THE WIGG REPORT

Thus united, they strip their sound down to just this side of skeletal—Stephen Mullaney's briskly strummed guitar, Christine Fantini's rudimentary drum kit, Riseling's equal-partner horns and synth—and drive it with boundless energy both friendly and, at times, almost ferocious. It's a delivery that's arguably the essence of punk, a term that also fits this Durham trio's knack for what they call "guerrilla gigging."

The Independent Weekly