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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LargeHeartedBoy — Drowned in Sound interviews Stephin Merritt of Magnetic Fields. The New York Times' Bay Area Blog interviews the filmmakers behind the Allen Ginsberg biopic, Howl. In the Wall Street Journal, author Pete Dexter lists his 5 favorite works of fiction..... more info

Chorus.fm — *The Magnetic Fields (http://www.myspace.com/themagneticfields)*' album Realism is streaming on their myspace (http://www.myspace.com/themagneticfields). Submitted by Smash Adams more info

Songs:Illinois — I went a little bit off the deep end for the songs of Jon Jackson about two years ago. As a result I’m now a lifelong fan. So much so that I actually prefer the songs he’s written to any number of cover songs he’s performed over that time. No... more info

Guardian Music — Withering put-downs and gorgeous tunes: the Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt is himself once moreThe drawback to making the Album of Your Life is the problem of what to do with your life afterwards. Admittedly, it's a problem most rock and pop artist... more info

The Playlist — Wow, this is interesting. A ten-year-in-the-making documentary on the Magnetic Fields and its notoriously private (plus misanthropic and surly) singer-songwriter Stephin Merrit is apparently mostly complete and will be screening at The San Francisco ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 02-04 Washington, DC - Lisner Auditorium 02-06 Montreal, Quebec - Corona Theatre 02-08 Toronto, Ontario - Queen Elizabeth Theatre 02-10 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre 02-11 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre 02-13 Brooklyn, NY - BAM Howard Gilman Opera Hou... more info

Undercover, Australia — Peter Gabriel has recorded The Magnetic Fields `The Book Of Love` and in return The Magnetic Fields have recorded Gabriel`s `Not One Of Us`. more info

NME — Singer's cover of The Magnetic Fields' 'The Book of Love' will be released on January 30 more info