The Acorn

The Acorn

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Acorn


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Origin = flagicon|Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Genre = Indie rock, folk
Years_active = 2003–present
Label = Paper Bag
Kelp
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URL = [http://www.theacorn.ca/ TheAcorn.ca]
Current_members = Rolf Klausener
Howie Tsui
Jeff Debutte
Jeffrey Malecki
Keiko Devaux
Shaun Weadick
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The Acorn is a Canadian indie folk band from Ottawa, Ontario, formed in 2003. Rolf Klausener is the principal songwriter, as well as vocalist and guitarist. The other members are dwarven drummer Jeffrey Malecki, guitarist/visual artist Howie Tsui, bassist Jeff Debutte, and Montreal keyboardist/vixen Keiko Devaux. Devaux joined The Acorn in 2006, and redheaded multi-instrumentalist/hype-boy/hype-man Shaun Weadick joined in 2007. They are now signed to Paper Bag Records, but also have releases from Kelp Records.

Their songs have charted on Canadian campus charts and have been in rotation on CBC Radio 3 and The Verge (XM).

The songs on "Glory Hope Mountain", their latest album, describe the life of Klausener's Honduras-born mother, Gloria Esperanza Montoya. [cite news | last =Borzykowski | first =Bryan | title =The Acorn: Glory Hope Mountain | publisher ="Now" | date =2007-09-20 | url =http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-09-20/music_discs.php | accessdate =2007-09-22]

On May 5th the Acorn recorded an [http://www.haveyouheard.net/2008/05/05/ep22-portishead-the-acorn-the-roots/ audio interview] with the music review site Have You Heard. They also recorded a [http://www.haveyouheard.net/2008/05/13/hyh-sessions-the-acorn/ live session] released through the same site.

Discography

* 2004: "The Pink Ghosts"
* 2005: "Blankets" EP
* 2006: "Tin Fist" EP
* 2007: "Glory Hope Mountain"

References

External links

* [http://www.theacorn.ca/ Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/theacorn The Acorn] on MySpace
* [http://radio3.cbc.ca/bands/THE-ACORN The Acorn] on CBC Radio 3
* [http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=114&csid2=946&fid1=27357 "Exclaim.ca Sept 2007 - Web Interview with The Acorn]
* [http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=778&fid1=27572 "Exclaim! Magazine" October 2007 - Cover Story - The Acorn]
* [http://www.haveyouheard.net/2008/05/05/ep22-portishead-the-acorn-the-roots/ The Acorn] recording live with Atlanta podcast Have You Heard
* [http://mel.opho.be/index.php/articles/interview-the-acorn-part-1.html Mel.opho.be interview] photos and review of recent tour


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