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Podcasts and Interviews:
Crash Chords podcast: a 40 minute conversation with Matt Storm about the new album, my musical history, Tripeg Lobo, and more! (look up link - Episode 85)
Elisa Flynn Sets the World Aflame - Golden Mixtape.com
Reviews
Maelstrom
Flynn has never sung better than she does here – she really locks in with that ripe vibrato. Shifting between thorny but catchy Radiohead-ish art-rock, folk noir and scruffy indie sounds (she was a founding member of Bunny Brains), her songs tend to be on the pensive side. This time around, they’re angrier than ever. More...
The World Has Ever Been on Fire:
Another Brilliant Allusive, Eclectic Album from Haunting Singer/Multi-Instrumentalist Elisa Flynn- New York Music Daily
"For over ten years, Elisa Flynn has been one of the most spellbinding and distinctive voices in New York music. Her songs are rich with history. They sparkle with images and tackle some heavy questions." More...
Elisa Flynn's New Single - Before He Went Down (on No Depression.com)
"This song is feral and sensual Apocalyptic-Americana, from Brooklyn-based artist Flynn’s album The World Has Ever Been on Fire, dropping 11/17.
"Before He Went Down” is the stern but aching, rocking bass-looped opening track from the album. “This is based loosely on a true story of someone I know whose partner had a psychotic break and thought he was Jesus,” Flynn explains. “This is not unique! It's a break that many have had. and it fascinates me.” Musically, it feels like a desperate confession of losing control on the knife edge of time."
My Henry Lee:
"Flynn‘s new album My Henry Lee – streaming at Bandcamp – picks up where she left off with her unselfconsciously haunting, historically-infused 19th Century Songs in 2011. Flynn has been one of New York’s most distinctive, poignantly powerful singers since the zeros, back when the founding member of Bunny Brains decided to study vocals with Shara Worden. If anything, this is Flynn’s most nuanced and dynamic album yet, maybe because it’s mainly just solo electric guitar and voice with the occasional echoey electric piano or guitar overdub. The music is both elegant and scruffy, and very catchy: Flynn likes to juxtapose enigmatic, simple variations on a spare guitar riff with more anthemic, sometimes majestic choruses." More...
19th Century Songs:
"Elisa Flynn’s 2009 album Songs About Birds and Ghosts was a stark, moody collection of literate rock songs. The production went for a scruffy, jangly acoustic-electric feel, but the tunes sometimes reached toward a towering majesty, particularly the opening cut, Timber, a genuine 21st century classic (watch the video, a wry Blair Witch parody, here). So the question that screamed out was what if Flynn decided to go all the way and give her songs an epic grandeur rather than simply hinting at it? That’s exactly what she’s done with her latest release, 19th Century Songs, and that’s why it might be the best rock album of the year. More...
"ELISA FLYNN- 19TH C. SONGS- SELF RELEASED- This is the 2nd cd I have received form BKNY (anti) folk songstress Flynn and it’s very good. The songs are haunting and very dark (at least one about a serial killer but all seem to have a dark, historical perspective) and the rhythm section is solid but it’s Flynn’s powerfulvocals that really stand out. 6 songs and some nice woodcuts as well." - Dagger Zine
