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Recent News December 17, 2024 John Linnell's cover of Wazmo Nariz's 1978 song "Tele-Tele-Telephone" is now available on streaming and Bandcamp! This track is part of Michael Hearst's 80 from the 80s project. December 13, 2024 To promote the band's upcoming Boston shows, John Flansburgh was interviewed by The Boston Globe and John Linnell was interviewed by WBUR. December 10, 2024 John Flansburgh has been interviewed on WGBH's The Culture Show (starting at 16:30), promoting the band's upcoming shows in Boston. November 21, 2024 John Flansburgh has appeared on the Talkhouse podcast, in conversation with musician Matthew Caws of Nada Surf. Flansburgh has also given an interview with The Creative Independent, and Danny Weinkauf is featured on the new single by The Davenports, "The Annabellas Of The World". November 19, 2024 A new vinyl compilation, The Spine Surfs Alone: Rarities 1998-2005, has been announced and features 21 tracks not previously released on LP. Purchase it on the TMBG Shop. November 15, 2024 John Flansburgh and John Linnell have recorded interviews (which will air at 9 AM CT and 1 PM CT respectively) for today's They Might Be Playing They Might Be Giants 12-hour radio show on KMSU. November 11, 2024 John Flansburgh spoke to Craig Charles on BBC Radio 6 Music about TMBG's UK tour. November 3, 2024 John Linnell spoke to Adam Rosser on BBC Radio 5 Live about TMBG's UK tour here, and Spin has published a new retrospective interview about TMBG here. October 25, 2024 TMBG has released the live album Beast of Horns on vinyl, CD and download. A four-track sampler is available on streaming platforms. September 28, 2024 John Flansburgh has been interviewed on the Australian radio show The Friday Revue, promoting the band's upcoming Australian tour. September 19, 2024 John Linnell was interviewed by Hi Fi Way about their upcoming Australian tour and next album. September 16, 2024 John Flansburgh was interviewed on the podcast The Vinyl Guide. The interview is available on YouTube and podcast platforms. September 14, 2024 John Flansburgh has been interviewed on Australian radio station Three D Radio, to promote the band's upcoming Australian tour. The interview is available on YouTube. September 13, 2024 John Linnell will be covering "Tele-Tele-Telephone" by Wazmo Nariz as part of Michael Hearst's new 80 from the 80s project, which will be releasing one song per week for the next 80 weeks. Read more on Boing Boing. August 28, 2024 John Flansburgh and Mike Buffington were interviewed on the podcast Stories & Sounds, to talk about the history of Dial-A-Song. August 22, 2024 To promote their upcoming tours in the UK and Australia, John Flansburgh gave a print interview to The Northern Echo and John Linnell spoke with Subculture. August 19, 2024 John Linnell was interviewed on the Australian radio show Songs & Stories, to promote the band's upcoming Australian tour. August 3, 2024 John Linnell has been interviewed on the Everblack Podcast. August 1, 2024 John Flansburgh has been interviewed on Australian radio station Double J, to promote the upcoming Australian tour. A recording of the radio show is available here. July 30, 2024 John Linnell has been interviewed by Live Wire Music Media, and John Flansburgh has been interviewed by The Mixtape Podcast. July 29, 2024 John Flansburgh has given a long video interview with Amnplify, to promote the upcoming Australian tour. July 28, 2024 Australian Musician has posted a new video interview with John Flansburgh, discussing the upcoming Australian tour. July 27, 2024 John Flansburgh has been interviewed about the band's upcoming Australian tour by Sense Music Media. The interview available on YouTube. July 5, 2024 John Linnell has been interviewed by the podcast Off The Beat & Track, and the interview is available on YouTube and all podcast platforms. John Flansburgh was also interviewed by his alma mater Pratt for the Spring 2024 issue of Prattfolio, available in digital and print editions. The interview can be found here with video excerpts from his interview on Instagram here. July 3, 2024 John and John were interviewed on the Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child radio show before their June 15 show in Minneapolis. We'll meet at the end of the tour. (News archives...)

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