We had a great time in Vermont and Maine over the past two weekends. Thank you, as always to everyone who set up shows, fed us, housed us and danced their guts out! Already plotting our return.

Friday, April 27, 2012: Portland, ME – Semi-Secret Location – Ask Around!
A Pre-Free Range Festival show presented by Hilly Town and Dirigimus.
with:
Callers
Facebook Event

Saturday, April 28, 2012: Belfast, ME Free Range Music Festival, various locations
What Cheer? heads down east once again for the third annual installment of this grassroots, volunteer-powered celebration of original music.
WC?B will be one of 30+ bands performing at venues all around Belfast.
Facebook Event

Sunday, April 29, 2012: Waltham, MA Brandeis University Festival of the Arts

Friday, May 4, 2012: Montpelier, VT The Alumni Hall Gymnasium at Vermont College
7:30 Doors / 8:30 Show
All Ages – $10 – Kids 12 and under by donation
Facebook Event

Saturday, May 05, 2012: Bennington, VT Bennington College Sunfest
with:
Quintron and Miss Pussycat

• Friday, March 23, 2012: Providence – AS220 (map)
  Show is a fundraiser for Atraves, a local non-profit doing great work in Nicaragua

Then we head to NYC and Pennsylvania for the weekend:

• Thursday, March 29, 2012: Brooklyn, NY – Public Assembly (map)
  with: Veveritse Brass Band, Apocalypse Five & Dime

• Friday, March 30, 2012: Philadelphia, PA – PiLam (map)
  with: Electric Jellyfish, (Australia), Harsh Vibes, Store Cats

• Saturday, March 31, 2012: Pittsburgh, PA – The Princess (map)
  with: Lungs Face Feet, DJs Pandemic Pete + Edgar Um

STAY TUNED FOR INFO ON SHOWS IN MAINE AND VERMONT AT THE END OF APRIL!

Here’s what it looked like as we played the Grand Ballroom of the Grand Prospect Hall during Golden Fest.

Here’s what it looked like on the floor beneath ours at the same moment, as our friends in Veveritse rocked out; our stomping threatens to drop the chandelier!

Meanwhile, keep yourself occupied by reading some of the stories of worker abuse in the hotel industry over at Joey Quits!

And here’s our appearance on Good Morning America:

Saturday, November 19, 2011: Providence, RI Firehouse 13 (map)
What Cheer? Brigade with:
Brunt of It
DJ Schleifdog
Special Guests TBA!!!

Pre-sales available through Firehouse XII!

In six years, these are the first shows we’ve ever canceled, and we apologize to all of our friends who were planning to come see us. We love you and appreciate any sympathetic messages you might have. We’ll be back soon.

Sunday, October 30, 2011: New York, NY Tompkins Square Park (map)
FREE Daytime show with:
Reverend Billy & The Church of Earthalujah!
Morgan O’kane
Apocalpyse Five and Dime

PLUS, in case you don’t really “do” the internet except to check our website, What Cheer? is featured in a viral video that has gotten nearly 2 million views and garnered international attention. If you haven’t already seen it, here it is; please click through to youtube to read about the context because this video, as Joey puts it, “is a hilarious byproduct of a long and ongoing struggle” for labor rights.


Joey has been interviewed already by countless US news sources, as well as newspapers, and, at last check, television stations and newspapers in Germany, Australia, Brazil, the UK and Serbia have covered the story.

So far the best coverage has been the Huffington Post, which foregrounds the issues of labor, unions, and hotel working conditions.

Anchor Brain Records and Ballistic Missile Booking present a CMJ Showcase:

Are you ready?  For a little this:

Ahh yes, the memories. Now its time to make new ones. Here are three quick and dirty ways to prep for the mayhem. All are important, all are at your fingertips!

1. Come to our Fundraiser this Saturday night – 8pm – 11pm at Dusk on Harris Ave. in Olneyville. Details are here. $7-10 dollar donation gets you in the door and this close to the band:

2. DONATE! PRONK! needs to raise $1,250 from individual HONK lovers between now and October 10th so we can put on a good show for our Providence friends.  Here’s an amazing video capturing  the fun from last fall: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/782810310/759696216 – give freely and spread widely.

What Cheer? has been there since the beginning and six years in, it is still so good that we are doing it again! Starting Saturday October 1st – Monday October 3rd, we will be playing no less than 7 times. All in the name of HONK! And as you know, we only play as hard as you dance so you best start stretching now.