Review: Why?
OnAs neither a parent nor a little kid, I always feel as if I’m being a little unfair passing judgment on They Might Be Giants’ children’s albums. “How should I know if this is good or not? It’s not made for me!…
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Review: Glean
OnGlean, the seventeenth studio album from They Might Be Giants, somehow manages to be both innovative and familiar, like pulling on your favorite denim jacket and suddenly finding a secret treasure map in the pocket. Its fifteen tracks hold a number of…
Interview: Joshua Fried/RADIO WONDERLAND
OnJoshua Fried is a composer known for doing innovative work that’s still very danceable. He’s also done remixes including songs by They Might Be Giants and Chaka Khan. In the 1980s, he was signed to Atlantic, which resulted in the 12” single…
Review: Nanobots
OnI am willing to make this declaration about Nanobots, They Might Be Giants’ newly-released 16th album: It is the one of the absolute best things they have done in the last 18 years. As someone who builds my life around this band,…
Review: They Might Be Giants – Join Us
OnI want to like this album more. This album makes me want to like it more. Join Us is an excitable album. It jumps up, bounces around the room, and says, “Hey! Look what I can do! I’m everything you could possibly…
Review: Join Us Preview EP
OnAfter four solid years of waiting since their last “adult” (or, as I like to say, “real”) album, the more hardcore among the (notoriously rabid) They Might Be Giants fan community were so eager for anything from the band that even something…
Review: The Spine (and related EPs)
OnCover of The Spine 2004 was an active year for They Might Be Giants; in April, they released the Indestructible Object EP as a teaser for their new full-length album The Spine, which came out 3 months later, along with a companion…
Most People Call Them Green Onions But They’re Really Scallions
OnImage via Wikipedia Who don’t love Christmas? Most of us, but as Wonderlick said, it’s nice to pretend. Here’s another hypothetical mix CD, and it’s all Christmas Songs, since it’s getting to be that time of year again (unless you’re reading this…
EP: he is really bad at playing that song…
OnHey, remember those Video 45s that Sony used to release in the early 80s? A VHS of about 3 or 4 music videos by an artist? Those were pretty cool; I almost wore out my Thomas Dolby and Blotto ones. So, for…
Video: Spy
OnA cover of the song “Spy” by They Might Be Giants, written by John Flansburgh & John Linnell, original from the album John Henry, one of my favorite They Might Be Giants albums. Kittysneezes on this recording is (only): Rev. Syung Myung…