Previous shows
2020
1/7/20 H0l0, with Teething Veils, Shua Blue, Brooklyn, NY
1/16/20 Lizzie Kings Parlor, Brooklyn, NY
2019
10/20/19 The Waypost, with Goose Hollow, Ramune Loops, Portland, OR
6/29/19 514 Evergreene, with Breakaway, Maharajah Sweets, Brooklyn
4/19/19 Sex Shop, with Sugarlife, Christian Lee, Brooklyn
3/14/19 Troost, with Mappa Mundi, Brooklyn
2018
*11/3/18 House show with Vespers and Female Genius, Brooklyn
*11/2/18 Best Video, with Lys Guillorn and Her Band
*10/5/18 Rocky Sullivan's, Brooklyn, NY
*4/27/18 Picasso Machinery, Brooklyn NY
*1/13/18 Wonders of Nature, Brooklyn, NY
2017
*12/5/17 1214 Webster, Oakland, CA with KRT/Hazel Atlas, and Katie Wheeler-Dubin
*12/4/17 The Firkin Tavern, Portland, OR with Avalanche Lily, Denim Wedding
*12/ 3/17 Fifty Pub N' Grub, Salem, ORwith Mr. Frederick's PPC, Jon Fro
*12/2/17 Connor Byrne Pub, Seattle, WAwith Von Wildenhaus, Longboat
*11/20/17 Galaxy Hut, Arlington, DC, with Nice Breeze
*11/3/17 Album Release at The Way Station, Brooklyn, NY
*9/13/17 Tripeg Lobo Presents: Fairy Tales! at The Way Station, BK
*8/11/17 Best Video, with Lys Guillorn, Hamden, CT
*7/26/17 Sunken Hundred, Brooklyn, NY
*6/27/17 Cowgirl, New York, NY
*3/31/17 Mercy Choir & Friends at Never Ending Books, New Haven, CT
* 3/22/17 Inspired Word NYC at Hell Phone, Brooklyn
* 3/14/17 Tripeg Lobo Presents: Songs of Revolution and Revolt at the Way Station, Brooklyn
* 3/1/17 St. David's Day show at Sunken Hundred, Brooklyn
*2/24/17 Seven Second Delay presents the Not Untalented Talent Show at Monty Hall, Jersey City, NJ
2016
*12/13/16 Tripeg Lobo Presents: Hell Songs, at the Way Station
*11/18/16 Tarot Society with Maharajah Sweets, Brooklyn, NY
*10/15/15 Slash Run, with Teething Veils, Washington DC
*Tripeg Lobo Presents: It's a Dog's Life- Songs about Animals, at the Way Station, Brooklyn, NY
* 8/24/16 Wednesdays with Westerns! at City Reliquary, Brooklyn
*7/23/16 Music Off McGolrick, at Park Church Co Op, Brooklyn NY
* 6/24/16 Picasso Machinery, Brooklyn, NY
* 6/22/16 Tripeg Lobo Presents: Run Run Run - Songs of Escape at the Way Station, Brooklyn, NY
* 4/24/16 Murder Ballad Mondays at Branded, Brooklyn, NY
*3/19/16 Bar Matchless, Brooklyn, NY
*3/15/16 Tripeg Lobo Presents: Let's bury the hatchet, like the Beatles and the Stones at The Way Station, Brooklyn, NY
*2/26/16 Brooklyn Fundraiser for 2016 CAMP
*1/15/16 Bar Matchless, Brooklyn, NY
2015
*12/20/15 Troost, Brooklyn, NY with Tim Poovey, Kevin Robert Thomson, Sugarlife
*12/5/15 Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT: Night of the Living Banjo
*11/19/15 Best Video, with An Historic
*11/17/15 The Way Station, Tripeg Lobo Presents: Bad Blood - Songs of Antagonism and Rivalry
*9/17/15 Troost, Brooklyn, NY with Thee Shambels
*9/1/15 Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
*8/18/15 Tripeg Lobo presents: Goin' to Zion: Religious Songs
* 7/9/15 Cafe Nine, New Haven, Ct with Eilen Jewell
*6/5/15 Neverending Books, New Haven, CT with Lys Guillorn and Mercy Choir
5/5/15 Tripeg Lobo Presents: Dreams, Hallucinations and Trips
*4/17/15 Tripeg Lobo Presents a Benefit for WPKN: Late Night
Double Feature Picture Show at Best Video, Hamden, CT
*4/15/15, Troost, Brooklyn with Kevin Thomson
