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Watch the Video for They Might Be Giants' "Electronic Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"

Yesterday alternative rock band They Might Be Giants released a new music video for their track "Electronic Istanbul (Not Constantinople) off of their latest release, this past November's Raises New And Troubling Questions, a rarities album that includes a number of live songs and remixes of older works.   read more

This Week's Album Releases (7/18/11)

This week, Portugal. The Man drops their sixth and in our opinion, best release; Amy LaVere makes a statement with her edgy lyrics and They Might Be Giants keep us laughing with Join Us.  read more

They Might Be Giants: Join Us

They Might Be Giants are, along with Matthew Sweet and a handful of others, what I remember of college radio from the early ‘90s. TMBG stand out for me not so much because of their so-singular-it-borders-on-proprietary sound, but because they were the first band I encountered that spawned superfans. I was pretty young in the early ’90s, and at best my peers loved classic rock in that early, holistic, passed-on-like-a-hair-color way. At their worst they loved whatever everyone else loved that day or week or minute. They Might be Giants were different, they were the preeminent backpack band patch, the...  read more

The 23 Greatest Sci-Fi Songs of All Time

Good sci-fi stories can easily be found in movies, TV, books and video games, but what about music? The following 23 songs tell tales of woe, wonder and alien love. And there will be robots.  read more

A Dozen Musical Artists and the Sports Teams They've Rocked For

Sometimes, we're really into sports. Sometimes, musicians are too...  read more

Institutionalized: Eight Musical Homages to the Asylum

Musicians have a long and complex history with mental illness. On her new album, Janelle Monáe uses the asylum motif to tie her to the greats she channels. Here are some of the most famous, and infamous, songs and videos about being institutionalized.   read more

Twenty Sneaky Spy Songs

Last week was an odd one for spy-related news...  read more

Download/Stream They Might Be Giants' "I Am a Paleontologist"

Download/stream They Might Be Giants' "I Am a Paleontologist" here.TMBG's Here Comes Science will be released on Sept. 22 on Idlewild/Disney Sound. ...  read more

They Might Be Giants to Release Science-Themed Kids' Album, Follow With Tour

Since 2002, They Might Be Giants has been introducing their alt-rock sound to a whole new generation. The next addition to the kid-friendly portion of their CV will be Here Comes Science, an album (not to be confused with this album) with tracks about such wonderfully scientific things as paleontology, chemical elements and photosynthesis, and a DVD of corresponding animated videos. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal for kids who weren't lucky enough to grow up with Bill Nye the Science Guy....  read more

No! Kidding: They Might Be Giants Sponsors 11 Little League Baseball Teams

As a rule, musicians get pretty peeved when they feel they've been ripped off. But when the rockers of They Might Be Giants found out that their band name and art from their album No! was being used without their permission, they were the ones to shell out some cash....  read more