Yahoo! Music — Our guide to this week's (and last week's) album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like Metallica, Kate Bush, and A Tribe Called Quest, plus brand new streaming music from The Weeknd, The Magnetic Fiel... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Karl Ove Knausgaard talked about writing his first novel at the Paris Review. Stream five new Magnetic Fields songs. 14 "best books of 2016" lists were added to the master aggregation at Largehearted Boy yesterday (bringing the total number to... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — There's a song for every year of Stephin Merritt's life. Continue reading… more info

KEXP Seattle — Stephin Merritt likes to keep it clever with his long-running project The Magnetic Fields. From 1999’s 3-CD set 69 Love Songs, to his recent A-Z tour (performing a song starting with each letter of the alphabet), and now a five CD set titled 50 Son... more info

Consequence of Sound — Newly expanded as a seven-piece, the band kicks off its US tour tomorrow. more info

Stereogum — The Magnetic Fields are good at gimmicks. To date, the finest moment from Stephin Merritt’s endlessly sharp indie-pop project has been the 1999 triple-disc set 69 Love Songs. And next year, they’ll seek to outdo it with a massive five-CD album ca... more info

Consequence of Sound — 50 Song Memoir is scheduled for release early next year. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — '50 Song Memoir,' which chronicles all five decades of Stephin Merritt's life, will be out in early 2017 and they'll perform every song on the album in each city across two nights. Continue reading… more info

Consequence of Sound — Four-day Knoxville-based event promises Wilco, The Magnetic Fields, and a host of rare performances. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Knoxville, TN's Big Ears Festival will be back in 2017 with a cool and varied lineup. Expanding to 4 days this time around, it goes down on March 23-26... Continue reading… more info