The Deli Magazine picked us as the Best Indie Rock Band in NYC for 2011. Here’s what they had to say about us: “Wil Farr doesn’t take long to drown himself in sweat. Spun from the same cloth as Bruce Springsteen or Ian Curtis, he routinely leads his homespun band to a blaze of glory, forcing his restless spirit and barbed hooks through anyone looking for a dose of excitement. Hurrah! builds each track of their heartland-brewed, rocking yet rootsy tunes to a frenzy, making believers of anyone looking for a rush of adrenaline chased down with a shot of big band frenzy.”

Now its up to you guys to help us win overall Best of NYC Emerging Bands.  All you have to do is click here and vote for us.  They don’t require your email or any other personal info and it only takes two seconds.  The winner gets featured on the cover of the next print issue of the Deli.  Please help us out by voting!!!!

VOTE HERE!

New year, new music. Download the first track from our most recent batch or recordings, acover of Bruce Springteen’s “I’m On Fire”.  Then join us at our next show on Jan 28th at 9pm at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2, 196 Allen st NYC.  More new music coming soon!

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30 Rock used two of our songs in a sneak peek video for their new season.  Check it out, it has me pretty hyped about season 6!  (they play back to back at  3:00 min )

Show review from the Mercury Lounge on 11.11.11.

“The opening act, Hurrah! A Bolt of Light! electrified the start of the night. Their music sounded something like Joe Cocker or Bruce Springsteen & The Easy Street Band (QRO live review), very charged and exciting. It’d be difficult to stand motionless during one of their sets unless you are in a body cast. The singer has the wide-eyed intense glare of PIL’s John Lydon (QRO live review – and if you said Hurrah’s frontman was his son, I’d believe you), an intense stare and focus similar to Ian Curtis. Watching him and his female co-singer was like watching Johnny Cash and June Carter having as much fun entertaining themselves as their audience. The crowd was not shy to embrace the spirit of excitement either.”
-QRO Magazine

 

Click Here to see more photos from the show at QRO Magazine

Celebrate the end of 2011 with us as we head full swing into the preteen phase of the millenium. Its our time to wyld out and celebrate the end of a big year for us that couldn’t have been possible without the support of you guys.  So let us sneak one more show in for you. We promise to rock as hard as humanly possible.

December 31st at 10:00pm
Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1
196 Allen st, New York NY

Check out this performance of “Sycamore Street” from our CMJ show on Stage 1

We’re back from tour and sounding better then ever. Come see this Friday 11.11.11. We’re opening the night at 6:30pm followed by Happy People, and With Lions

Here’s what The New Yorker had to say:

Splitting their time between New York City and Baltimore, the duo With Lions plays slow-cooked shoegaze. With Happy People, who offer a danceable pop-rock sound like that of Phoenix, but darker and more sparsely laid out, and Hurrah! A Bolt of Light, who traffic in anthemic and melodramatic material.

Wanna see all the dumb photos we’ve been taking on tour? Check out our Tumblr page and follow our ridiculous trip around America.

Check out this promo for David Cross’s “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret”…I’m sure you’ll recognize the “whoa-ohs” near the end…(btw, the show is hilarious).

November 11th we’ll be supporting With Lions along with Happy People at the Mercury Lounge in NYC. With Lions will be releasing the first EP in a series of four EPs to come out over the next year and we’re pumped to be supporting them in such an ambitious endeavor. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 7th.

For more info on the show and to purchase tickets click here.

We’re kicking it off with a CMJ show at Rockwood, then it’s two weeks of mayhem. Warn you friends and family.

**Official CMJ Showcase
Friday, October 21st at 11pm ~ Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1
196 Allen St, New York NY

Monday, October 24th at 9pm ~ Valentine’s
17 New Scotland ave, Albany NY

Tuesday, October 25th at 9pm ~ Boulder Coffee Company
100 Alexander st, Rochester NY

Saturday, October 29th at 9pm ~ Reggie’s
2105 South State st, Chicago IL

Monday, October 31st at 9pm ~ Nachbar
969 Charles st, Louisville KY

Tuesday, November 1st at 9pm ~ The Buccaneer
1368 Monroe ave, Memphis TN

Thursday, November 3rd at 10pm ~ Now That’s Class
11213 Detroit Ave, Cleveland OH
with The Nightmare River Band

Friday, November 4th at 9pm ~ Jackie O’s
24 West Union St, Athens OH
with Duke JR. and the Smokey Boots

Saturday, November 5th at 9pm ~ Dante’s
16 West Main St, Frostburg MD
with The Nightmare River Band