The Wigg Report are Christine Fantini, Stephen Mullaney and Ben Riseling. Armed with a guitar, the remains of a drum set and a saxophone The Wigg Report has been setting up on street corners, in clubs and anywhere that lets them play. Their guerrilla approach to playing has started to earn them recognition in their small town of Durham, and beyond including a feature in Nylon Magazine's 11/07 small-town bands to watch.

The Wigg Report was formed by Fantini and Mullaney, constantly practicing and recording in the tiny laundry room of their house in Durham. This is where their first self-titled release was spawned and also where their once-neighbor, Ben Riseling, must have heard them and started stalking them. This unavoidable collaboration led not only to innovative uses of laundry equipment as acoustic devices but also to their first full length album, Seltzer.

Adding a synthesizer and three part harmonies, their second full length, Flexi-Slacks, was released in 2006. Capping a year that featured extensive guerilla gigging on the sidewalks of the Southeast as well as supporting sets with The Mountain Goats, Hamell on Trial and Schwervon, The Wigg finally premiered Flexi-Slacks at the Troika Music Festival. We kind of like to think Flexi-Slacks is what a house punk band on Sesame Street would sound like. We hope folks will like it too.

The synth use is a logical progression for a band whose musicians feature instruments they've never played before. Christine Fantini – on stripped down drums with no kick that she plays standing – is originally a piano player. Stephen Mullaney – guitar and lead vocals -- was an accomplished punk drummer signed to Artist Only and Warner Bros in bands like Resolve and Tree. Ben Riseling – synth, clarinet and sax – started playing synthesizer this year after many years of session work with bands like Beulah, 100 Watt Smile and Shitty Shitty Band Band on horns.