Brooklyn Vegan — A new tribute album to '69 Love Songs' comes out this week and also features Sidney Gish, Palehound, Illuminati Hotties, Jeffrey Lewis, and more. Continue reading… more info

Chorus.fm — The Illuminati Hotties cover of The Magnetic Fields’ “The Way You Say Good-Night” is up on Bandcamp. You Can Sing Me Anything: A Tribute to 69 Love Songs by Living Statue Records more info

Stereogum — The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs turns 20 years old next year. It stands as one of Stephin Merritt's most popular and beloved songwriting exercises, and a lot of artists have cited it as a huge inspiration over the last decade. That means it probab... more info

Stereogum — A bunch of older Jeopardy! episodes recently went up on Netflix, including a 2013 Tournament Of Champions entry in which 9-time winner Jason Keller talks about meeting up with the Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt after his initial appearances on the ... more info

Obscure Sound — “Humanish” is a track released today from Gabe Greenland, a Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter/producer from Los Angeles. He plays an authentic vein of folk with sophisti-pop elements, recalling the likes of Magnetic Fields and Jonathan Richman. Th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The album also has William covering songs by Bad Religion, ZZ Top, Johnny Cash, Bill Withers, Captain Beefheart, and more. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Wand, King Gizzard, Shopping/Priests, Magnetic Fields, Kool and the Gang, Eartheater, Jayhawks, Kurt Vile, highlight Saturday's show options. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We're giving away tickets to a bunch of upcoming shows in NYC, including The Decemberists, Grizzly Bear and Spoon, Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile, Nick Cave, Mac DeMarco, The Magnetic Fields and more! Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We're giving away tickets to a bunch of upcoming shows in NYC, including Belle & Sebastian, Arctic Monkeys, David Byrne, The National presents There's No Leaving New York, alt-J, Jamiroquai, Mastodon and Primus, The Decemberists, The Magnet... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Stephin Merritt continues to tour The Magnetic Fields; 50 Song Memoir opus, in which he wrote a song about every year of his first five decades of existence. With a theatrical stage show, each city of the tour gets two nights... Continue reading… more info