Friday, March 5 2010
Various Artists: Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox
Jeff Mangum, Yo La Tengo, Will Oldham, Stephin Merritt, the Mountain Goats, the late Jay Reatard, and dozens more pay tribute to one of the best songwriters no one has ever heard of -- and what a joy it is to listen to.
Friday, September 11 2009
Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small by John Cook
Despite some generous editorializing, Our Noise is as engaging (and human) a music industry tale as you're ever going to read.
Thursday, January 22 2009
Part 2: Katzenjammer to Xiu Xiu
From Katzenjammer to Xiu Xiu, PopMatters presents our second batch of Slipped Discs, 40 great albums that didn't quite make our year-end list in 2008, but our writers thought belonged there.
Monday, January 14 2008
The Magnetic Fields: Distortion
Distortion is a game, a question, a provocation, a distortion, a fable, a fake, and a collection of pop songs.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs
There are times these days where I absolutely hate Stephin Merritt, where I’m overwhelmingly infuriated by his latest work with the Magnetic Fields, the meandering yet singularly-purposed three-disc master opus.


































