With an almost boring regularity the annual readers poll of the German music magazine Spex tells the same story every year: The Flex is the best music club in Austria and is one of the most popular clubs in the German-speaking world. Among subculturally interested people the Flex still maintains its status as a must-visit-spot when coming to Vienna. The club opened its doors in 1990 in the 12th district but less than five years later moved to this days’ location – an abandoned metro tunnel on the bank of the Donaukanal, close to Augartenbrücke and Schottenring underground station. Besides live shows of different musical styles Flex is particularly known for its alternating club evenings all week, with Dub Club (Dub and Jungle music every Monday), Crazy (Techno on Tuesday), London Calling (Indie on Wednesday) and Beat It! (Drum’n’Bass on Thursday) being the most beloved ones and frequently featuring international guest DJ’s. But Flex is not only a place for clubbing. In summer people just hang out at the often modified Flex Café and have some drinks on the waterfront.

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Recent Session(s) at this location

• The Ruby Suns We have been tracing The Ruby Suns for a while, more precisely since their Vienna date together with The Dodos in 2008. Both bands wanted to do something together then, but both bands were too exhausted and sick from a long tour on that day (it was the last date before going home) to actually make it happen. Whereas we caught The Dodos in Berlin last summer, we had to wait until late May this year for another meet-up with the New Zealanders Th... more ... August 8th, 2010 - (2 Comments)

• The Futureheads Barry is in a Christmas mood. The singer and guitarist of The Futureheads from Sunderland, UK spontaneously plays a line of “Oh Christmas Tree” on the guitar as he spots one on a brightly lit building over the street. It is cold on this mid-November evening, so everything has to be done quickly. Just outside the venue we climb on the roof of the Flex-Café surrounded by the Ringstraße on the one side and the Donaukanal on the other.... more ... December 19th, 2008 - (0 Comments)

• O Death The mini-amp buzzes like a swarm of angry hornets when Jesse Newman plugs in his bass guitar. It’s a foretaste of what is going to come when New York based five-piece band O’Death let their instruments off the leash. Jesse takes his shirt off, not caring whether he plays in a sweaty club or in front of a sausage stand on a calm Monday afternoon. O’Death are performers. Even if they play almost unplugged their bodies shake agitated, legs and ar... more ... September 8th, 2008 - (0 Comments)

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