Lysten is proud to present the first annual Lysten Music Festival. We're excited to present an open air festival in a facility that seats 10 000 fans. With an emphasis on local and emerging talent from across Canada, we know this will be THE event of the fall season.
Stay tuned as we announce our schedule, ticket pricing and further partnerships.
If you have an questions, or would like to participate in some way, please contact Chris Risdon at chris@lysten.ca
The new album from Wolf Parade, Expo 86, is coming soon. In the meantime, here is a sneak peek of two tracks./p...
I’ve lived in this city for a long time, and my naiveté regarding this city's music scene is well documented. It would be difficult however, to have been ignorant of the names Ben Welland or Sadie Hell. Buzz has followed this fellow for some time (The Sun, The Citizen and most reputable music literature) and two years after its inception, the self titled album landed in January of 2010. Using my access to the stars (ok, so he emailed it to me) I got a sneak preview of the album and was rather surprised. Surprised, and freakin’ impressed. /p...
Throughout my teen years I very nearly drown in Britpop. As I “AHEM” matured, I evolved and since then I’ve been a champion of Canadian music, so much so that I could have been accused of ignoring music from elsewhere. Over the last few years that changed as I opened myself up to new sounds the world over. Britain and the U.S have seen the “indie” sound become commercially viable and mainstream, but countries like Scotland and Sweden have pushed the boundaries and forced their way into what was once a closed club. The success of Scotland is hardly surprising, given their proximity to Britain, shared language, airwaves and influences. Sweden however is another matter entirely. There’s more to this story than ABBA. In fact, that’s the only time you’ll see that word here along with Ace Of Base and Roxette. God bless ‘em though for trying./p...
Coming on May 4: the new album from The New Pornographers, entitled Together. Their fifth full-length was produced by the band and Phil Palazzolo, and recorded in Vancouver, Brooklyn, Woodstock, and Catskill, NY. The album is comprised of 9 A.C. Newman songs and 3 Dan Bejar numbers, and features the full eight-person lineup of Carl, Dan, John Collins, Neko Case, Kurt Dahle, Kathryn Calder, Todd Fancey and Blaine Thurier. Additional musicians include Annie Clark (St. Vincent), Zach Condon (Beirut), Will Sheff (Okkervil River), and the Dap-Kings Horns, among other talents./p...