PCMH Presents - They Might Be Giants
June 12, 2009 21+ $25 ADV $28 DOS
On Sale April 24 9:00AM
Formed as a duo in 1982, They Might Be Giants has had one hell of a career. The Brooklyn, band was founded twenty something years back by John Flansburgh and John Linnell. Their Dial-A-Song service predated much of today's DIY internet activity. The band enjoyed an amazing run of breakthrough videos on MTV in the late 80s and early 90s. Their album Flood went platinum. The band expanded to a more traditional line-up, and developed a reputation as a "must see" live show. In the late 90s the band began expanding their horizons into television, movies, and the internet, notably contributing the opening theme to "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me," "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and the Grammy winning song "Boss of Me" for "Malcom in the Middle."
Last year TMBG launched their free monthly podcast which has turned into an underground national favorite, routinely popping into the top ten on iTunes music podcast chart (one of the few non-broadcast related efforts to do so), with hundreds of thousands of subscribers participating. The band has also collaborated with the beloved www.homestarrunner.com web site.
TMBG’s latest album, The Else, is full of musical surprises, lyrical twists and sonic turns. While the album finally captures their notoriously talented live band in all their barnstorming glory, the complete effort is actually an electrifying mix of homebrewed sonic madness and studio mastery. Over a year and a half in the making and recorded on both coasts, the album was created in collaboration with LA producers theDust Bros. (Beck, Beastie Boys, Hanson) and NYC engineer/producer Patrick Dillett (Mary J. Blige, David Byrne, Soul Coughing).
The band won another Grammy award this year for Best Musical Album For Children, Here Come The 123's!
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