The magnetic fields

There's only one question that really needs to be asked of 69 Love Songs: is it a brilliant masterpiece ...

The Magnetic Fields are a band, but in many ways they are simply the extension of Stephin Merrit. As well as a multi-instrumentalist, Merritt writes, produces, and sings their material.

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Stephin Merrit

If there's been one song that's been the earworm of the All Songs Consideredoffice, it'd have to be The Magnetic Fields' new single "Andrew in Drag." Be advised, this video contains nudity.

The band performs more than half a dozen songs across the beloved 69 Love Songs.

Susan Anway, the singer on The Magnetic Fields' early albums, died this month. For many, her legacy is the remarkable "100,000 Fireflies," a desolate love song that finds the comfort in emptiness.

'Andrew in Drag' heralds coming of new album, spring tour

Stephin Merritt — by his own estimation, "the least confessional singer-songwriter in history" — unpacks his most confessional work.

There’s a scene in the trailer for the 2010 Magnetic Fields’ documentary Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt And The Magnetic Fields where a cab driver asks Stephin Merritt, “Why are they making a documentary about you?” Merritt replies slovenly, “I write wonderful music.” The cabbie says, “What’s your name? Merritt? Never heard of it.” That, in […]