They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants (TMBG) is an American alternative rock band formed in
1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell. During TMBG's early years Flansburgh
and Linnell were frequently accompanied by a drum machine. In the early 1990s,
TMBG became a full band. Currently, the members of TMBG are Flansburgh,
Linnell, Marty Beller, Dan Miller, and Danny Weinkauf. They are best ... read more

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Interview video

John and John from They Might Be Giants joined Geoff backstage in our festival camper van at this year's Latitude...
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They Might Be Giants: "When Will You Die?" video

Watch the new They Might Be Giants video for When Will You Die?. The clip was created by The Offices of Paul Sahre. Yes, they are building a monster hearse.Live dates...
Posted 17 January 8.16pm — Comment on this

They Might Be Giants, 'Electronic Istanbul (Not Constantinople)' -- Video of the Day

Filed under: Video of the DayArtist: They Might Be GiantsVideo: 'Electronic Istanbul (Not Constantinople)'Highlight: "Every band member is playing a synthesized instrum...
Posted 27 December 2011 12.00am — Comment on this

They Might Be Giants Return with “Album Raises Troubling Questions” on November 11

via press release: They Might Be Giants released their new album, Join Us, this summer through Idlewild/Rounder Records. Join Us finds the Brooklyn originals returning to...
Posted 24 October 2011 8.51pm — Comment on this

They Might Be Giants releasing more stuff, touring, playing Terminal 5 (dates

They Might Be Giants at Williamsburg Waterfront (more by David Andrako) They Might Be Giants are celebrating 30 years (!) as a band and will be celebrating on the road wh...
Posted 19 October 2011 2.28pm — Comment on this

Jonathan Coulton playing boats

photos by Jacob Blickenstaff Jonathan Coulton @ Williamsburg Watefront After playing a waterfront show last month with They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Coulton will take to...
Posted 15 August 2011 6.23pm — Comment on this

Shorties (They Might Be Giants, Alan Moore, and more)

The A.V. Club interviews They Might Be Giants' John Linnell. AVC: How often are your songs inspired by real events? From Join Us, "Never Knew Love" seems like it’s ...
Posted 26 July 2011 3.03pm — Comment on this

Album Review: They Might Be Giants' 'Join Us'

Quirky and eclectic may be the two most overused words in music criticism, but longtime alternative-rock iconoclasts They Might Be Giants are part of the reason why. Q...
Posted 19 July 2011 6.12pm — Comment on this

Album Review: They Might Be Giants' 'Join Us'

Album Review: They Might Be Giants' "Join Us" gets three stars (out of four)
Posted 19 July 2011 2.24am — Comment on this

Click to download: the AV Club's covers project and a Glastonbury-T in the Park showdown

From cover versions to city sessions, exclusive performances are burgeoning on the web, writes Chris SalmonWith George Michael busy being a compelling tweeter and maker o...
Posted 13 July 2011 1.35pm — Comment on this

Culture Flash: private detectives

This week's news in the artsPrivate detectives may usually work in, well, private – but their shady shenanigans have this week been thrust into the limelight. On Tu...
Posted 8 June 2011 9.45pm — Comment on this

Smith Westerns Get Drunk, Cover Tom Petty

The Glam youngsters took a sloppy, bored, somehow triumphant(ly disengaged) stab at Tom Petty’s “American Girl” for Onion A.V.’s Undercover 2011 s...
Posted 17 May 2011 7.39pm — Comment on this

They Might Be Giants Announce New Album Details

*They Might Be Giants*' new album, Join Us, is the recording that album their fans have been waiting 20 years for! Impossibly catchy, sometimes strange and always origina...
Posted 17 May 2011 9.43am — Comment on this

Low Cover Toto

Low’s Mimi Parker-sung cover of Toto’s 1982 hit “Africa” for A.V. Undercover is more successful than what Titus Andronicus — NJ bless ‘...
Posted 10 May 2011 10.19pm — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played They Might Be Giants songs in the past year.

  • Birdhouse In Your Soul  150 plays
  • Particle Man  1 plays
  • Can't Keep Johnny Down  1 plays
  • New York City  1 plays
  • Santa's Beard  1 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by They Might Be Giants over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 90s 278 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 155 plays
  3. Absolute Classic Rock 10 plays
  4. Absolute 80s 10 plays
  5. Absolute Radio 00s 8 plays

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