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Elisa Flynn

I have a beef. In my heart.

About Me

Elisa Flynn played guitar in rock bands in NYC and CT for most of the 90’s and half the 00’s until her last band broke up and she decided to go it alone.Her songs, full of wit and off-kilter, hypnotic rhythms, on topics including love gone wrong in the 1800's, dead birds that are reborn, and the Donner Party, and are delivered in a low-fi, old school punk manner using just her big voice and a hopped-up guitar attached to a pile of effects pedals. Her first solo EP, Dimestore Mary, was recently called “an addicting collection of music, both raw and rigid in its execution” by womenfolk.net.The Dimestore Mary EP is available for $6.50 (includes postage). Order via Paypal through elisa's website www.elisaflynn.com.Elisa played previously with The Happy Ending, Jargon Society, Freak Baby, and the Bunny Brains (well, hasn't everyone been in the Bunny Brains at one time or another?)Currently finishing a full length album at Emandee Studio, and looking for kind souls who may want to put it out.For booking contact: [email protected] "Soul's Minor Daughter" live at Jalopy, 2/3/07. Video by Grey Widow.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/18/2005
Band Website: elisaflynn.com
Band Members: Elisa - vocals, guitar, keyboards, foot stomps, pedal manipulations.
Influences: In no particular order: Flaming Lips, the Cure, Mark Mulcahy, Quasi, Egon Schiele, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, Walt Whitman, the Velvet Underground, Rufus Wainwright, Wim Wenders, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, the Clash, Wilco, X, Shiko Munakata, Sufjan Stevens, Julian Cope, Robyn Hitchcock, Radiohead, the Delgados, X-Ray Spex, Barbara Manning, Eva Hesse, Yo La Tengo, Nico, the 3D's, Antonio Frasconi, Robert Johnson, Edith Piaf, Sonic Youth
Sounds Like: Take all the above - place in blender - serve over ice.
Record Label: Cat in a Dress
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Jezebel review of 5/7/08 show

Review of Resonance show at Pianos 5/7/08, from the Jezebel Music blog:"Closing out the night was Elisa Flynn, a talented singer-songwriter performing in the purist strummed-steel-string-and-voice tra...
Posted by Elisa Flynn on Mon, 12 May 2008 07:12:00 PST

want to hear something new? redux

I have a newer, better version on one song up, "No Great Beauty." It's just me, the cheezy keyboard, and the acoustic via the H4.  It's on my real website: http://www.elisaflynn.com
Posted by Elisa Flynn on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:26:00 PST

some updates

My brain is all screwy. I spent 9 hours in airports, planes and cabs yesterday. Viva O'Hare! Anyway, a few bits of info and pointless observations follow: - Work continues apace on the new album, ten...
Posted by Elisa Flynn on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:45:00 PST

Lucid Culture Review of 12/17 show

From lucidculture: "The songs on Elisa Flynn's myspace page throw off some sparks, which was what brought us here in the first place. Backed only by musically diverse drummer Anders Griffen, Flynn spu...
Posted by Elisa Flynn on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:29:00 PST

mystery video revealed

Here is that video Patrick told me he found, it still is floating out on myspacetv, posted by Golden Microphone. It's me singing "Me I'm Singing" at the Buttonwood Tree a few months ago. http://myspac...
Posted by Elisa Flynn on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:55:00 PST

New song on upcoming Briar'ose comp

I've got a new song up on the Briar'ose Records page, that will be part of an upcoming compilation of American songs written between 1882-1969. Take a listen to my guitar/vocal/seed rendition of "Oh D...
Posted by Elisa Flynn on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:14:00 PST

Long, long ago in a land not so far away

My friend John just put up a page for our mid-90's band, Freak Baby. Even though listening to the sound of my voice from that period of time makes me cringe, I urge you to take a listen. Just to the M...
Posted by Elisa Flynn on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:19:00 PST

Extra fun stuff with CD's

Order a copy of my EP "Dimestore Mary" and get some extra free stuff, including new buttons and stickers! $6.50, with check or PayPal. (email me to get info) Also, see some great recent reviews of you...
Posted by Elisa Flynn on Wed, 10 May 2006 06:29:00 PST