Rolling Stone — In this week’s New Music Report, we present another segment of Christian Rock, where Rolling Stone contributing editor Christian Hoard tells you what’s been on constant repeat on his stereo. This week, it’s the Magnetic Fields’ eighth album R... more info

Stereogum — The chamber folk of the Magnetic Fields latest, Realism, was the center point for a two-hour seated affair at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Saturday night. It was the night before Valentine's Day, but of course that was a mostly meaningless design... more info

411 Mania — The third album in the “no-synth” trilogy is like watching The Matrix Revolutions after the first two. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Magnetic Fields @ Maxwell's in December 2008 (more by Natasha Ryan) tonight in NYC * Yes @ Town Hall * Steeve Hurdle @ The Stone * Jesse Malin @ Bowery Electric * Ebony Bones, Jessica 6 @ Southpaw * John... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Magnetic Fields @ Maxwell's in December 2008 (more by Natasha Ryan) tonight in NYC * Yes @ Town Hall * Steeve Hurdle @ The Stone * Jesse Malin @ Bowery Electric * Ebony Bones, Jessica 6 @ Southpaw * John... more info

Bradley's Almanac — The second show of The Magnetic Fields' two-night stand at Boston's Wilbur Theatre was full of memorable moments, and for anyone who's seen them before, you know I'm not just talking about the music. The back-and-forth between Stephin Merritt and ba... more info

Guardian Music — (Virgin)The covers album has a bad reputation: it is seen as something that gets released in lieu of something else, evidence that a songwriter's creative juices have dried up. In the case of Peter Gabriel, that's a state of affairs compounded by the... more info

The Yellow Stereo — About a month and a half ago, I posted a snOMG mix in honor of having somewhere in the neighborhood of 16 inches pile down in the grand old seat of Washington DC…not exactly a place deemed a Winter Wonderland. Well, if you’ve been watching the ne... more info

Song, by Toad — This really does seem to have snuck out into the public domain almost by accident. The Magnetic Fields are a big deal – or at least, I would have thought so – but I have heard barely a whisper about the release of this new album. For some reaso... more info

Stereogum — You've heard Gabriel's orchestral takes on the Arcade Fire, Magnetic Fields, and Bon Iver, among snippets of others. Now you can listen to the entire covers album -- from Bowie through Radiohead -- and wipe away a stray tear at The Guardian . more info