Guardian Music — Last week was all about remembering famous people from the past. Now we want put your memory to the test againLast week you really could feel the strain as RRers scoured for songs that were really, truly, actually on topic. That you pulled it off is ... more info

411 Mania — Prince shows the sports fan in him, an in depth look at the lyrical mastery that is "Pants on da Ground," a tribute to Kate McGarrigle, Carl Barat talks The Libertines, Vampire Weekend set indie records, movies about Magnetic Fields, The Tallest Man ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets to see The National at Radio City Music Hall will stay on Fan Club presale (password = BloodBuzz) until Thursday night, and they go on AmEx presale today at 11am. Florence & The Machine are playing Terminal 5 with... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Magnetic Fields @ Loews Theater, Jersey City in Oct. 2008 (more by Chris La Putt) "We did soft rock on I, hard rock on Distortion, and folk à la Judy Collins on Realism," [Stephin Merritt] says. "They were conceived as... more info

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L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — There are few albums that would rhyme gyroscope and kaleidoscope in a song called "The Dada Polka," but such is the Magnetic Fields' territory, where wide-eyed wonder is buttressed against a conceptual art movement and a pervasive sense of arch... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — As the year progresses, the music release gets get longer. This week is the strongest yet of 2010, and is filled with quality music. Magnetic Fields: Realism, Stephin Merritt's self-proclaimed folk album, is in stores tomorrow. Of the albums... more info

DrownedInSound — Aloha! Here are some records that – in the ever-shifting world of indie release dates – could be deemed to be out today, January 25th, 2010. No Spotify list this week, alas, as virtually nothing here is on it. Reviews of many of the res... more info

Guardian Music — The first time I saw Hot Chip was at London's Spitz in 2003. I fell in love instantly (what's not to love about a bespectacled man doing a monkey dance in a bright orange Puffa jacket?), but didn't anticipate them hanging around for four albums (wher... more info

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