old school gig advertisingAs we’ve men­tioned else­where, Flash Har­ry is with­out a doubt among our absolute all-time favourite Welling­ton acts. He’s only done a hand­ful of shows in Welling­ton, let’s see… Cuba St Car­ni­val last year — great fun!, a show at the Massey Bar — some­what drunk­en on our part, and at the tsuna­mi appeal gig at the Town Hall, head­lined by Trin­i­ty Roots. There have been oth­ers, but we weren’t there, so they don’t count.

The good news is that Flash Har­ry and band the Future of Love are live and local this Fri­day at Bode­ga! HURRAH! Now there’s some­thing to come home to. The Future of Love includes mem­bers of one of the Welling­ton­ist’s oth­er favourite band, the Phoenix Foun­da­tion … need we say more? Yes, actu­al­ly. The Phoenix Foun­da­tion’s album num­ber two, Pega­sus, comes out on Mon­day! We can­not con­tain our glee!

Flash Har­ry’s epony­mous­ly titled debut album came out in ear­ly 2003, and it remains on high rotate in the Welling­ton­ist offices to this day. Yet anoth­er string to the bow of Barn­a­by Weir, also up for the top musi­cian award at this year’s bNets. The sound com­bines reg­gae, pop and elec­tron­i­ca, and is per­fect­ly fin­ished by Weir’s sexy vocals. We’d bet­ter stop it with the gush­ing or we’ll start quot­ing lyrics…

As for OdESSA, we’ve seen them quite a few times too, and they always put on a great show. The sound is very funky, and lead man Matt sure knows how to move! Might be just about time to replace the suit, though.