Tag: TMBG

TMBG Randomizer #379: Road Movie to Berlin (Dial-A-Song)

It’s no secret that TMBG’s third album Flood was received well upon it’s release, what with it being Their most popular. And while it’s safe to say that every song on the album is popular, there are a few that people sometimes overlook. One of these is “Road M...

TMBG Randomizer #345: Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

It’s time to listen to one of TMBG’s most famous songs: “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)”. Just like with “Don’t Let’s Start”, I’m fairly nervous to tackle this song — not because of opinion, but simply because I want to get it right. I ...

TMBG Randomizer #348: Vancouver

Today’s song is “Vancouver”, one of the lucky few songs from the project that was rerecorded in-studio. This is one of the more vanilla-sounding tracks, but that only means that it is solid. A sad fact about the song is that the original venue it was written for, the beloved&nbs...

TMBG Randomizer #561: Bread Hair (Dial-A-Song)

Moments of Interest: The first thing that struck me about this song is the strange composition. It has a very distinct sound to it — that of a specific genre of music — that I cannot place a name on. Whatever the case, the beating bass synth and can-like drums create a fun, summery ...

TMBG Randomizer #479: Bangs

It feels like most of TMBG’s more modern releases start off with another amazing Linnell track: Join Us has “Can’t Keep Johnny Down”, Nanobots has “You’re On Fire”, I Like Fun has “Let’s Get This Over With&...

TMBG Randomizer #501: Fritalian

A lot of the Dunkin’ ads that TMBG created during the early 2000s were pretty much just whatever They felt like singing about. For instance, “Job Interview” is all about going to sneaking out to go to a job interview. Today’s track is all about being confused bet...