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 >> read more

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 >> read more

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. >> read more

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, >> read more

David Yazbeck, a contributing writer to the new Canadian blog collective North By East West, was kind enough to write a review of Acres Of Lions debut album “Working”. He also included a short interview he did with the band via email. Check it out on the NxEW website… http://www.nxew.ca/2009/12/cd-review-acres-of-lions-working-is.html We also recommend to those of you who are interested in Canadian music that you consider either subscribing to the NxEW rss feed or just follow them on Twitter. With over 100 staff writers from cities across Canada, they do a great job of reporting on the latest happenings in the Canadian music scene. >> read more