Stereogum — Shugo Tokumaru completed his tour with Magnetic Fields and went home to Japan, but not before recording a Daytrotter Session, which went to tape in October. Take a listen (and don't forget "Green Rain"). more info

All About Jazz — New York, NY When a group of similar minded musicians gets together and can relate to each other on a fundamental level about their influences, everything seems to fall into place. In the case of The Ralph Lalama Quartet, those quintessential synergi... more info

E! OnlineExclusive Pics: Jennifer Aniston's Dog Days of WinterE! Online - 17 hours agoCurmudgeonly cinema legend WC Fields always advised: Never work with children or animals. But it seems to be turning out fine for Jennifer Aniston, at least based o... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — 1. Hey Look Me Over (2:00)2. When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (2:25)3. But Not for Me (2:22)4. A Lot of Livin' to Do (2:23)5. Smile (2:49)6. Good-Bye (2:32)7. Cotton Fields (2:20)8. Fly Me to the Moon (2:00)9. The... more info

Stereogum — In January, The Lifted Brow, a biannual "50% fiction and 50% everything else" Melbourne-based magazine, is putting out an issue that includes two CDs with exclusive music from Spiral Stairs, the Magnetic Fields' Claudia Gonson, Frightened Rabbit, an... more info

Clickmusic — The band explain their label has pulled this month's tour dates. more info

Pitchfork — The twentieth anniversary edition of the annual Rock for Kids Rock & Roll Charity Auction will take place December 5 at Chicago's Park West, with the aim of raising some coin for the city's homeless and underprivileged youngsters. Over the years, the... more info

Star Online, Malaysia — As the lodestar of Magnetic Fields, Stephin Merritt has exerted an insistent tug on indie-pop since 1990 by crafting simple, clean, melodic songs that lean heavily on keyboards. more info

Said the Gramophone — Neil Gaiman - "Bloody Sunrise" If the Magnetic Fields had been asked by Said the Gramophone to write a Hallowe'en song for us to post today, they would have written Neil Gaiman's "Bloody Sunrise". But Neil Gaiman would have already written it, and ... more info

Pitchfork — Many a moon ago we brought the lowdown on Australian arts zine The Lifted Brow's "Fake Bookshelf" issue, a rather ambitious endeavor that involved getting a bunch of indie rock and literary types to create songs, stories, and comics based on gonzo bo... more info