Stereogum — The Magnetic Fields’ latest single “Andrew In Drag” has been praised as a return to the form of the vintage Magnetic Fields through it’s more acoustic, synth-heavy arrangements (but don’t worry, too much. Stephin’s still doing the oddball... more info

Impose Magazine — Next Thursday, indie videogame collective Babycastles is showing the world Space Cruiser, a game built by Ivan Safrin for 200 people to play simultaneously within the Hayden Planetarium in New York's Museum of Natural History. Greg Fox (Impose... more info

Guardian Music — Jamie Byng of publisher Canongate and Richard Russell of XL Recordings talk to Alexis Petridis about the life and work of Gil Scott-Heron. Both men collaborated with him on his final works – his album I'm New Here and forthcoming memoir The Last Ho... more info

Chorus.fm — *The Magnetic Fields* (http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Magnetic-Fields/105637969468778) have released (http://soundcloud.com/mergerecords/the-magnetic-fields-andrew-in) a new song titled "Andrew in Drag," from their upcoming album Love at the Botto... more info

Stereogum — A little while ago, Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields announced that they’d put out their tenth LP, Love At The Bottom Of The Sea. Merritt also promised a return to the more acoustic, synth-heavy arrangements of yore, which he backs up on the... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, Franz Ferdinand released the Covers Record Store Day EP, which features a whole mess of other artists taking on Franz tunes. One of those artists was LCD Soundsystem, whose version of “Live Alone” now has a video. Another was M... more info

411 Mania — This week's MBML has news on Xray Eyeballs, The Magnetic Fields, and Blonds. Plus, I take a look back at my best albums from 2010. And of course, I've got part one of recommended listening picks featuring a look back at 2011. All this and more! more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets went on sale this morning for the 2nd Black Keys show at Madison Square Garden. Tickets are on sale at 11am for the April 3rd Magnetic Fields shows at Beacon Theater.... more info

Chorus.fm — *The Magnetic Fields* (http://www.houseoftomorrow.com/) will release their new album, Love At The Bottom Of The Sea, on March 5 via Domino Records (http://www.dominorecordco.com/). _Track Listing_ 01. Your Girlfriend's Face 02. Andrew in Drag 03. Go... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Stephin Merritt has a new The Magnetic Fields LP on the way due via Merge Records on March 6th. Love at the Bottom of the Sea is the band's 10th LP, and they'll celebrate its release with a string... more info