EMI's catalog-plugging '69-Cent Songs' promotion is a hit at iTunes. Also, why are import titles so difficult (and expensive) to buy legally? By Glenn Peoples Lots Of Love For EMI/iTunes ’69-Cent ...
The Magnetic Fields‘ awesome triple CD opus 69 Love Songs turns 25 next year, and to celebrate they’ve announced a series of shows featuring the album’s original players, happening in NYC, Chicago, ...
The Magnetic Fields will celebrate their 25th anniversary of their indie rock epic 69 Love Songs with a 2024 tour where the reunited band will perform the album in its entirety. Yes, all 69 songs, ...
A primer on the indie-rock band’s triple album, now celebrating its 25th anniversary. By Lindsay Zoladz I hope everyone who was in the path of Monday’s eclipse enjoyed the view! I confess I didn’t ...
In this piece we dive into the history of Apple's song pricing structure, who was responsible for dictating prices, and the rationale behind the 69¢ song, both over the past few years, and in its ...
Halfway through the first installment of the multi-volume magnum opus from Stephin Merritt’s landmark project The Magnetic Fields, a disarming line upends the tenderness of the triple album’s most ...
When audiences pile into Broadway’s Hudson Theater to watch All In: A Comedy About Love, chances are they’re not looking at the husband-and-wife duo tuning their instruments on either side of the ...
The Magnetic Fields were able to get through eight of their 69 Love Songs during a performance on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series. The special performance allowed Stephin Merritt and co. to offer ...
Wallace Stevens gave the world 13 ways of looking at a blackbird; nearly a century later, the Magnetic Fields gave it 69 ways of looking at a love song. Not ways of looking at love, mind you, but ways ...
“Oh, you again,” says Stephin Merritt in his inimitable droll baritone, settling himself onto a high stool before a tray of percussive gizmos and miniature keyboard and glancing out at arguably ...
It’s asking a lot of an audience of a certain age — ahem — to return two nights in a row for one performance. Specifically, a performance of a masterwork so sprawling, its 69 songs must be played in ...
In this piece we dive into the history of Apple's song pricing structure, who was responsible for dictating prices, and the rationale behind the 69¢ song, both over the past few years, and in its ...