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

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

Indie Selections For Your Erections — This 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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