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  Hear Magnetic Fields Siblings Future Bible Heroes' Wry 'Living, Loving, Partygoing'

  March 20, 2013 – Stephin Merritt is best known as the dry, melody-drunk wit behind the Magnetic Fields, but his followers can explore a back catalog with enough branches for a backyard oak tree. …
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  Strokes' Next Song, Arcade Fire's Tour

  February 22, 2011 – The second song fans will hear from the Strokes' upcoming album, Angles (out March 22), will be "You're So Right." The New York City quintet will release the track on March 1 as the B-side on the 7" vinyl for their first single, "Under Cover of Darkness" (listen here). …
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• The Magnetic Fields, 'Realism' (Nonesuch)

  February 3, 2010 – Stephin Merritt has spent almost 20 years writing songs about wanting what he can't have. Eventually, you'd expect the guy would use up every conceivable metaphor, rhyming couplet, and sick joke about his unrequited loves. …
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  Conor Oberst, Magnetic Fields Play XX Merge

  July 23, 2009 – At the kick-off of Merge Records' 20th anniversary last night, the lyrics of Magnetic Fields' "Papa Was a Rodeo" proved utterly fitting. "What are we doing in this dive bar?" bellowed singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt in his froggy baritone. …
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  Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt Debuts 'Coraline' Musical

  June 1, 2009 – Anyone who has read Neil Gaiman's novel Coraline would be understandably skeptical of the idea of a musical adaptation of the creepy children's tale. It isn't exactly Disney material. Fans of the book will be relieved to know, then, that in the hands of Magnetic Fields mastermind Stephin Merritt, the story retains every bit of its fantastical, delightfully macabre tone. …
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