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The Magnetic Fields

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    A First Listen to The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, Feat. Ke$ha, Erykah Badu, Bon Iver and More

    I loved, loved the Flaming Lips' Embryonic, and find The Soft Bulletin to be a pretty magical cornucopia. Pretty big fan of 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic as well. Yet I've never considered for even a second if the Lips could be one of my Favorite Bands. They might've struck gold three-ish times, but ... More >>

  • Music

    March 28, 2012

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    I loved, loved the Flaming Lips' Embryonic, and find The Soft Bulletin to be a pretty magical cornucopia. Pretty big fan of 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic as well. Yet I've never considered for even a second if the Lips could be one of my Favorite Bands. They might've struck gold three-ish times, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Live Review, 3/24/12: The Magnetic Fields Do Quirk Quietly at the Fox Theater

    The Magnetic Fields Saturday, March 24, 2012 The Fox Theater, Oakland Better than: Whispering at the library. On Saturday, the Magnetic Fields gave the mellowest performance six people have ever given at the Fox Theater in Oakland. Well, anyway, that's how it felt: Like one long, precious, and ver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball: A First Listen

    ​Bruce Springsteen has done a lot in the last 20 years: toured for John Kerry, immortalized a horrific moment of police brutality in "American Skin (41 Shots)," and put his money where his mouth is as America's Poster Boy, with a big fat folk album enlisting a dozen sepia-toned authenticity arbite ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Hold It Against Me, Britney Spears: A Brief History of Terrible Pickup Lines in Song

    Today marks the release of Britney Spears' surprisingly great new album Femme Fatale, whose lyrics -- you may have noticed in single "Hold It Against Me" -- feature a wealth of corny come-ons and played-out playerisms. Do these work for Britney Spears? Do they work on Britney Spears? And more impor ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 2, 2011

    On Whirling Stages

    Today marks the release of Britney Spears' surprisingly great new album Femme Fatale, whose lyrics -- you may have noticed in single "Hold It Against Me" -- feature a wealth of corny come-ons and played-out playerisms. Do these work for Britney Spears? Do they work on Britney Spears? And more impor ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 8, 2010

    "Coraline": Even Stephin Merritt can't save SF Playhouse's disappointing musical

    Today marks the release of Britney Spears' surprisingly great new album Femme Fatale, whose lyrics -- you may have noticed in single "Hold It Against Me" -- feature a wealth of corny come-ons and played-out playerisms. Do these work for Britney Spears? Do they work on Britney Spears? And more impor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Sunday Night: Casiotone Says Goodbye to the Painfully Alone, Plays Last-Ever Show at Bottom of the Hill

    ​Casiotone for the Painfully AloneDecember 5, 2010 @ Bottom of The Hill Better than: Guitartone for the obnoxiously popular. After more than a decade and a half of satisfying our needs for glitchy synth-pop and lyrical wit, Casiotone for The Painfully Alone commemorated his lucky thirteenth anni ... More >>

  • Music

    May 26, 2010

    She and Him offer a second volume of new oldies

    ​Casiotone for the Painfully AloneDecember 5, 2010 @ Bottom of The Hill Better than: Guitartone for the obnoxiously popular. After more than a decade and a half of satisfying our needs for glitchy synth-pop and lyrical wit, Casiotone for The Painfully Alone commemorated his lucky thirteenth anni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Stories from the Sea: Stephin Merritt Scores a Jules Verne Classic

    The textures and melodrama of silent films always seizes me. I love the body language. The ambient tones. I love the speedy scores and heightened drama. Oh man, do I love how an old organ trills. So when I saw that Stephin Merritt of Magnetic Fields is scoring the 1916 silent film 20,000 Leagues U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Saturday is Record Store Day: Limited-Edition Releases, Rare In-Stores

      Record Store Day, that annual record-buying rite of spring that will rock independent music sellers across the world, hits again this Saturday, April 17. The event is a two-fold celebration: it's a chance for bands to put out small-run, limited-addition releases ... More >>

