Magnetic Fields Announce New Album, Realism, Out Jan. 26
As a sort of musical renaissance man, Stephin Merritt has come a long way with the Magnetic Fields (amongst other side projects), tweaking fluid pop tracks with his own production expertise and contributing as many instruments as he’s able to play for their past seven full-length albums.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCoraline Hits the Screen, Stage and Page
While author Neil Gaiman is perhaps best known for... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesStephin Merritt inspires shoes, preps music for Neil Gaiman
What do you do when you find yourself so inspired by the Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs album you call it "the most beautiful CD of the 20th century"? You make shoes, apparently.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMagnetic Fields announce fresh batch of tour dates
With his depiction of Stephin Merritt for Paste's January feature on the Magnetic Fields... read more
Found in: Music, NewsNeil Gaiman's Coraline to hit off-Broadway, on-screen
In Coraline, the 2002 young adult novella by acclaimed fantasy author Neil Gaiman, the young title character discovers an alternate universe populated by the mysterious doppelgangers of her loving but distant parents, and must scrape by on her own wits to escape. Often compared to Alice In Wonderland, it’s a compelling story—and sturdy enough, one hopes, to be retold in three different way throughout the next year. ... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsStephin Merritt - Pieces of April
In retrospect, it’s astonishing how long it took the world to notice The Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs. When the 3-disc magnum opus dropped in 1999, Stephin Merritt and Co. were already famous, but only on the Lower East Side... read more
Found in: Music, Reviews
