Jess Guille - Vocals, Ukulele... Eamon McNelis - Vocals, Trumpet... Mark Elton - Double Bass, Vocals... Ben Hendry - Drums and Toys....
Influences
Far too many to list, lots of smashing Melbourne grown bands like The Band Who Knew Too Much, The Hoodangers, Pete Baylor, Virus.... There are some amazing vibes floating about! We like to boogie.
Sounds Like
A bunch of travelling musicians from olden day rural America who somehow found a time machine and ended up at a Kylie Minogue concert!
................................................................................................... Flap verb. 1.To swing or sway about loosely, especially with noise.... 5.To move (arms, wings etc.) up and down.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Jacks and Jills, Sausages and Hamburgers: May we most humbly present to you for your listening pleasure, Flap! - The Album.
10 (count-em) of your favourite Flap! songs rendered in stunning digital quality. Now you too can take off your dress in the resplendent comfort of your very own home. For the low, low price of $25 Australian Dollars you could be dancing naked in front of a mirror to the sounds of Jess, Eamon, Mark and Ben (along with a stellar line-up of special guests playing all sorts of instruments).
Track Listing: 1. Down, Down, Down 2. Poor Man 3. Take Off My Dress 4. Tomorrow is a Fat Man 5. Something More 6. Abracadabra 7. Fitzroy Lovesong 8. My Sweet Tatana Wife 9. Polly Vaughn 10. Tetris
So get that credit card out of your pocket, click the paypal button below and off you go!!! Enjoy!
Friday October 23rd – Lee Rosser + TH3, live @ The Pub, Bendigo VIC
This will be one of THE VERY LAST SHOWS to be staged in the famed Band Room of The Pub (173 Hargreaves Street Bendigo), as it will be closing it's doors on Oct 31st.
Sadly, the well-sized band room, which has seen some fantastic nights for live music in Bendigo, will be closed due to lack of punter support over recent times.
Show Gav and the rest of the gang at The Pub that the live music scene in Bendigo is alive and kicking... come along and check out a brilliant night of blues & roots music besides, as the mighty Lee Rosser makes a long-awaited return to Bendigo!
Don't miss this opportunity to see some of the finest blues/roots/rock music Victoria has to offer!
Falloe launch their long awaited debut album... Wednesday 30th of September. The Corner Hotel. 57 Swan St. Richmond. Just next to railway bridge Cnr Stewart St. Doors 7:30 Special Guests tessa and the typecast. and The Diamonds (String Duet)
Hey Jess, Haven't heard flap! for a while but I still tell people about how good you guys are. Please come down to our launch if your free. It's a Wednesday night but won't be a late one. Peace Neil
The Kelvingrove Music Festival is a much missed fixture on the Scottish Music Scene and hopefully we can create a fitting tribute to the days when rock music got the support that it deserved from both the fans and the media!
If you have any material relating to the Festival or the bands that played there we'd love to see it and include it on the forthcoming Kelvingrove Festival website!
Don’t miss the one and only show of Gypsy guitar legend Lulo Reinhardt
direct from Europe with 6 piece band. Grand-nephew of Jazz legend
Django Reinhardt, nephew of the Gypsy violin master Schnuckenack
Reinhardt and from a traditionally long line of musicians Lulo
represents one of the most unique voices in Gypsy-Jazz music today.
"Ticklin' The Strings" by Sweet Hollywaiians
Amazing Japanese hot string band playing 1920's, 30's, 40's style hawaiian, swing, calypso, blues, italian music and originals,featuring vintage instruments.3 songs with Robert Armstrong and Tony Marcus(from Robert Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders)
"The Sweet Hollywaiians have probably the best feel for this 20's music of any string band working today. They manage the rare feat of sounding relaxed even when their playing is hot, are top notch musicians with tasteful arrangements and a full, rich, warm sound.Plus, they have a nice gamut of tunes, from King Nawahi to Giovanni Vicari to Bobby Leecan. See them live, if you can, for an unforgettable experience. If you can't, buy their Cds!" ~ Terry Zwigoff
Big gypsy tunes will echo around the centre of Melbourne on Friday 7 August when The Woohoo Revue head up a massive line up of bands and DJs at the Forum Theatre as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival’s Balkan Beatbox Night.
In addition to The Woohoo Revue, the show will also feature such amazing acts as Vardos, BabaGanoush, 13 piece brass band Opa! as well as DJ Gabriele Urban Gypsy (PBS Trans Europa Express).
The combined talents of these performers will make this a rampaging Balkan carnival of oom-pah, gypsy swing and huge brass band sounds.
