Venue Change – BC Day Show is @ St. Ann’s Academy
There’s been a little confusion as to which venue we will be playing on August 2nd for the BC Day Celebration, so we wanted to post a note to let all our fans know that the promoter moved us to the St. Ann’s Academy venue and we will be performing last at 8 PM. Other performers include Vince Vaccaro, Quoia, Cynthia Davis, Greg Sczebel, and many more. The festivities run from 11 AM until dusk.
Free BC Day Concert!
Note: The venue has changed! Please refer to this newer post… http://www.acresoflions.com/wordpress/?p=518 For the second year in a row Acres Of Lions is performing at the free Capital Festival BC Day celebration. This year the outdoor event is taking place on Monday August 2nd in Langford’s new City Center Park stadium and will feature a whole bunch of great artists including David Gogo, Xanthic Blue, Ed Peekeekoot, Alan Molberg, and more. For more information, check out the feature in this week’s Goldstream News… http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/98147764.html
Peak Performance Top 20 Finalist!
We just found out this afternoon listening to The Peak 100.5 FM that we’ve been selected for the 2010 Peak Performance Project Top 20! It’s an honor to be chosen from a list that started with 470 artists from around the province, and we wanted to extend our congratulations to all the other great bands that made the cut (many of whom we’ve shared stages and beers with in the past)! For more information, check out the article that just ran on the Vancouver Sun website.
PinkBike.com Video Of The Day
Acres Of Lions song “Let’s Get Sentimental” is the audio track for the Featured Video Of The Day today on popular biking website PinkBike.com. The video features bikers in the 2010 Us Open GS at the Diablo Freeride park.
Naked Jams – Acoustic Videos
Tash from Naked Jams was in town over the long weekend and he met up with Jeffrey K to film a couple stripped down acoustic versions of Acres Of Lions songs. There Is A Sound Let’s Get Sentimental Working If you like these videos check out the Naked Jams website, where you can find more great videos starring JP Maurice, Vince Vacarro, Christopher Arruda, and a whole bunch of other great artists.
Dance Sequence – Names Official Remix
Our friends in the Vancouver band Names produced a great remix of the Acres Of Lions song Dance Sequence and we’re giving it away absolutely free! All you have to do is submit your email address to our download manager and we’ll send you a free link to the song. If you like the remix, please do us a favor and check out some of Names music on their website: www.namesmusic.ca. They just released a brand new EP called “Paint” that is available for download on iTunes.
On the road with TheSet and Against Me!
Our good friends in TheSet have a huge Canadian tour starting next month and they’ve asked our very own Jeffrey K to fill in for their guitar player who is currently attending at university. The tour is being dubbed as the “Snowcore Tour” and includes Hawthorn Heights, Protest The Hero, and Elias. Here are the dates… March 12 – Toronto @ Tattoo Rock Palour (CMW) March 13 – Toronto @ 102.1 The Edge (In-Studio Performance) March 23 – Montreal @ Club Soda March 24 – Ottawa @ Capitol Music Hall March 26 – Toronto @ Sound Academy March 27 – Thunder Bay @ The Roxy March 29 – Winnipeg @ The Garrick March 31 – Edmonton @ Starlite Room April 1 – Calgary @ MacEwan Ballroom April 3 – Vancouver
Acres Of Lions Nominated for M Award!
For the second year in a row, Victoria’s weekly arts and entertainment publication, Monday Magazine, has nominated Acres Of Lions in their annual M Awards! We’ve been nominated in the “Favorite Band” category, and you can help us win by either filling out a paper ballot in this week’s Monday Magazine or voting for us online at the link below… 2010 Official Ballot for the 8th annual M Awards
Vancouver Island Tour Dates
We’ve got a few Vancouver Island shows coming up at the end of the month to report. Next weekend we play two bar shows with our Vancouver friends Carpenter, and the following weekend we’ve got an all-ages show with Everyone Everywhere and Along Way Home. Friday, January 22 Victoria @ Lucky Bar (517 Yates St) w/ Carpenter, Counting Hertbeats, Physician http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=187407258998 Sunday, January 24 Nanaimo @ The Queens (34 Victoria Crescent) w/ Carpenter, Christopher Arruda http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=220315319663 Friday, January 29 Victoria @ Dab Studio (602 Esquimalt Road) w/ Everyone Everywhere, Along Way Home, The Kickoff, Promises http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=392842160590 Check out the facebook events for more info.
2009 – Year in Review
2009 has been a great year for Acres Of Lions, so we thought over the holidays that we should take a moment to look back and celebrate a few of our more noteworthy accomplishments! ————— February 10, 2009 Released our debut album ‘Working’ to stores across Canada. February – March, 2009 First time touring across Canada. March 11, 2009 First time performing at Canadian Music Week. March 27, 2009 Tyson scores in the JunoCUP overtime shootout. March 28, 2009 First time performing at JunoFEST. April, 2009 ‘Working’ charts at #177 on Earshot Top 200 college chart. June 23, 2009 First music video added to rotation on Much More Music. August – September, 2009 Second time touring across Canada. September 21, 2009 First time receiving a MuchMusic VideoFACT Grant. September 24,
