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They Might Be Giants – new rarities album to be released November 2011

retroDan — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:50:04 +0000

They Might Be Giants recently announced that they’ll be releasing an all new rarities album on November 1st titled “Album Raises New and Troubling Questions”. There’s not much more info in regards to tracks and such but more TMBG music is always a good thing in my book. keep ‘em comin’!

the guys are still out on the road supporting their most recent studio album, Join Us.
catch ‘em if ya can.

Oct 28 2011 Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theatre
Oct 29 2011 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Oct 30 2011 Iowa City, IA – Englert Theatre
Nov 1 2011 Omaha, NE – Slowdown
Nov 2 2011 Kansas City, MO – Beaumont Club
Nov 3 2011 Boulder, CO – Boulder Theatre
Nov 4 2011 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
Nov 5 2011 Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
Nov 6 2011 Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
Nov 8 2011 Vancouver, BC – Venue
Nov 9 2011 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
Nov 10 2011 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
Nov 11 2011 Arcata, CA – Van Duzer Theatre
Nov 12 2011 San Francisco, CA – Fillmore
Nov 13 2011 San Francisco, CA – Fillmore
Nov 16 2011 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
Nov 17 2011 San Diego, CA – Belly Up
Nov 25 2011 Uncasville, CT – Free Audience Appreciation Show – Mohegan Sun Casino
Nov 26 2011 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Jan 27 2012 Santa Cruz, CA – The Rio Theatre
Jan 28 2012 Los Angeles, CA – Special Family Show – Royce Hall UCLA
Jan 28 2012 Los Angeles, CA – 30th Anniversary Show – Royce Hall UCLA
Jan 29 2012 Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
Jan 30 2012 Tucson, AZ – The Rialto Theatre
Feb 1 2012 Tulsa, OK (Rescheduled from Sept.) – Cain’s Ballroom
Feb 2 2012 Dallas, TX – The Granada Theatre
Feb 3 2012 Austin, TX – La Zona Rosa
Feb 4 2012 New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s
Feb 7 2012 Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor
Feb 8 2012 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
Feb 10 2012 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
Feb 11 2012 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
Feb 12 2012 Chattanooga, TN – Track 29
Feb 14 2012 Charlotte, NC – McGlohan Theater at Spirit Square
Feb 15 2012 Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
Feb 16 2012 Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theatre
Feb 17 2012 Baltimore, MD – Ram’s Head Live
Mar 8 2012 Northampton, MA – Calvin Theater
Mar 9 2012 Providence, RI – Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
Mar 10 2012 New York, NY – Terminal 5

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**update: 18Oct11**

info from ParticleMen’s youtube page!!!

Idlewild Recordings next release arrives Nov. 1! They Might Be Giants’ Album Raises New and Troubling Questions. A brand new rarities, remix and video compilation includes 20 brand new songs! Digital release is direct from www.tmbg.com, iTunes & Amazon. Special limited run of vinyl and CDs for orders by Nov. 15.

In the many months making and then promoting Join Us They Might Be Giants created many recordings. Contained on this brand new full length album of rarities are many previously unheard tracks along with the live version of Cloisonné heard on the official video of the song, a fantastic remix of You Probably Get That A Lot from the Elegant Too, plus the band’s now legendary appearance on The Onion AV Club’s Undercover series performing Tubthumping with the AV Club Choir. Rollicking new music from TMBGs Other Thing Brass Band sessions fill out the set, making ALBUM RAISES NEW AND TROUBLING QUESTIONS a must have for all TMBG music-lovers.

Complete track listing: O We, Authenticity Trip, You Probably Get That A Lot (Elegant Too remix), Now I Know, Doom Doom, Tubthumping (feat. the Onion AV Club Choir), Electronic Istanbul (Not Constantinople), Cloisonné (live), Marty Beller Mask, How Now Dark Cloud?, Money for Dope,The Fellowship of Hell, Read A Book, Mountain Flowers, Havalina, 200 Sbemails, and featuring TMBGs Other Thing Brass Band: Boat of Car, Mr. Me, Dirt Bike, Particle Man

VIDEO BONUS! Electronic Istanbul (Not Constantinople), You Probably Get That A Lot, Can’t Keep Johnny Down, Spoiler Alert, Cloisonné

currently listening to – Let Your Hair Hang Down

retroDan — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:20:49 +0000

This is currently my favorite off of the latest album by They Might be Giants, Join Us. Man, these guys make it seem so easy! John Flansburgh and John Linnell are so prolific, releasing countless albums, EPs and singles over the years. And you’d think they’d run out of ideas by now but they somehow manage to keep things fresh, exciting and more importantly, they keep coming up with some fantastic “ear candy” hooks.

Let your hair hang down
It is now the time
To untie your hair
Let your hair hang down

Why do we resemble concrete?
Did we order all these rain clouds?
Who overturned the party cart?
Who said to stomp the fire out?

Let the wrong be wrong
Would it be so bad?
When your hair’s so long
Let your hair hang down

Do we have to drag the drag around, is that the plan?
Can’t we leave the barking dogs and join the caravan?

Let your hair hang down
It is now the time
To untie your hair
Let your hair hang down

Without a written guarantee of perfect sailing
Can you crawl from under the porch without a helmet?

Before we can get all the facts
We may be going to have to act

Let the wrong be wrong
Would it be so bad?
When your hair’s so long
When you look so sad
Let your hair hang down
It is now the time
To untie your hair
Let your hair hang down

-They Might Be Giants

Here Come the 123s

retroDan — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:15:25 +0000

I guess I’m just a sucker for They Might Be Giants. they’re absolute geniuses in my book. They have the uncanny ability to write a catchy hook based around just about any subject. it’s absolutely astonishing to see John Flansburgh and John Linnell continue to be creative and inventive after all these years in the biz. I recently purchased Here Come The 123s for the kids and I can honestly say that it’s a joy to listen to. AND THIS is a KIDS album for goodness sakes! No more lame-brained Raffi tunes or god-awful Barney the Dinosaur crap for this generation of kids. with the constant exposure to multimedia, nickelodeon, the disney channel and the like, it takes a lot more nowadays to catch the attention of today’s youngsters. Flansburgh and Linnell are aware of this and have crafted well thoughtout and sophisticated songs for kids to sing-along and learn from. Here Comes the 123s is their third kid-centric album. No! and Here Come the ABCs being the other two. I suppose kids between the ages of 2 and 6 will get the bulk of the benefit from listening to an album about numbers but the tunes are so darn catchy and fun that parents (and older kids) won’t mind the repeated listenings in the minivan. Honestly, not all of the songs are out of the park homeruns but you can’t help but admire the band for swinging hard with each attempt.
personal favorites include: Zeroes, One Everything, High Five!, The Secret Life of Six and Heart of the Band.

TrackList:
1. Here Come the 123s
2. Zeroes
3. One Everything
4. Number Two
5. Triops Has Three Eyes
6. Apartment Four
7. High Five!
8. The Secret Life of Six
9. Seven
10. Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go to Work)
11. Figure Eight
12. Pirate Girls Nine
13. Nine Bowls of Soup
14. Ten Mississippi
15. One Dozen Monkeys
16. Eight Hundred and Thirteen Mile Car Trip
17. Infinity
18. I Can Add
19. Nonagon
20. Even Numbers
21. Ooh La! Ooh La!
22. Heart of the Band
23. Hot Dog!
24. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme

watch Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go to Work) on youtube:

purchase TMBG at amazon:

watch High Five on youtube:

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