*2/24/15, Tripeg Lobo Presents: Stop Dragging My Heart Around: Murder Ballads
*2/6/15, Branded Saloon, Brooklyn, with Maharajah Sweets and Jim Knable
2014
* 12/14/14, Lys Guillorn's Big Little Sunday Show at Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT
* 11/12/14,Tripeg Lobo presents: Late Nite Double Feature Picture Show: Movie Songs
* 8/24/14, Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT
* 7/23/14, Tripeg Lobo presents: Coney Island Baby: Summer Songs
* 7/25/14, Picasso Machinery, Brooklyn, NY
* 6/28/14, Willimantic Records, Willimantic, CT with George Hakkila, Dawn Cook, Lys Guillorn
* 6/21/14, Make Music Day, NY, in front of Corkscrew Wines, Brooklyn
* 5/22/14, Way Station, Brooklyn, NY
* 4/23/14 My First Record, hosted by Elisa at the Way Station, Brooklyn
* 3/22/14 Tripeg Lobo presents: All I've Got is a Photograph, Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT
* 1/22/14 Tripeg Lobo presents: (The) Civil War(s), The Way Station
2013
* 10/13/13 Tripeg Lobo presents: The Only Girl I Ever Loved Was Born with Roses in Her Eyes: History Songs, The Way Station
* 10/3/13 Ange Noir, Brooklyn, NY
* 8/25/13 Neverending Books with Mercy Choir and Lys Guillorn, New Haven, CT
*7/17/13 Tripeg Lobo presents: It Takes Two, Baby: Duets, the Way Station,
*7/1/13 Garbonzo Journal Zine launch party, Bethel, CT
* 4/16/13 Tripeg Lobo presents: All I've Got is a Photograph: Songs & Stories
* 2/23/13 Willimantic Records, Willimantic, CT with Damon & Naomi
*1/15/13 Tripeg Lobo presents: Kill and Kill Again: A Nite of Murder Ballads, hosted by Elisa at The Way Station, Brooklyn
2012
*12/19/12 Way Station, Brooklyn, NY
*11/30/12 Anthology of American Folk Music Night, hosted by Elisa, at Cafe Nine,
New Haven, CT
*9/18/12 Anthology of American Folk Music Night, hosted by Elisa, at The Way
Station, Brooklyn, NY, featured 12 artists,
* 8/5/12 Zirzamin, NY, NY
* 7/9/12 Pete's Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY
* 6/21/12 Make Music NY Day!
* 6/4/12 Zirzamin, New York, NY
* 5/26/12 Acousti-than! at Bar 82, New York, NY
* 4/21/12 Record Store Day, Gerosa Records, Brookfield, CT
* 4/15/12 Roots Music Hall (opening for Melissa Ferrick), Hartford, CT
* 4/09/12 Small Beast at the Delancey, New York, NY
* 3/10/12 The Way Station, Brooklyn, NY
* 1/12/12 Rabbit Tales at Rabbit Hole Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2011
* 11/25/11 Trash American Style Anniversary show, Danbury, CT
* 11/9/11 Bar 82 Acoustithan!, New York, NY
* 11/2/11 The Way Station, Brooklyn, NY
* 10/5/11 Bar, New Haven, CT
* 8/9/11 The Way Station, Brooklyn, NY
* 8/1/11 Small Beast at the Delancey, NY, NY
* 7/1/11 Banjo Jim's, NY, NY
* 6/9/11 The Way Station, Brooklyn, NY
* 5/26/11 Banjo Jims, NY, NY
* 4/14/11 Zebulon, Brooklyn, NY
* 3/11/11 Sugar Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
* 2/8/11 Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT
2010
* 12/18/10 Neverending Books, New Haven, CT
* 11/12/10 Lovin' Cup Cafe, Brooklyn, NY
* 10/22/10 Building on Bond, Brooklyn, NY
* 8/3/10 Pete's Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY
* 6/25/10 Picasso Machinery, Brooklyn, NY
* 6/19/10 Neverending Books, New Haven, CT
* 4/19/10 Small Beast at the Delancey, NY, NY
* 1/18/10 Small Beast at the Delancey, NY, NY
2009
* 12/18/09 Roots Cafe, Brooklyn, NY
* 12/3/09 Picasso Machinery, Brooklyn, NY
