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Peter Gabriel: Scratch My Back | CD review

5401 days ago
Guardian Music(Virgin)The covers album has a bad reputation: it is seen as something that gets released in lieu of something else, evidence that a songwriter's creative juices have dried up. In the case of Peter Gabriel, that's a state of affairs compounded by the... more info

Cabin Fever: A Mix

5403 days ago
The Yellow StereoAbout a month and a half ago, I posted a snOMG mix in honor of having somewhere in the neighborhood of 16 inches pile down in the grand old seat of Washington DC…not exactly a place deemed a Winter Wonderland. Well, if you’ve been watching the ne... more info

The Magnetic Fields – Realism

5403 days ago
Song, by ToadThis really does seem to have snuck out into the public domain almost by accident. The Magnetic Fields are a big deal – or at least, I would have thought so – but I have heard barely a whisper about the release of this new album. For some reaso... more info

Stream Peter Gabriel's Scratch My Back

5403 days ago
StereogumYou've heard Gabriel's orchestral takes on the Arcade Fire, Magnetic Fields, and Bon Iver, among snippets of others. Now you can listen to the entire covers album -- from Bowie through Radiohead -- and wipe away a stray tear at The Guardian . more info

Exclusive album preview: Peter Gabriel – Scratch My Back

5403 days ago
Guardian MusicLet us know what you make of the first Peter Gabriel record in eight years, which covers Talking Heads, Radiohead and BowieFor his first studio album in eight years, Peter Gabriel came up with an audacious plan. He decided to cover the work of his fa... more info

[trailer] Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt & The Magnetic Fields

5404 days ago
The Yellow StereoSaw this trailer over the weekend and was genuinely surprised to find out that this documentary about the very private songwriter — or most dubiously known as “the most miserable man in rock” — has been in the works for nearly ten years.  ... more info

Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt And The Magnetic Fields - Official Trailer

5405 days ago
Stereogum The new Magnetic Fields' documentary, which took Kerthy Fix and Gail O'Hara (also of Chickfactor, Black Tambourine fans) 10 years to make, should be a good one. There are the requisite talking heads -- including Peter Gabriel (of course), Sarah Si... more info

Demo2DeRo: Osvaldo Paese

5406 days ago
Chicago Sun-Times, ILA prolific home-studio musician in the tradition of the Magnetic Fields -- he claims to have written and recorded 300 songs to date -- Osvaldo Paese is an earnest young singer and songwriter with seemingly boundless ambition and a wildly diverse set ... more info

Trailer For Magnetic Fields Doc 'Strange Powers' Arrives

5409 days ago
The PlaylistWe were pleasantly surprised when we learned that a documentary about the notoriously private, misanthropic, surly, funny and genius songwriter Stephin Merritt was in the works."Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt & The Magnetic Fields" directed by Kerth... more info

Shorties (Don DeLillo, Andrew Bird, and more)

5409 days ago
LargeHeartedBoyThe New York Times profiles author Don DeLillo. Honolulu Weekly interviews singer-songwriter Andrew Bird. Eye Weekly interviews Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merritt about his new album, Realism. People often attempt to read autobiography into Mag... more info

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