Articles tagged "the magnetic fields"

Books Review

Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small by John Cook

by Evan Sawdey

[11.Sep.09] :. Despite some generous editorializing, Our Noise is as engaging (and human) a music industry tale as you're ever going to read.

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Slipped Discs 2008 Feature

Part 2: Katzenjammer to Xiu Xiu

by PopMatters Staff

[22.Jan.09] :. 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.

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Music Review

The Magnetic Fields: Distortion

by Dave Heaton

[14.Jan.08] :. Distortion is a game, a question, a provocation, a distortion, a fable, a fake, and a collection of pop songs.

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The Magnetic Fields: i

by Marc Hogan

[3.May.04] :. Have you worshiped at the altar of the Magnetic Fields’ previous release, 1999’s three-part 69 Love Songs? Memorized every word to relentlessly clever country-pop tunes like...

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The Magnetic Fields: The Charm of the Highway Strip

by Rahul Gairola

[15.Oct.02] :. The challenge of confining oneself to choose a single album that is the “best” from one’s collection is an insane project. For most of us, mood swings, relationships, friends, life...

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Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs

by Peter Solderitsch

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.

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