The Acorn

The Acorn @ CMW 2008

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) March 7, 2008 5:00 pm
BACKGROUND/COMPOSITION: This Paper Bag five-piece ditched electronic bedroom recording a while back for full, atmospheric, rootsy indie rock. Think Califone fronted by My Morning Jacket's Jim James. Grade: 87 Comment: Plants & Animals were a tough act to follow, but The Acorn's soaring sound kept the...
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The Acorn — Glory Hope Mountain

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By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) September 25, 2007 12:23 pm
The Acorn, one of the latest additions to the Paper Bag love-in, play music that's arty, opaque and challenging, on the whole. Their Glory Hope Mountain full-length features a bevy of guest stars from in and around their hometown of Ottawa (including various Wooden Stars and Fiftymen) and, while not for the casual listener, the album moslty...
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The Acorn — Tin Fist

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By Phil Villeneuve (CHARTattack) December 5, 2006 2:01 pm
Listening to Tin Fist is like watching your favourite tree change colours in the fall, only to reveal layers and shades you didn't even know you loved. This cozy six-song EP will keep you interested the whole way through its short duration with its combination of group harmonies, sprinkles of electronic backing and both an acoustic and electric...
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WATCH: The Acorn – “Misplaced” official music video

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 1, 2012 5:57 pm
The wintery solitude of our beloved Canadian wilderness takes front-and-centre in this video. Director Graham Rapsey assembled the Ottawa outfit in the snowy plains of Ontario’s Sandbanks Provincial Park to create the visuals for “Misplaced”, which comes from 2010’s No Ghost. Decked out in toques and thick woolly jackets, the band endures—or...
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I Read The News Today... For March 9, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 9, 2011 4:02 pm
Kid Rock was born free, y'all! Canadians obviously weren't, so he's coming up here in May to preaaaaaaaaaach! —MySpace Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings are heading north of the 49th parallel for a Canadian tour in May as well. Who would CHARTattack staffers and contributors rather see in May? Hmm... —MySpace The Acorn have done plenty of overseas...
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Video Of The Day: The Acorn's "Restoration"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 3, 2011 5:04 pm
The Acorn's stop-motion clip for No Ghost's "Restoration" was directed by Exploding Motor Car. It features the band enjoying a summer picnic lunch before heading into a forest that's full of paper lanterns, puppet monsters and spooky, flashing lights. No Ghost is out now.
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 27, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 27, 2010 12:19 pm
Everybody Dance Now: Songs From Hamilton Volume 5, a compilation featuring some songs by Hamilton, Ont. artists like Young Rival, Caribou, Arkells, Junior Boys and others, will be released in late September to coincide with the C+C Music Festival at this year's Hamilton Supercrawl. —Facebook The Meligrove Band will release a new album...
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Song Of The Day: The Acorn's "Kindling To Cremation (Megafaun Remix)"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 26, 2010 1:41 pm
The Acorn have plans to release Make The Least Of The Day, a collection of remixes of all the songs on the recently released No Ghost, on Sept. 14. It comes just after the American release of No Ghost, which is out Sept. 7 there. Here, Megafaun turn the folk rock of "Kindling To Cremation" into a quieter affair, moving the "oooohs...
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I Read The News Today... For June 21, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff June 21, 2010 12:00 pm
Sorry, Calgary, but the Calgary Jazz Festival has been cancelled... the same week it was supposed to start. Bummer. CBC News Sarah Harmer's announced extensive summer tour plans in support of her upcoming new album, Oh Little Fire, which is out Tuesday (June 22). sarahharmer.com Dates for the first ever Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar festival,...
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The Acorn At Lee's Palace

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Photographer: 
Jeff Jewiss
Venue: 
Lee's Palace
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
June 11, 2010
The Acorn (Photo by Jeff Jewiss)

The Acorn At Lee's Palace

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Photographer: 
Jeff Jewiss
Venue: 
Lee's Palace
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
June 11, 2010
The Acorn (Photo by Jeff Jewiss)

The Acorn At Lee's Palace

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Photographer: 
Jeff Jewiss
Venue: 
Lee's Palace
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
June 11, 2010
The Acorn (Photo by Jeff Jewiss)

The Acorn At Lee's Palace

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Photographer: 
Jeff Jewiss
Venue: 
Lee's Palace
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
June 11, 2010
The Acorn (Photo by Jeff Jewiss)

The Acorn At Lee's Palace

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Photographer: 
Jeff Jewiss
Venue: 
Lee's Palace
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
June 11, 2010
The Acorn (Photo by Jeff Jewiss)

The Acorn At Lee's Palace

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Photographer: 
Jeff Jewiss
Venue: 
Lee's Palace
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
June 11, 2010

I Read The News Today... For May 7, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff May 7, 2010 12:40 pm
Chromeo's Business Casual is out Aug. 17. Last Gang The debut album from The Minotaurs, Eat Yr Hate, is out July 1. It was produced by Woodpigeon's Arran Fisher. MySpace Queens Of The Stone Age will reissue 2000's Rated R in July. No, it will not be retitled NC-17. NME Are Library Voices Canada's unluckiest band? Last year, all their gear was...
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The Acorn Offer Free Download

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 4, 2010 11:11 am
Ottawa indie rockers The Acorn have made the title track to their upcoming No Ghost album available for free download. The tune, much like most of No Ghost, is a lot louder (and almost psychedelic at times) in comparison to the folky material on 2007's Glory Hope Mountain. You can download the tune for free here. No Ghost comes out through...
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The Acorn See No Ghost In June

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 24, 2010 4:17 pm
We're declaring June the month of ghosts. Stars have already announced they'll release their The Five Ghosts studio album on June 22, and now The Acorn plan to put out an LP titled No Ghost through Paper Bag on June 1. The Ottawa-based indie rock band recorded No Ghost in a cottage in northern Quebec in the summer of 2009, and it's meant to be...
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Acorn Album Coming In Early 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff December 9, 2009 4:46 pm
The Acorn finished the follow-up to 2007's Glory Hope Mountain on Wednesday (Dec. 9). The band announced they'd wrapped up the disc on their Facebook page and on frontman Rolf Klausener's Twitter. "first snow fall in Ottawa, and our album is done. neat!" he tweeted. The disc doesn't have a title or definite release date yet, but the...
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