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Shorties (Man Booker International Prize Longlist, The Best Books About Music and New York City, and more)

2809 days ago
LargeHeartedBoyThe 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

The Magnetic Fields – “’85 Why Am I Not A Teenager” Video

2809 days ago
StereogumNot 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

This Week's Interesting Music Releases - March 10, 2017

2814 days ago
LargeHeartedBoyHurray 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

Shorties (Read and Listen to Excerpts from George Saunders' Novel, Stephin Merritt on the New Magnetic Fields Album, and more)

2815 days ago
LargeHeartedBoyRead 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

Shorties (Jennifer Egan's New Novel, Stream New Magnetic Fields Songs, and more)

2817 days ago
LargeHeartedBoyJennifer 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

Stream The Magnetic Fields 50 Song Memoir (Disc 1)

2818 days ago
StereogumThe 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

The Magnetic Fields release massive new album 50 Song Memoir: Stream/download

2821 days ago
Consequence of SoundOne of the most ambitious, autobiographical works from Stephin Merritt. more info

Album Review: The Magnetic Fields – 50 Song Memoir

2824 days ago
Consequence of SoundThe ambitious, sprawling type of memoir that only Stephin Merritt could write. more info

The Magnetic Fields share retro new video “81 How to Play the Synthesizer” — watch

2835 days ago
Consequence of Sound50 Song Memoir is out March 3rd via Nonesuch Records. more info

The Magnetic Fields – “’81 How To Play The Synthesizer” Video

2835 days ago
StereogumThe Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt is releasing his latest ambitious experiment, 50 Song Memoir , next month, and so far we've heard six tracks from it, which seems like a lot but really isn't because there are so many! Today we get a seventh -- t... more info

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