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New Episodes Every Wednesday
Nov 17, 2021
By Laura Studarus
Welcome to Why Not Both Wednesdays. Every week, in partnership with Why Not Both podcast, we’ll be presenting new podcast episodes that explore how multiple passions inform the inspiring lives of musicians, writers, actors, and creatives. This week, They Might Be Giants does it all. More
New 10-Year Compilation Idlewild Out May 27
Apr 28, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
Narrowing down 150 entries to 16 finalists, They Might Be Giants have unveiled three fan-made music videos for their 2004 single “Am I Awake?” More
Mar 28, 2013
By Laura Studarus
Just when you thought it was safe to assume life was free of absurdity and totally norm—Oh hi They Might Be Giants! We didn’t see you there! More
Also Beastie Boys, Michael Moore, Ewan McGregor, Doctor Who, and They Might Be Giants
May 27, 2009
By Michele Yamamoto
Our News Roundup briefly reports on various entertainment news stories that are circulating the web: Glastonbury lineup announced, Beastie Boys name new album, They Might Be Giants sponor little league teams, Meg White gets married, Gonzales breaks a world record, The Charlatans announce a U.S. tour, Ewan McGregor is against a Trainspotting sequel, Michael Moore’s new documentary on the economic crisis gets a release date, Buffy the Vampire Slayer might be rebooted as a new movie without Joss Whedon or the TV cast, and Doctor Who‘s David Tennant is set to play The Doctor two more bonus times. More
Interviews
Oct 25, 2021
By Jake Uitti
John Linnell, co-founder for the Grammy Award-winning alternative rock group, They Might Be Giants, knows that process is as important as product, if not more so. More
Rocker Invents New Type of Run-on Sentence; Scientists Baffled
Nov 07, 2002
By David Brackeen
Believe it or not, They Might Be Giants have been creating music for over twenty years. More
Reviews
Jan 15, 2023
By Matthew Berlyant
They Might Be Giants commemorated the the thirtieth anniversary of ‘Flood’ in fine style. More
Jul 22, 2011
By David Brusie
For all the reductive adjectives typically used to describe They Might Be Giants—“quirky,” “weird,” etc.—their songs are always rooted in their own realities. A drum-playing worm sounds perfectly normal when described by John Linnell, and why wouldn’t The Replacements have a song called “We’re The Replacements?” More
Sep 28, 2009
By Aaron Passman
For those of us that fell in love with They Might Be Giants as children (circa 1990’s Flood), the duo served as our first introduction to alternative music. Sure, Pearl Jam and others got tagged as alternative, but those of us who spent hours laying in bed poring over those bizarre lyrics and listening to the tapes over and over—if you’re one of us, you know who you are—had our own little secret about what alternative music really was. More
