Fans of dorkily comedic things, take note: Nerd-rock veterans They Might Be Giants were on Conan last night, and it's hard to imagine a more generally simpatico host. On the show, they played the…   Read Story »

Self-titled albums are one thing. But when a band names one of its songs after itself -- or, alternately, when a band names itself after one of its songs -- it's a pretty big deal. The song itself…   Read Story »

Nerd-rock kings They Might Be Giants have a new rarities album called Album Raises New And Troubling Questions out, and one of its tracks is a synthed-up version of their iconic Flood single…   Read Story »

Indie pop institution They Might Be Giants' most recent record, Join Us, is a jump back to the group's formative, hyper-alliterative rock and its most mature (meaning, not specifically crafted for…   Read Story »

The last time we checked in on A.V. Club’s Undercover series, Baths opted to take on the recently departed LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends.” Here, NJ shaggy dogs (and Replacements fans)…   Read Story »

They Might Be Giants are taking a break from their spate of children's albums to release Join Us, a collection of songs for adults. Of course, opener "Can't Keep Johnny Down"' is still plenty…   Read Story »

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The Johns have contributed a track, "Other Father Song," to the stop-motion film Coraline, which is based on Neil Gaiman's book of the same name. J. Linnell explains: A girl finds a door in her…   Read Story »

TMBG has been consistently penning Munchkin-sized ditties for Dunkin' Donuts since 2006. The two most recent ads to feature the Giants -- "All Night Blowout" and "Moving" -- are again centered on…   Read Story »

What happens when your band comes from a lost civilization? Navigating a charcoal cityscape on an empty tank with one piece of gum, Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh, aka the…   Read Story »