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Beirut: The Rip Tide – review

5170 days ago
Guardian Music(Pompeii)Beirut's Zach Condon has always seemed like a songwriter lost on an eternal gap year – his recorded output has journeyed through eastern Europe (2006's Gulag Orkestar), Paris (2007's The Flying Club Cup) and Mexico (2009's March of the Za... more info

My favourite album: 69 Love Songs by Magnetic Fields

5171 days ago
Guardian MusicGuardian and Observer writers are picking their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Mark Beaumont gives 69 reasons why he loves the Magnetic FieldsThe modestly recorded, immodestly conceived grand revue that is the Magn... more info

The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt releases collection of early recordings

5173 days ago
NME'Obscurities' is for an October release more info

Stephin Merritt - Obscurities (album stream)

5178 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

WZBC - Radio Show - 7/27/11

5198 days ago
Indie Selections For Your ErectionsThis week’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

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

5212 days ago
LargeHeartedBoyAustinist 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

The F&M playlist

5212 days ago
Guardian MusicOur 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

Stephin Merritt’s Obscurities: Forever And A Day

5264 days ago
Aquarium DrunkardMerge 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

Stephin Merritt – “Forever And A Day”

5265 days ago
StereogumStephin 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

Help Stamp Out Loneliness: Help Stamp Out Loneliness – review

5282 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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