Photo: Susan Anderson
There’s no “might” about it — John Flansburgh and John
Linnell stand as giants of the “Alternative music” revolution. Formed in
1982, They Might Be Giants have charmed their way into the hearts and
minds of hundreds of thousands of music lovers over the years. While the
duo’s clever songwriting is nearly impossible to “copy” (making it
somewhat hard to truly judge their lasting musical influence), the
freedom and joyous sense of adventure in their impeccably crafted songs
have no doubt inspired a multitude of music makers.
TMBG has been
working on converting future generations — not only does the band’s
music live on in movie and TV land (the group has done the themes to
cartoons like Higglytown Heroes and performs the Bob Mould-written Daily Show
theme song), but they’re basically The Beatles of children’s music,
dropping a handful of well-received kids albums since 2002’s No!
They Might Be Giants are so popular with the diaper-set, their grown-up
show at Madison Theater (730 Madison Ave., Covington) Sunday night with
guests Vandaveer (promoting TMBG’s forthcoming 16th album, Nanobots)
comes with this warning on the Madison’s website
(madisontheateronline.com): “This show is ages 14+; NOTE: No one under
14 will be admitted to the show, even when accompanied by a parent or
guardian.” So leave the tykes at home and find your inner child with
TMBG this weekend. $23 in advance; $25 at the door.
Sunday, March 3. madisontheateronline.com.
