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.