Magnetic Fields

​The Magnetic Fields Announce New Album of Short Songs Called 'Quickies'

PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2020

The Magnetic Fields have revealed plans for a new album called Quickies. It's out May 15 via Nonesuch.   As the title implies, the album co...

The Magnetic Fields: '50 Song Memoir' (Part Two)

Luminato, Toronto ON, June 23

PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2018

To bring his 50 Song Memoir to the stage, Magnetic Fields architect Stephin Merritt split the album in two, performing all tracks in order...

The Magnetic Fields: '50 Song Memoir' (Part One)

Luminato, Toronto ON, June 22

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2018

Stephin Merritt is no stranger to ambitious undertakings. The driving force behind experimental pop outfit the Magnetic Fields, among other...

Meet the Real Stephin Merritt — Inside the Magnetic Fields' Ambitious Performance at Luminato

PUBLISHED May 9, 2018

Promotional consideration provided by Luminato Who exactly is Stephin Merritt? For the nearly 30 years that he's been releasing music as t...

Superchunk

"Erasure" (video)

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2018

Superchunk are dipping back into their new album What a Time to Be Alive for a new music video. This time, it's for album track "Erasure,"...

Luminato 2018 Gets the Magnetic Fields, a George Harrison Tribute and Political Theatre with Pussy Riot

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2018

Luminato Festival returns to Toronto from June 6 to 24, treating the city to a wide array of performances across the realms of music, theat...

Self-Portrait: Gord Downie, Magnetic Fields and Oh Susanna Dive Inward

PUBLISHED Dec 18, 2017

Write what you know, as the trope dictates, and most artists do to some extent. But this year, a number of high-profile musicians took that...

Magnetic Fields

'50 Song Memoir' (album stream)

PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2017

If you've been itching to dive into the Magnetic Fields' truly massive new album, 50 Song Memoir, here it is — or at least a big chunk of i...