They Might Be Giants

Is a Nirvana-Style Breakthrough Looming with '90s Revival?

They Might Be Giants at The Marquee Theatre, 1/29/12

Maria VassettThey Might Be Giants​They Might Be Giants Marquee Theatre Sunday, January 29, 2012 How many F-bombs can you drop in a PG-13 movie? Is it one? Two? However many, last night's They Might Be Giants show certainly earned its 14-and-over "rating," with the "Johns," Flansburgh and Li ... More >>

Record Heat: Younger and Drunker by Brad Dwyer

Here's to "intentionally flowery-bullshit." In this week's installment of Record Heat, Brad Dwyer remembers the urge to push to the front of the crowd and dance at a show. In light of our "Don't Be an Asshole or: A Few Words On The Subject of Concert Etiquette," it's important to remember that the ... More >>

They Might Be Giants, Citizen Cope, Strung Out, Sundown Showdown IV Over the Weekend

Citizen Cope at Marquee Theatre I've been to more exciting Citizen Cope shows over the past few years, but last night's solo acoustic gig was still a tight show for different reasons than I'm used to. Clarence Greenwood sounds fabulous when he plays with his band, but he held his own without them. ... More >>

Weekend: Bobby BrandNew, Warsaw Poland Bros, Casey Jones, Tony Richie Tribute Show, and Calvin Harris

Bobby BrandNew​Okay folks, start 'yer engines: It's looking to be a pretty good weekend for music in the Valley of the Sun. You've got a lot of choices to make. Do you want to take in the hippie-dippy good vibes of Citizen Cope? The anything goes, doom metal-to-psych punk Sundown Showdown fest ... More >>

They Might Be Giants Are Playing for Adults Again

Mouse Powell, Dengue Fever, They Might Be Giants, and More in This Week's Issue

Mouse Powell​In this week's issue, we take a look at the rise of Phoenix rapper Mouse Powell. He's new on the scene, only releasing his debut full-length Where It's Cloudy late last November, but he's quickly made a mark on the scene. This weekend he brings his laidback, jazzy sound to Tempe T ... More >>

They Might Be Giants' John Linnell: "It Can Be Really Hard to Play For Kids"

30 years is a long time. You might think that after 30 years in a career as unique and unpredictable as They Might Be Giants, (college rockers to children's rockers) principals John Linnell and John Flansburgh might be wondering how much longer they can keep it up, but that's not the case according ... More >>

Top 15 Local Releases of 2011: Jason P. Woodbury

Andrew Jackson Jihad​Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun's 2011 Review. Over the next week, we'll be counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. Enjoy! Okay. I'm done. Spent. No more lists. The reissues list was hard. The show list was hard. The ... More >>

Dogbreth: They Did It All for the Chookie

Eight Bands That Should Make a Children's Record

​They Might Be Giants' new album, Join Us, comes out today. If you've only been following TMBG for the past four or five years, you might be under the impression that this Brooklyn-based band is a children's music group. That would be understandable, considering Join Us is the first TMBG album si ... More >>

Mack Duncan, What Are You Listening To?

Mack Duncan​Mack DuncanThe improviser, filmmaker, puppeteer, teacher, co-founder of The Torch Theatre and creator of the web series Vincent and Me helped organize the Phoenix Improv Festival this weekend at the Herberger Theater. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what s ... More >>

The 15 Best Songs About U.S. Presidents

We at Up on the Sun, like Clinton himself, feel your pain. Every year Presidents Day rolls around and you're struggling to plant that cherry tree and buy all the stovepipe hats you can, all so that you can have the best damn Presidents Day party possible. (C'mon, we can't be the only ones.)So to ea ... More >>

Sister Lovers: Paula Stop Pretending (1993)

Sister Lovers, "Paula Stop Pretending" ​ Welcome to Obscuro, a weekly feature where Up on the Sun dives deep into the world of vinyl oddities: private press jobs, major label cast-offs, and general thrift shop clutter that's thus far escaped anyone's attention. These LPs have been hiding out, coll ... More >>

Noxious Of AZ: The Rapper's Rapper

Noxious Of AZ - The Rapper's Rapper​Artist: Noxious Of AZTitle: The Rapper's RapperBasics: You Asked For It gets hip hop this time around, compliments of champion of all things Arizona, Noxious of AZ. I will admit that this album -- Noxious' first of two albums released in 2010 -- was pretty damn ... More >>

Five Beatles B-Sides That Foreshadow Entire Genres of Rock Music (with Video)

The Beatles: Unquestionably the most influential rock band of all time.​Today The Beatles and the company formerly known as Apple Computer Inc. struck a deal resulting in the release of the band's music on iTunes for the first time.The band's entire output -- 12 studio albums with 193 tracks from ... More >>

They Might Be Giants, "Boss of Me"

​Song: They Might Be Giants, "Boss of Me"Context: Eagerly anticipating tomorrow evening's You Hang Up performance at Martini Ranch in Scottsdale, which hopefully won't be cancelled by any unforeseen "family emergencies." TMBG - Boss of Me by fanarchy

Barenaked Ladies: The Sordid History of the World's Most Canadian Band

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Owl City Side Project: What's the Point?

The equation: Owl City - synths more attempts at sounding like Ben Gibbard = Sky Sailing​While some of our writers are fans of Owl City, others are clearly not.Idolator reports that Owl City's frontman Adam Young has started a side project titled Sky Sailing with an album due out on July 13. And ... More >>

Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup Announced: Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Weezer, Stevie Wonder and More

​Tennessee's Bonnaroo music festival has announced a full line-up for this June. No real surprises here: Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, Weezer, and the Flaming Lips are the top of the pile.The Dead Weather, Phoenix, John Fogerty, Jimmy Cliff, Tenacious D, Zac Brown Band, ... More >>

Thank Raffi! Zooglobble.com’s Stefan Shepherd Will Review The Wiggles

Say Hi, & Jukebox the Ghost

Kindie Rock: New Amsterdams' Matt Pryor battles The Terrible Twos

New Amsterdams' Matt Pryor battles The Terrible Twos

Why?

Alopecia
(Anticon)

Grand Buffet

Rock 'N' Rowling

They might be wizards

Matt and Kim

New York state of mind-blowing

Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl

Delayed gratification

Less Pain Forever, and Peachcake

Now We Have Something to Celebrate
(Western Tread)

Hi, My Name Is Ryan

The clown prince of Phoenix's downtown art scene is sacrificing madcap antics for a Mormon mission

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The Tragically Hip

Tragically underrated

Baskervilles

Baskervilles (Secret Crush)

The Shizz

This (Self-released)

Ween

Quebec (Sanctuary)

The Bad: And a Few Stunk . . .

One writer scrapes his $1 bin for the worst records of the year

Fatigo

Pero los Chivos!!

They Might Be Giants

Goofy group rocks the Cajun House in your soul

Mill Stones

Seventh annual New Times showcase sells beer, inspires an imitator and hosts a middle-finger salute

Two for One

On a new split double disc, the Young Fresh Fellows and the Minus 5 revive good-natured pop-rock

The The

Naked Self (Nothing)

Giant Steps

They Might Be Giants hope that the revolution will be downloaded

I Want My MP3!

Wondermeat's Will Nerini and Eric Long have seen the future of Phoenix rock, and it's downloadable

Recordings

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