It’s Friday the 13th: Feared by some but not our Anika.. A great day is spent chowing down on Nandos and catching the awesome Acorn in Brixton. Lucky.
Reviews The Acorn
Beneath The Surface #1
Welcome to the ramblings of Simon Raymonde. The first in our semi-regular column from the Bella Union head honcho, ex-Cocteau Twin and acclaimed record producer.
Woodpigeon – Treasury Library Canada
Folk music is better off with Woodpigeon around. They challenge convention, without any loss of honesty or respect. Shain Shapiro reviews the latest from one of Canada’s finest.
Various Artists – Rough Trade Counter Culture 08
The annual staff handpicked compilation of the most exciting, offbeat and plain curious music to have emerged last year, from folk to dubstep to, um, shitgaze.
TLOBF Approved bands get busy on the nations Bandstands
A brand new website featuring exclusive performances from some of TLOBF’s favourite bands. See inside for videos from The Acorn, Frightened Rabbit, The Wave Pictures and Laura Groves.
The Acorn & Akron/Family – The Luminaire, London 08/09/08
There was much excitement in camp TLOBF as The Acorn performed a spectacular London debut. Oh, and Akron/Family played too.
The Acorn – The Hope, Brighton 07/09/08
Having played an impromptu set on a blustery Brighton beach early that day, a tired looking Acorn took to the UK stage for the first time. In good humour throughout, this felt more like an evening in the company of friends than a blog hyped ‘hot new thing’.
The Acorn – Glory Hope Mountain
Album of the year? Quite possibly. Ro Cemm delves deep into what makes ‘Glory Hope Mountain’ such a deeply emotive and powerful record.
The Acorn: Live In Session
We’ve talked and talked and talked about how much we love The Acorn here at TLOBF so we won’t bore you even more. No – this is just a quick post. The fine folk over at Have You Heard have just posted up a fantastic and rather chaotic live session in which the band play five tracks from ‘Glory Hope Mountain’. Links inside.
The Acorn nominated for ‘Best Canadian Act’: help them win!
You might think two consecutive posts about The Acorn may seem a little excessive. Well… it’s tough – they rule. And besides, this one is for a good cause..
