This Exploding Motor Car-directed video for No Ghost's second single "Restoration" was shot on location at "the Mataseje Family Farm" in Beamsville, Ontario. The footage of the band at their…   Read Story »

Welcome to summer, welcome to free and legally downloadable summer jams. Time to CELEBRATE on ROOFTOPS. But you know, oil spills. And crazy people waiting in lines for phones for hours. And poorly…   Read Story »

"Crossed Wires" is restrained and measured, as if Acorns singer Rolf Klausener is conversing his energy for a bigger fight. "Oh, but you will never ever get to be / One of the unhunted," he sings at…   Read Story »

I can (and have) been as cynical as anyone about the transparently promotional aspects of the glut of remixes sweeping through music sites -- they serve a necessary purpose in the present MP3…   Read Story »

The Acorn announced their forthcoming No Ghost LP with a fantastic title track. The album's next listen, "Restoration," is less immediately epic, hitting its stride two minutes into the…   Read Story »

This post brings the good news that the Acorn are set to release the follow-up to their fantastic 2007 LP Glory Hope Mountain. Lead singer Rolf Klausner based that album on the life of his mother,…   Read Story »

In 2002, Toronto's Paper Bag Records had an auspicious first year by releasing a new millennial indie rock touchstone in Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People, one of the decade's most…   Read Story »

We first loved the Acorn's "Crooked Legs" in September 2007, and this video just goes to show it's never too late to make a video for a song that we first loved in September 2007. The Canadians…   Read Story »

Cyndi Lauper recently collaborated with Basement Jaxx, Kleerup, Dragonette, and Scumfrog, among others, for her new album Bring Ya To The Brink and is currently on the True Colors tour with the…   Read Story »

Earthy indie rock crew the Acorn have taken their time in delivering an official video -- their worthy Glory Hope Mountain got its first mention here a half-year ago -- but with a graphic designer, a…   Read Story »