Brooklyn Vegan — The album features one song about every year of the first five decades of Stephin Merritt's life. Continue reading… more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The longlist for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize has been announced. Signature recommended books about music and New York City. Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merrit discussed albums he enjoys at The Quietus. Broadly interviewed Camille Paglia abou... more info

Stereogum — Not long ago, Stephin Merritt's Magnetic Fields came out with 50 Song Memoir , a five-disc album that features a song for every year that Merritt has been alive. And now Merritt's followed his videos for "'83 Foxx And I" and "'81 How To Play The Syn... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Hurray for the Riff Raff's The Navigator is one of the year's finest albums. I can also recommend Laura Marling's Semper Femina and Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir. A remastered and expanded edition of Elliott Smith's Either/Or is also... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Read an excerpt (and listen to audiobook excerpts from George Saunders' debut novel Lincoln in the Bardo at the Times Literary Supplement. Stephin Merritt talked to Morning Edition about the new Magnetic Fields album 50 Song Memoir. eBooks on sale... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Jennifer Egan's new novel Manhattan Beach will be published on October 3rd. Stream the first 10 songs from Magnetic Fields' new album 50 Song Memoir. eBooks on sale for $1.99 today: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser Ball Four by... more info

Stereogum — The Magnetic Fields' new album 50 Song Memoir is an almost absurdly ambitious endeavor. Band mastermind Stephin Merritt is 50 years old, and the new album includes one song for every year that the man has been alive. The album spans five discs, and... more info

Consequence of Sound — One of the most ambitious, autobiographical works from Stephin Merritt. more info

Consequence of Sound — The ambitious, sprawling type of memoir that only Stephin Merritt could write. more info

Consequence of Sound — 50 Song Memoir is out March 3rd via Nonesuch Records. more info