The Johns (Flannsburgh and Linnell) behind They Might Be Giants have just put out a music video for “Your On Fire,” a song we premiered earlier this year. The video is sweet and romantic or grisly and horrible depending on who’s perspective you’re taking it from. On the one hand it’s about a girl...

First emerging in the early ’80s, They Might Be Giants were compelling, confounding, and arguably without precedent. They remain, 30 years after the fact, relics of a period in which underground rock’s largely regional character incubated success stories from gifted weirdos across the country. Just as sunbaked desert days hel...

Veteran nerd-rock heroes They Might Be Giants return next month with a new album, their 16h, called Nanobots. The duo recorded the LP at the studio of their longtime friend Patrick Dillett, a producer who’s worked with David Byrne and Mary J. Blige. The album track “You’re On Fire” is a catchy and surprisi...

They Might Be Giants have set a March 5, 2013 release date for their new album, Nanobots

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 recent track “When Will You Die.” And as a web exclusive, they also pulled out a noisy version of the 1988 [...]