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Magnetic Fields

Curtis McMurtry
- Music Reviews
- March 10, 2017
The Hornet’s Nest. Review by James Mann.
Tracey Thorn
- Music Reviews
- December 21, 2012
Tinsel and Lights (Merge Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Mount Eerie
- Music Reviews
- May 20, 2011
Song Islands Vol. 2 (PW Elverum & Son). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Our Noise
- Print Reviews
- January 5, 2010
Scott Adams finds this compelling history of Merge Records, the underdog label that beat the odds and succeeded, to be insanely readable.
Pastels/ Tenniscoats
- Music Reviews
- January 5, 2010
Two Sunsets (Domino). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Pastels/ Tenniscoats
- Music Reviews
- January 5, 2010
Two Sunsets (Domino). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Flare Acoustic Arts League
- Music Reviews
- September 24, 2009
Cut (Affairs of the Heart). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
- Music Reviews
- June 19, 2009
Vs. Children (Tomlab). Review by Matthew Moyer.
The Nerd Parade
- Music Reviews
- July 5, 2007
A Delicate Bashing (Headphone Treats Records). Review by Crystal Lee.
Jens Lekman
- Music Reviews
- January 13, 2006
Oh You’re So Silent Jens (Secretly Canadian). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Flare
- Music Reviews
- February 3, 2004
Hung (Le Grand Magistery). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Future Bible Heroes
- Music Reviews
- August 26, 2002
Eternal Youth (Instinct). Review by Ben Varkentine.

All-Time Quarterback
- Music Reviews
- August 19, 2002
¡All-Time Quarterback! (Barsuk). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Tender Trap
- Music Reviews
- July 8, 2002
Film Molecules (K). Review by Phil Bailey.
Stephin Merritt
- Music Reviews
- January 25, 2002
Eban & Charley Original Soundtrack (Merge). Review by James Mann.
Cessna
- Interviews
- May 24, 2001
Finnish indie popsters Cessna explore their Loves, Longings, and Regrets on their newest album for Radio Khartoum, but it took Andrew Muzyk to discover why Kimmo and Sami don’t sing in Finnish and why they compare their music to a kaleidoscope.
Magnetic Fields
- Interviews
- October 30, 2000
Not only is Stephin Merritt one of the most revered songwriters around, he’s also one of the most prolific, with the massive three-disc 69 Love Songs and records from alter-egos the 6ths and the Future Bible Heroes out in just the last year. Randall Stephens caught up with Merritt in a rare moment between projects to try to catch up.

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