  • Music

    March 10, 2010

    The Art Museums

      Record Store Day, that annual record-buying rite of spring that will rock independent music sellers across the world, hits again this Saturday, April 17. The event is a two-fold celebration: it's a chance for bands to put out small-run, limited-addition releases ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Monday Morning Hangover: Fog City Wrestling, Bohemian Carnival, Noise Pop, & More

    The office coffee is burned (again) and you've got 537 emails in your inbox. You could probably take a fifteen minute pre-work break (those totally exist!) and read this before you start your week. How was your weekend? Ours was pretty busy.Gretchen Robinette​

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Noise Pop Slideshows: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Dizzy Balloon

    I don't know you y'all, but we're feeling a heavy Noise Pop hangover from so much back-to-back entertainment over the last week (or, perhaps it's really just tied to that last whiskey we downed during Four Tet on Friday). Before we close out another year of indie pop festival coverage, though, we ha ... More >>

  • Music

    February 24, 2010

    Reviewing Noise Pop headliners' new CDs

    I don't know you y'all, but we're feeling a heavy Noise Pop hangover from so much back-to-back entertainment over the last week (or, perhaps it's really just tied to that last whiskey we downed during Four Tet on Friday). Before we close out another year of indie pop festival coverage, though, we ha ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2010

    Merritt Based

    I don't know you y'all, but we're feeling a heavy Noise Pop hangover from so much back-to-back entertainment over the last week (or, perhaps it's really just tied to that last whiskey we downed during Four Tet on Friday). Before we close out another year of indie pop festival coverage, though, we ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Stephin Merritt Spends Spring in SF, Scores for SFIFF

    Marcelo Krasilcic​If you've listened to any amount of Magnetic Fields music, you know main man Stephin Merritt loves few things more than (playfully) reaming the idea of love. That being said, the droll lyricist and musician seems to truly love the Bay Area. At the end of this month, he has two sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Early Noise Pop Acts Announced: Magnetic Fields, Wallpaper., Rogue Wave, More

    ​San Francisco's big, annual, club-based indie rock fest, Noise Pop, laid out its initial offerings for the 2010 lineup. Between February 23rd and March 1 of next year, the promoters will host shows by Magnetic Fields, Mark Kozelek, Rogue Wave, Atlas Sound, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Four Tet, J ... More >>

  • Music

    April 8, 2009

    Jamie Stewart's infinite sadness is exhausting

    ​San Francisco's big, annual, club-based indie rock fest, Noise Pop, laid out its initial offerings for the 2010 lineup. Between February 23rd and March 1 of next year, the promoters will host shows by Magnetic Fields, Mark Kozelek, Rogue Wave, Atlas Sound, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Four Tet, J ... More >>

  • Music

    December 24, 2008

    Getting 'Touchy' in 2008

    ​San Francisco's big, annual, club-based indie rock fest, Noise Pop, laid out its initial offerings for the 2010 lineup. Between February 23rd and March 1 of next year, the promoters will host shows by Magnetic Fields, Mark Kozelek, Rogue Wave, Atlas Sound, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Four Tet, J ... More >>

  • Music

    September 17, 2008

    Talking Music series emphasizes the brains behind the songs

    ​San Francisco's big, annual, club-based indie rock fest, Noise Pop, laid out its initial offerings for the 2010 lineup. Between February 23rd and March 1 of next year, the promoters will host shows by Magnetic Fields, Mark Kozelek, Rogue Wave, Atlas Sound, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Four Tet, J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2008

    Lead Members from Magnetic Fields, Mountain Goats, New Pornographers Talk Music for SF Lecture Series

    ​San Francisco's big, annual, club-based indie rock fest, Noise Pop, laid out its initial offerings for the 2010 lineup. Between February 23rd and March 1 of next year, the promoters will host shows by Magnetic Fields, Mark Kozelek, Rogue Wave, Atlas Sound, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Four Tet, J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2008

