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The Acorn! - New Live &Rarities album and Fall Canada/US/UK Tour

Posted Tue Aug 19, 15:14 by James Trauzzi

Hello Folks! Hope you enjoy this little news flash - We sure do!!!

1) North American Co-headline Tour with Ohbijou
2) Live & Rarities album “Heron Act” on Paper Bag Records
3) Glory Hope Mountain hits Europe, UK dates with Akron/Family, France & End Of The Road Festival

1) North American Co-headline Tour with Ohbijou

After a very successful summer festival season, The Acorn will be making their way across the continent this fall joined by long-time friends and collaborators Toronto’s Ohbijou. The 30-date tour will take them across Canada and much the West and Mid-west United States. US dates will feature said bands as well as Portland Oregon’s The Shaky Hands.

North American Fall Dates ::
Sat. Oct. 4 – Kingston, ON – Grad Club #
Mon. Oct. 6 - Sault Ste Marie – ON #
Tue. Oct. 7 - Thunder Bay ON – Apollo #
Wed. Oct. 8 - Winnipeg MB – Lo-Pub #
Thu. Oct. 9 - Saskatoon SK – Amigo's #
Fri. Oct. 10 - Calgary AB – Broken City #
Sat. Oct. 11 - Edmonton AB – Pawn Shop #
Mon. Oct. 13 - Kelowna BC – The Habitat #
Tue. Oct. 14 - Vancouver BC – Media Club #
Wed. Oct. 15 - Victoria BC – Lucky Bar #
Thu. Oct.16 - Portland OR - Doug Fir ++
Fri. Oct. 17 - Seattle WA - Tractor Tavern ++
Sat. Oct.18 – TBA ++
Sun. Oct.19 - Bend OR – Saint Francis #
Tue. Oct. 21 – San Francisco, CA – Hemlock ++
Wed. Oct. 22 – Santa Cruz, CA – Crepe Place ++
Fri. Oct. 24 – Los Angeles – Spaceland ++
Sat. Oct. 25 - Phoenix AZ – Modified ++
Tue. Oct. 28 - Denver CO – Hi-Dive ++
Wed. Oct. 29 – Omaha NB – Slowdown ++
Thu.. Oct. 30 – Minneapolis MN – The 7th Street Entry ++
Fri. Oct. 31 - Madison WI – Cafe Montmartre ++
Sat. Nov.1 – Chicago IL – Schuba's ++
Thu. Nov. 20 - Hamilton ON – Casbah #
Fri. Nov. 21 - Guelph ON – Dublin Street United Church #
Sat. Nov. 22 - Peterborough On, Montreal House
Thu. Nov. 27 – Toronto ON – Lee’s Palace #
Fri. Nov. 28 – Montreal QC – La Sala Rosa #
Sat. Nov. 29 - Ottawa ON - Barrymore's Music Hall #
# w/Ohbijou
++ w/Ohbijou, Shaky Hands




2) Live & Rarities CD “Heron Act”
Studio albums are nice and all, but there's something to be said for the, dare I say, "magic" of live recordings. Or what about the oft-repeated, but never duplicated spontaneous recording of nascent song ideas. With this in mind, Paper Bag will be releasing HERON ACT, a collection of hard-to-find live recordings, blog/radio session recordings and demos spanning their last Canadian and US tours. The album will be available from Paper Bag Records on September 30, as well as in digital form via Paper Bag Digital (www.paperbagrecords.com).

THE ACORN – HERON ACT
01 Crooked Legs (XM Radio – Toronto ON)
02 Brokered Heart (XM Radio – Toronto ON)
03 Dents (My Old Kentuky Blog – Pendleton IN)
04 Flood Pt.2 (Original Demo – Nov.2006)
05 Good Enough (Cyndi Lauper cover)
06 Even While You’re Sleeping (My Old Kentuky Blog – Pendleton IN)
07 Glory (1st Version)
08 Low Gravity (XM Radio – Toronto ON)
09 Flood Pt.1 (XM Radio – Toronto ON)
10 Hold Your Breath (Daytrotter – Rock Island IL)


3) Glory Hope Mountain hits Europe, UK dates with Akron/Family, France & End Of The Road Festival
The Acorn will be making their way across the pond for their first European dates from September 5th - 12th in support of the Glory Hope Mountain, which will be released in Europe, Australia and Japan on October 20th by England's Bella Union label (home to Fleet Foxes, Beach House, Midlake, Dirty Three and more). They’ll be capping off this inaugural jaunt with a Friday night slot at the legendary End Of The Road Festival whose 2008 line-up also includes Mercury Rev, Low, Calexico, Sun Kil Moon and many more.

Fri. Sep. 5 – Paris, France - Le Fleche D'or
Sat. Sep. 6 – Birmingham, England - Yardbird
Sun. Sep. 7 – Brighton, England - The Hope
Mon. Sep. 8 – London, England - Luminaire*
Tue. Sep. 9 – Nottingham, England - Bodega Social *
Wed. Sep. 10 – Manchester, England - Night & Day
Thu. Sep. 11 – Bristol, England - Fleece *
Fri. Sep. 12 – Dorset, England - End Of The Road Festival
* w/Akron/Family

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