* 10/10/09 Spotty Dog, Hudson, NY
* 10/9/09 Radio Bean, Burlington, VT
* 10/8/09 Plough & Stars, Cambridge, MA
* 9/22/09 Googie's Lounge, NY, NY
* 7/31/09 Songs from the Sofa, Books & Co, Hamden, CT
* 7/14/09 Sidewalk Cafe, New York, NY
* 6/29/09 Small Beast at the Delancey, New York, NY
* 6/7/09 Spike Hill, Brooklyn, NY
* 5/31/09 Jalopy, Brooklyn, NY
* 5/16/09 Neverending Books, New Haven, CT
* 5/9/09 Indie Music Night, Princeton, NJ
* 5/8/09 The Fire, Philadelphia, PA
* 4/18/09 Roots Cafe, Brooklyn, NY
* 4/8/09 Sidewalk Cafe, New York, NY
* 4/4/09 Buttonwood Tree, Middletown, CT
* 3/13/09 Spotty Dog Books, Hudson, NY
* 2/11/09 Resonance at Matchless, Brooklyn, NY
* 2/1/09 Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco, CA
* 1/16/09 Roots Cafe, Brooklyn, NY
2008
* 12/10/08 - Sidewalk Cafe, NY, NY
* 11/12/08 - Resonance at Pianos (Jezebel Music), NY, NY
* 10/11/08 - Pianos Upstairs, NY, NY
* 9/29/2008 - Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn, NY
* 9/11/2008 - Sidewalk Cafe, NYC
* 8/23/2008 - The Barn Show! S. Windsor, CT
* 6/26/2008 - Freddy's Bar & Backroom, Brooklyn
* 5/07/2008 - Jezebel Music's Resonance at Piano's, NY
* 3/18/2008 - Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY
* 3/8/2008 - Molten Java, Bethel, CT
2007
* 12/17/2007 - Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY
* 9/21/2007 - Spark Con (Berkeley Cafe), Raleigh, NC
* 9/05/2007 - Trash Bar, Brooklyn, NY
* 8/17/2007 - Banjo Jims, New York, NY
* 7/19/2007 - Mo Pitkins, New York, NY
* 6/6/2007 - Jezebel Songwriter's Showcase at Laila Lounge, Brooklyn
* 5/12/07 - The Buttonwood Tree, Middletown, CT
* 5/8/2007 - Trash Bar, Brooklyn, NY
* 4/28/2007 - Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn
* 4/7/2007 - Molten Java, Bethel, CT
* 3/24/2007 - Kelly LeBrock Tribute nite at Cake Shop, NYC
* 3/31/2007 - Lower East Side Girl's Club, NYC
* 3/05/2007 - Googie's Lounge (The Living Room upstairs), NYC
* 2/3/2007 - Jalopy, Brooklyn
* 01/17/2007 - Trash Bar, Brooklyn
* 01/06/2007 - Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn
2006
* 12/18/2006 - Magnetic Field, Brooklyn
* 11/29/2006 - Local Correspondents at Bar 4, Brooklyn
* 11/06/2006- Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn
* 10/15/2006 - Cake Shop, NYC
* 09/15/2006 - Freddys Bar, Brooklyn
* 09/09/2006 - Barn Show! in S. Windsor, CT
* 09/02/2006 - Songwriter's Exchange at Vox Pop, Brooklyn
* 08/06/2006 - The Sidewalk Cafe, NYC
* 08/02/2006 - The Baskethouse, at the Bitter End, NYC
* 07/07/2006 - Piano's (Upstairs), NYC
* 06/25/2006 - La Vernissagerie , at Naked Lunch, NYC
* 06/23/2006 - Girlsalon (at the Brooklyn Lyceum)
* 05/27/2006 - Freddy's Bar, Brooklyn
* 05/05/2006 - Javapalooza, Middlebury, CT
* 04/19/2006 - Jezebel Music Songwriter's Showcase at Laila Lounge, Brooklyn
* 04/05/2006 - 169 Bar, NYC
* 03/04/2006 - Stain Bar, Brooklyn, CD release party
* 11/02/2005 - 169 Bar, NYC
* 09/06/2005 - The Sidewalk Café, NYC
These are all the solo shows I've played. All Tripeg Lobo presents shows hosted and produced by me. Previously I played with the Happy Ending in NYC, Jargon Society in CT, and Freak Baby/Jet Jaguar in CT, and a few Bunny Brains shows, but we certainly don't need to go into that. I also briefly played guitar in the Shithouse Lillies, and harmonium and vocals in Bogs Visionary Orchestra.