    Open Letter to Magnetic Fields Audience

    ​San Francisco's big, annual, club-based indie rock fest, Noise Pop, laid out its initial offerings for the 2010 lineup. Between February 23rd and March 1 of next year, the promoters will host shows by Magnetic Fields, Mark Kozelek, Rogue Wave, Atlas Sound, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Four Tet, J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2008

    Noise Pop '08 - The Critic's Picks

    ​San Francisco's big, annual, club-based indie rock fest, Noise Pop, laid out its initial offerings for the 2010 lineup. Between February 23rd and March 1 of next year, the promoters will host shows by Magnetic Fields, Mark Kozelek, Rogue Wave, Atlas Sound, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Four Tet, J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2008

    WonderCon, Built to Spill, Too $hort: Your Monday Morning Hangover

    ​San Francisco's big, annual, club-based indie rock fest, Noise Pop, laid out its initial offerings for the 2010 lineup. Between February 23rd and March 1 of next year, the promoters will host shows by Magnetic Fields, Mark Kozelek, Rogue Wave, Atlas Sound, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Four Tet, J ... More >>

  • Music

    January 16, 2008

    Magnetic Fields

    Distortion (Nonesuch)

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2007

    CD Review: Beirut -- The Flying Club Cup

    Distortion (Nonesuch)

  • Calendar

    October 3, 2007

    Lady Genius

    Distortion (Nonesuch)

  • Music

    September 19, 2007

    The Lucksmiths

    Spring a Leak (Matinée)

  • Music

    September 7, 2005

    Various Artists

    Mystic Males

  • Music

    February 9, 2005

    Snitches Get Stitches

    I Liked You Better When You Were a Corpse

  • Music

    September 22, 2004

    Hear This

    The sullen '80s pop of Now It's Overhead; the Pixies' triumphant return to the Bay Area

  • Calendar

    July 14, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    The sullen '80s pop of Now It's Overhead; the Pixies' triumphant return to the Bay Area

  • Music

    June 2, 2004

    The Magnetic Fields

    i (Nonesuch)

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    i (Nonesuch)

  • Music

    April 28, 2004

    Holy Grails

    Just when we thought it was safe to turn our backs on instrumental indie rock

  • Music

    December 10, 2003

    Portastatic

    The Summer of the Shark & Autumn Was a Lark

  • Calendar

    June 18, 2003

    Bird's-Eye View

    Get over your phobia in time for this Vertigo-themed gala

  • Music

    April 9, 2003

    Hear This

    The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt is too prolific to lay low

  • Music

    January 22, 2003

    Pete Krebs & the Gossamer Wings

    I Know It By Heart

  • Music

    February 27, 2002

    Call the Zookeepers

    The elephant known as Noise Pop has wandered into the living room

  • Music

    August 22, 2001

    Computer Dreaming

    Figurine ditches its synth pop past for an electro present

  • Music

    February 7, 2001

    Various Artists

    Reproductions: Songs of the Human League (March)

  • Music

    November 1, 2000

    The 6ths

    Hyacinths and Thistles (Merge)

  • Music

    June 14, 2000

    Riff Raff

    Welcome to the Atrocity Exhibition; Musical Theater

  • Music

    March 29, 2000

    Riff Raff

    In the Ballpark

  • Music

    September 22, 1999

    House Of Tudor

    Magnetic Fields, Citizen Fish, Ana D., and eX-Girl

  • Music

    February 18, 1998

    Hear This

    Magnetic Fields, Citizen Fish, Ana D., and eX-Girl

  • Music

    August 20, 1997

    Reviews

    Magnetic Fields, Citizen Fish, Ana D., and eX-Girl

  • Music

    November 15, 1995

    Recordings

    Magnetic Fields, Citizen Fish, Ana D., and eX-Girl

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