Judged by the great Open Mike Eagle, Red Giant are co-sponsoring a video contest for They Might Be Giants’ song “I Left My Body“. There will be 3 winners:
- $3000 + the complete set of Red Giant Tools to the Grand Prize winner
(Total Prize Value: $6,694)
- $1000 + the complete set of Red Giant Tools to two other winners
(Total Prize Value: $4,694)
All entries to be submitted by March 1, 2018. Winners will be announced shortly after that and the winning video will be posted on dialasong.com as well as TMBG’s YouTube channel.
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From They Might Be Giants new album, “All Time What” is streaming on all services as of today!
The first track from Dial-A-Song 2018, it features on the forthcoming album “I Like Fun”, out 19th January. PRE-ORDER HERE!
The band return to Europe for a run of live shows in 2018:
- 20 Sep – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club, UK
- 21 Sep – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club, UK (SOLD OUT)
- 22 Sep – Cambridge, The Junction, UK
- 23 Sep – Bristol, Marble Factory, UK
- 25 Sep – Munich, Ampere, DE
- 26 Sep – Antwerp, De Roma, BE
- 27 Sep – Amsterdam, Paradiso, NL
- 28 Sep – Berlin, Columbia Theater, DE
- 29 Sep – Hamburg, Knust, DE
- 1 Oct – Koln, Luxor, DE
- 3 Oct – London, Barbican, UK
- 4 Oct – Manchester, Academy 2, UK
- 5 Oct – Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall, UK
- 6 Oct – Dublin, Button Factory, IE
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Blitzen Trapper have announced an extensive European tour covering Belgium, Netherlands, UK, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Denmark in April 2018.
The Portland, Oregon-based rock quintet are heading across the atlantic in support of their newly released album Wild and Reckless. Described by frontman Eric Earley as a “something like a cross-eyed stepchild to Furr“, referring to their break-through Subpop release. The new album was born from a stage production that the band spent the better part of a year producing. The half musical, half rock-opera dealt with heroin abuse, desperation, true love and western power structures. Early continues, “Ten years after Furr with all its talk of murder and the end of the western world, it seems there’s more to tell.”
Wild and Reckless is out now on Lojinx CD, LP and Digital.
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- 04/04/18: De Zwerver – Leffinge (B) [tickets]
- 05/04/18: Fluor – Amersfoort (NL) [tickets]
- 06/04/18: Roots of Heaven – Patronaat – Haarlem (NL) [tickets]
- 07/04/18: Heartland Festival – Hengelo (NL) [tickets]
- 08/04/18: Down of the River – Venlo (NL) [tickets]
- 09/04/18: The Fleece – Bristol (UK) [tickets] NEW!
- 10/04/18: King Tuts – Glasgow (UK) [tickets]
- 11/04/18: The Brudenell Social Club – Leeds [tickets]
- 12/04/18: Hoxton Bar & Kitchen (UK) [tickets]
- 14/04/18: Little Waves – C-Mine – Genk (B) [tickets]
- 15/04/18: De Oosterpoort – Groningen (NL) [tickets]
- 16/04/18: Hafenklang – Hamburg (DE) [tickets]
- 17/04/18: Kulturkvarteret – Kristianstad (SE) [tickets]
- 18/04/18: John Dee – Oslo (NO) [tickets]
- 20/04/18: Bryggarsalen – Stockholm (SE) [tickets]
- 21/04/18: Pustervik – Gothenburg (SE) [tickets]
- 22/04/18: Loppen – Copenhagen (DK)
- 23/04/18: Lido – Berlin (DE) [tickets]
- 24/04/18: Conne Island – Leipzig (DE) [tickets]
- 25/04/18: Club Manufaktur – Schorndorf (DE) [tickets]
- 27/04/18: Mattatoio – Carpi (IT) [tickets] NEW!
- 29/04/18: La Nau – Barcelona (ES) [tickets] NEW!
- 30/04/18: Loco Club – Valencia (ES) [tickets] NEW!
- 01/05/18: El Sol – Madrid (ES) [tickets] NEW!
They Might Be Giants has announced the release of I Like Fun, a remarkable 15-track album, available physically and digitally on 19th January 2018. I Like Fun jumps with surprises, vitality, and the startling point of view of these Brooklyn originals. Songwriters and band founders John Linnell and John Flansburgh draw on themes of dread, death, and disappointment and set them to their driving, hyper-melodic music. Fresh and sonically adventurous, the band’s command of the studio and the song is in rare form from beginning to end. Featured by The New Yorker, album closer “Last Wave” is a deceivingly upbeat track that leaves you with a pit in your stomach by, as Linnell points out, “reminding you of your darkest fears.” “Last Wave” is available to post/share here: Youtube | Spotify | Apple Music.
The band return to Europe for a run of live shows in 2018:
- 21 Sep – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club, UK (SOLD OUT)
- 22 Sep – Cambridge, The Junction, UK
- 23 Sep – Bristol, Marble Factory, UK
- 25 Sep – Munich, Ampere, DE
- 26 Sep – Antwerp, De Roma, BE
- 27 Sep – Amsterdam, Paradiso, NL
- 28 Sep – Berlin, Columbia Theater, DE
- 29 Sep – Hamburg, Knust, DE
- 1 Oct – Koln, Luxor, DE
- 3 Oct – London, Barbican, UK
- 4 Oct – Manchester, Academy 2, UK
- 5 Oct – Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall, UK
- 6 Oct – Dublin, Button Factory, IE
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Like Fun is available to pre-order now, here.
Today’s the day! The new Pugwash album Silverlake is finally here! To celebrate the launch Thomas Walsh and good friend Matt Berry had a bit of fun making this autumnal video for your entertainment.
Get Silverlake! Lojinx Direct | iTunes | Spotify | Deezer | Play
Vinyl is expected to arrive late November. US stores (including Amazon) will have non-import CD & vinyl available once stock crosses the Atlantic, in a few weeks. Limited edition blue vinyl available only from indie record stores.
They Might Be Giants have announced that their extensive 2018 world tour now includes 13 European dates including their first at London’s prestigious Barbican Centre. With shows in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Belgium and Netherlands it will be the most extensive Euro tour the band have done in a number of years.
They Might Be Giants new album, I Like Fun, will be released 19th January 2018 as with weekly instalments of dial-a-song also return in the new year.
- 21 Sep – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club, UK
- 22 Sep – Cambridge, The Junction, UK
- 23 Sep – Bristol, Marble Factory, UK
- 25 Sep – Munich, Ampere, DE
- 26 Sep – Antwerp, De Roma, BE
- 27 Sep – Amsterdam, Paradiso, NL
- 28 Sep – Berlin, Columbia Theater, DE
- 29 Sep – Hamburg, Knust, DE
- 1 Oct – Koln, Luxor, DE
- 3 Oct – London, Barbican, UK
- 4 Oct – Manchester, Academy 2, UK
- 5 Oct – Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall, UK
- 6 Oct – Dublin, Button Factory, IE
Tickets go on sale 17/11/2017. I Like Fun is available to pre-order now, here.
Portland quintet Blitzen Trapper’s new album Wild and Reckless is out now! Described by frontman Eric Earley as a “something like a cross-eyed stepchild to Furr“, referring to their break-through Subpop release. The new album was born from a stage production that the band spent the better part of a year producing. The half musical, half rock-opera dealt with heroin abuse, desperation, true love and western power structures. Early continues, “Ten years after Furr with all its talk of murder and the end of the western world, it seems there’s more to tell.”
Wild and Reckless is available on Lojinx CD, LP and Digital. Vinyl is expected mid-November 2017.
