The Magnetic Fields have been celebrating the 25th anniversary of their classic 1999 triple album 69 Love Songs throughout 2024, playing it in full over two-night stands in different cities, and ...

The Magnetic Fields’ first night in Chicago was part comedy show, part family reunion and full of joy for all kinds of music — though a certain 69 songs were top of mind. On Wednesday night, people of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The rock band Magnetic Fields released its three-disc magnum opus, 69 Love Songs, back in 1999, and it was recognized immediately as a classic. The Village Voice’s Pazz & Jop Critics Poll, the most ...

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 ...

The Magnetic Fields have expanded their 69 Love Songs 25th Anniversary tour that’s happening in spring 2024, with additional shows in Boston, New York, San Francisco and Chicago. All dates are listed ...

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 ...

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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 ...