FEATURED ARTIST:
Frances
Frances is a coed sextet from New York. Their debut full-length, All the While, carries on the great tradition of pop music that plays with itself, taking the fun parts and discarding the dumb ones, flirting with chaos but always returning to a gloriously catchy, melodic center. It's resolutely childlike, fanciful stuff (toy instruments abound, as do sing-sung lyrics about stagecoaches and telephones made of paper cups and string); but then, Frances are correspondingly serious in their execution, employing whiplash-inducing chord changes, bizarre stylistic touchstones (Van Dyke Parks' pop oddities, classic AM-radio rock, a little Stravinsky, a little Sondheim), and darker moments that hint at something terrifying lurking behind the swooning strings and oom-pah horns. Frances is Stephanie Skaff (vocals, sundries), Brian Betancourt (guitar, sundries), Nick Anderson (bass), Julia Tepper (vocals, violin, sundries), Tlacael Esparza (drums), and Paul Hogan (vocals, keyboards). Click here to find out more...
WHAT'S NEW
12/19/08
Check the news section for Gigantics favorite releases of 2008! Have a great holiday everyone! See you all in 2009!!
11/10/08
The Rumble Strips issue FINAL tour update!
10/31/08
The Rumble Strips show this Saturday! Check the NEWS section for details!!!
And Happy Halloween. Boo.
10/20/08
The Rumble Strips issue second tour update!!
10/17/08
The Rumble Strips issue tour update/blog/photos!!
Their Fearless TV appearance will show Saturday, October 18th! Check it!
10/15/08
The Hundred in the Hands debut a new song (and remix) exclusively on their website!!