You might not think it's true. It's too good to be true. It's been ages since Giant Drag has played a show - about two years, no?
Well, it's true...and I couldn't be more excited! Annie Hardy and Micah Calabrese are reunited as Giant Drag and will playing at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on May 16th. You can read about it from Annie here and RSVP for the event on Facebook here.
Annie hopes to debut her music video for Stuff to Live For off of the soon-to-be-released Swan Song EP at the show. It's quite the spectacular video, and you can get a sneak peak below. Exciting things are happening for Giant Drag. This should be a good year.
Giant Drag, aka Annie Hardy, is my number one love in terms of music. Numero uno.
Annie, although 26 years old, can come off as a 12 year-old girl sometimes, because of her tiny frame and child-like voice. Her blunt and pirate-like comments, as a result, get people to stop and ask, what?
Regardless, Annie is simply amazing. You never know what is going to come out of her mouth, including a black tongue (which she had earlier this year).
Annie, and former bandmate-drummer-bass synthesizer expertise Micah Calabrese, who left the band in November 2006, released Hearts and Unicorns, Giant Drag's first full-length
album. Annie's first album was Lemona, a five song release.
Since then, Annie's toured all over the US and Europe playing shows and getting rave reviews.
After Micah left the band because he never was truly committed to living the life of a starving artist, Annie started working on a new album. However, she ran into a little bit of a road bump when Interscope, her label, decided to drop the band.
So, Annie's currently going on her own, recruiting new people to supplement her talents as a vocalist and guitarist.
"May 2008: Giant Drag: untitled EP (MANI-010) Four new songs written, performed and composed by Annie Hardy. Her first release of new material since the triumphant 2005
debut, Hearts and Unicorns."
I can't wait!
Annie, along with Aaron Farley and Jeremy Weiss, also host an online weekly radio show, GTFU Radio, and pretty much sit around and talk about whatever they feel like, playing music here and there. It's amazing.
Here's the video for her single, Kevin is Gay, which has to be one of my favorite music videos simply because of its absurdity.
You'll definitely be hearing more about Giant Drag and Annie Hardy in the future, especially because she's starting the Chilito Revolution.
You might not think it's true. It's too good to be true. It's been ages since Giant Drag has played a show - about two years, no?
