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The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt releases collection of early recordings

4652 days ago

NME — 'Obscurities' is for an October release more info

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Stephin Merritt - Obscurities (album stream)

4657 days ago

Totally Fuzzy — Critically acclaimed songwriter and mastermind behind The Magnetic Fields, Stephin Merritt is set to release Obscurities on Merge Records August 23. Obscurities is a collection of Merritt's hard-to-find recordings dating back to his time on Merg... more info

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WZBC - Radio Show - 7/27/11

4677 days ago

Indie Selections For Your Erections — This weekâ€™s show was extra long, given that I filled in for the DJ with the show after me. Four hours in a radio station is a long time! Thus this week is cut into two different blocks, as one four hour mp3 is a bit insane. I played a bit m... more info

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Shorties (69 Love Scenes, Raymond Chandler, and more)

4691 days ago

LargeHeartedBoy — Austinist reviews 69 Love Scenes, a play inspired by Magnetic Fields' album 69 Love Songs. 69 Love Scenes, which opened last week at Salvage Vanguard Theater, is to a Magnetic Fields fanatic as X-Men: Generation X is to a die-hard... more info

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The F&M playlist

4692 days ago

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offThe Wild Swans Glow in the Dark The Merseysiders' 1982 Zoo Records single The Revolutionary Spirit was one of the classic singles of the post-punk era. Founder Paul Simpson ... more info

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Stephin Merritt’s Obscurities: Forever And A Day

4744 days ago

Aquarium Drunkard — Merge Records just announced they will be releasing a collection of hard to find and previously unreleased tracks by the Magnetic Fields‘ Stephin Merritt. Entitled Obscurities, the set will feature songs during the bands run on the label from 1994-... more info

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Stephin Merritt – “Forever And A Day”

4744 days ago

Stereogum — Stephin Merritt’s forthcoming Obscurities is what you’d expect from the title: The 14-track collection features “hard-to-find” recordings from 1994 (circa The Charm of the Highway Strip) to 1999 (69 Love Songs). More specifically, three come ... more info

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Help Stamp Out Loneliness: Help Stamp Out Loneliness – review

4762 days ago

Guardian Music — (Papillons Noirs)The debut album from Help Stamp Out Loneliness is packed with tongue-in-cheek pop-culture references: they quote Magnetic Fields lyrics and serenade American pulp model Angelyne; even their name comes from an old country ditty. But ... more info

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The Strange Powers of Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields

4840 days ago

Guardian Music — Are the Magnetic Fields worthy of a cinema-released documentary film, Strange Powers? Listen closely and the answer can only be a resounding yesFor the last decade and a half I've been hoisting the tag "modern genius" upon the shrugging shoulders of ... more info

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Best of 2010: Films

4841 days ago

Indie Selections For Your Erections — 40. Babies39. Jackass 3D38. Unstoppable37. Rabbit Hole36. Shutter Island35. Best Worst Movie34. Splice33. I Love You, Phillip Morris32. The Runaways31. True Grit30. Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt & the Magnetic Fields29. The Town28. Let Me In27. 127... more info

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