Acres Of Lions song “Dance Sequence” is featured this week on The Zone 91.3 FM DJ Jeremy Baker’s Capital Rock City Podcast. Download : Capital Rock City – Episode #76 >> read more

Today marks the first day of the Rifflandia Festival in our beautiful hometown of Victoria, BC. The festival includes performances from some amazing acts including: Tegan and Sara, Shad, The Dudes, Mother Mother, Final Fantasy, Hey Rosetta!, Dan Mangan, Said The Whale, Cuff The Duke, Library Voices, Flash Lightnin’, Jets Overhead, Holy F**K, The Racoons, Pink Mountaintops, Buck 65, and more. Acres Of Lions is performing on Friday, Sept 25 at Lucky Bar (517 Yates Street) at 9:30 PM sharp. Wristbands are still available for $60 so check out the Rifflandia Festival website for more info on how to pick yours up. >> read more

As promised, here’s a some more footage from our cross Canada summer tour…. Stay tuned for more updates! >> read more

Wednesday, September 2nd/09, Black Pirate’s Pub, Thunder Bay ONT I’ve noticed, especially on this tour, that the bands and artists we listen to in the van mostly consist of bands we favor together and have shared moments and stages with, our friends, our inspiration, you could call it, a pleasant mix of pop, punk, indie, hardcore, rock, folk, and other things. When we leave the island and drive through BC, it’s always something that reminds us of home. Same thing through Alberta and through the prairies, a band that makes it feel like home, in the van and whomever’s floor we happen to sleep on. Ontario and Quebec, we are still learning. Every time we go we meet so many new people and bands, and I am thankful for that, >> read more

Monday, August 31st/Tuesday, September 1st/09, Northern Quebec and Ontario For most who know me, pretty well I guess, “The Great Outdoors” was and still is one of my favorite films of all time, that along with “Roxanne,” “Ghostbusters” and “Honey I shrunk the kids.” It’s got the brilliance of John Candy, god rest his soul, and Dan Akroyd, brothers, thrown into the wilderness with their families on vacation at the same time to the same place. Hilarity ensues with antics involving boating and water-skiing mishaps, a dirty old cabin in which the families share, a trip to a nearby town for some late-night fun and even a run-in with a violent storm and giant black bear. My favorite scene, in the steakhouse, John Candy orders the “Old 96’er” in an >> read more