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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brooklyn Vegan — Photos by Chris La Putt Shugo Tokumaru opened for the Magnetic Fields at the Loews Theater in Jersey City, New Jersey last night (10/23). The headliner's setlist and more pictures from the show below...... more info

My Old Kentucky — The NY Press recently released it's list for the 20 Best Bands currently residing in NYC. No one here is saying these guys are the authority, but it is a fun topic of discussion. Who was left off? Who doesn't deserve to be on? How wack or right i... more info