They Might Be Giants Archives

April 2, 2021 No Responses

Engines Made from Soup 1990s compendium, including their independent “Better EP” from 1996

Many decades have a sound; a style that permeated the charts and stands out with the passage of time. The opening bars of this album took me right back to the “Street Sounds” compilation that was what indie pop-rock was...

March 21, 2021 No Responses

Engines Made from Soup interview

Whilst tweeting about the Hottest 100, I was asked if I would review an album by Merseyside band Engines Made from Soup. I had the idea to interview the band, and founding member Gareth Cross stepped into the breech. This...

October 4, 2020 No Responses

Goings “It’s for You” debut album on Know Hope Records released 13 November 2020

Founded after Christmas 2017 by Chris Kearney in his grandmother’s Philadelphia dance studio, Goings comprises Kearney (drums, vocals); Jack Meidel (guitars); and Aiden (keys, vocals) and Keith (bass guitar, vocals) Rogers, with Kyle Bosler on guitars and vo...

August 31, 2020 No Responses

United Shapes through Planetary Group

Multiple releases 21 August – 16 October 2020 United Shapes comprise Drew Cave and Joseph Devens who met in Grade School, were best friends through High School and College, and decided at the end of College in 2004 to form...

August 15, 2020 No Responses

Marian Call “Swears” and “Cuss” EPs released 30 July 2020

Marian Call has been at this since her debut “Vanilla” in 2007. 168 songs on nineteen releases later (at least), including the “Fun Singles” EP, and six other singles, “Swears” and “Cusses” is the second release after her Ten Albums...