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6559 days ago

Totally Fuzzy — blend said... Bellavista Terrace: Best of the Go-Betweens Magnetic Fields - The Charm of the Highway Strip http://under-g.blogspot.com themusicologist said... musicology #245 soul&boogie #6 Decided... [Visit the blog for the full post] more info

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Shugo Tokumaru Daytrotter Session

6570 days ago

Stereogum — Shugo Tokumaru completed his tour with Magnetic Fields and went home to Japan, but not before recording a Daytrotter Session, which went to tape in October. Take a listen (and don't forget "Green Rain"). more info

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The 'Gum Drop LXIII: Hear New Wrens, Win New Order Reissues

6575 days ago

Stereogum — In January, The Lifted Brow, a biannual "50% fiction and 50% everything else" Melbourne-based magazine, is putting out an issue that includes two CDs with exclusive music from Spiral Stairs, the Magnetic Fields' Claudia Gonson, Frightened Rabbit, an... more info

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Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Bruce, R.E.M., Wilco, Modest Mouse, Interpol, Feist, Obama Do Rock for Kids Auction

6584 days ago

Pitchfork — The twentieth anniversary edition of the annual Rock for Kids Rock & Roll Charity Auction will take place December 5 at Chicago's Park West, with the aim of raising some coin for the city's homeless and underprivileged youngsters. Over the years, the... more info

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8. Magnetic Fields tugging in a different direction

6584 days ago

Star Online, Malaysia — As the lodestar of Magnetic Fields, Stephin Merritt has exerted an insistent tug on indie-pop since 1990 by crafting simple, clean, melodic songs that lean heavily on keyboards. more info

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You Could Beat Him With A Brick, Saul

6586 days ago

Said the Gramophone — Neil Gaiman - "Bloody Sunrise" If the Magnetic Fields had been asked by Said the Gramophone to write a Hallowe'en song for us to post today, they would have written Neil Gaiman's "Bloody Sunrise". But Neil Gaiman would have already written it, and ... more info

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Spiral Stairs, Magnetic Fields' Gonson Join Brow Comp

6588 days ago

Pitchfork — Many a moon ago we brought the lowdown on Australian arts zine The Lifted Brow's "Fake Bookshelf" issue, a rather ambitious endeavor that involved getting a bunch of indie rock and literary types to create songs, stories, and comics based on gonzo bo... more info

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Magnetic Fields Frontman Inspires Shoe

6588 days ago

Buzzgrinder — Stephin Merritt, the genius behind The Magnetic Fields and numerous other bands, is the inspiration behind French shoe company Bluedy's new footwear line aptly titled Stephin. This is only one of two lines inspired by a musician; the other being Jimi... more info

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Stephin Merritt inspires shoes, preps music for Gaiman

6589 days ago

Paste Magazine — What do you do when you find yourself so inspired by the Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs album you call it "the most beautiful CD of the 20th century"? You make shoes, apparently. more info

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