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Album Review: They Might Be Giants – I Like Fun

With their Dial-A-Song service returning, and a European Tour lined up towards the end of the year, it looks like 2018 is going to be a busy one for They…

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Classic Compilation: They Might Be Giants – A Users Guide to They Might Be Giants

One of the beauties of a compilation, is that if it is your first foray into that particular act’s work, you can leave it at that if you find that…

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Not Forgotten: They Might Be Giants – They Might Be Giants (a.k.a. Pink Album. a.k.a. First Album)

Released into a musical landscape over-populated by purveyors of synth-pop, stadium rock, post punk, underground alternative, heartland rockers, disposable pop and The Smiths (the band that pretty much defined what…

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Not Forgotten: They Might Be Giants – Mink Car

Having extracted themselves from the Elektra record label, They Might Be Giants spent the late 90s keeping relatively low key, with the live Severe Tyre Damage and the early internet…

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Album Review: They Might Be Giants – Phone Power

The third album to be compiled from tracks that They Might Be Giants released on their rebooted Dial-A-Song service on YouTube during 2015, Phone Power has been released as a…

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Album Review: They Might Be Giants – Why?

Music for children is often an awkward art to master. Obviously you want something tuneful and memorable, but you also want to avoid adult themes. Another thing you want to…

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A buyers’ guide to They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants are an act who have forged an utterly unique music career over thirty-odd years, from their early days as an act more cabaret than their contemporaries…

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Not Forgotten: They Might Be Giants – Apollo 18

Apollo 18 is the album that cemented They Might Be Giants as an act that would endure rather than burn briefly. Sure, the hit single “Birdhouse in Your Soul” had…

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Album Review: They Might Be Giants – Glean

Do you remember when music’s primary function was to provide fun entertainment? It’s something that has been increasingly overlooked in recent years, and the majority of attempts to remind us…

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