Magnetic Fields

'South Park' Turns to Magnetic Fields and Peter Gabriel to Explore the Male Romance of Yaoi

PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2015

In case you haven't heard, South Park is better than ever in 2015. Celebrating its 19th season, the long-running Comedy Central staple has...

Magnetic Fields Give '69 Love Songs' Vinyl Box Set Another Pressing

PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2015

Some 16 years after initially filling our hearts with tuneful tales of love and confusion, Scrabble-loving songsmith Stephin Merritt's land...

Stephin Merritt

"Lo" / "La" (videos)

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2015

Last year, Magnetic Fields leader Stephin Merritt released a poetry book called 101 Two Letter Words, inspired by all of the two-letter wor...

Stephin Merritt Releasing Book of Scrabble-Inspired Poetry

PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2014

Whether he's writing 69 songs about love or making an album of songs beginning with the letter "i," Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields...

Stephin Merritt's Father Scott Fagan Recording Album of Magnetic Fields Covers

PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2013

Earlier this year, Magnetic Fields mastermind Stephin Merritt met his biological father, folk singer Scott Fagan, for the first time. Now,...

Magnetic Fields

"Quick!" (video)

PUBLISHED May 8, 2012

The Magnetic Fields have just released their new music video for their song "Quick!" The video features a girl and a guy, both in trash can...

Stephin Merritt Plots New Future Bible Heroes LP

PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2012

American chamber pop auteur Stephin Merritt still has at least a month and a half to go promoting the Magnetic Fields' latest album Love at...

The Magnetic Fields / Holcombe Waller

Vogue, Vancouver BC March 18

PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2012

The penetrating lyrics of Portland's Holcombe Waller were matched only by the ecstatic sonority of his voice. Performing his brand of conte...