatio...

In the Spotlight: Debby Friday

An industrial hip-hop workaholic

Video: The Breakdown – Building a loyal fanbase

2019 SOCAN Songwriting Prize winner grandson

Drogue: Stabbed by Sound Waves

Band members have never all been in the same room

TEKE::TEKE: Positive Destruction

Montréal combo attracts attention of famed labels Kill Rock...

How the song happened: Cory Marks’s “Outlaws & Outsiders”

Co-writer Kevin Churko brought in some heavy-hitter guests

Joey Moi: Big Loud Records producer, songwriter, entrepreneur is on a roll

“We get to sign the artists we fall in love with, then mak...

Backxwash wins 2020 edition of $50,000 Polaris Prize

For the album, God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out...

In Concert Photo Gallery: The Beaches

February 28, 2020

In Concert Photo Gallery: Devin Townsend

February 27, 2020

Annie Sama: Kill them with kindness

Her music is a thermal shock

Obey The Brave flips the bird at adversity

The metalcore band launches its fourth album

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