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, over the course of two nights.
The Stephin Merritt-led outfit will bring back the album’s major players — Claudia Gonson, John Woo, Sam Davol and Shirley Simms — to perform alongside the Magnetic Fields’ current lineup for the trek, which kicks off in March 2024.
Exciting News! In celebration of the 25th anniversary of 69 Love Songs, we'll be doing...
The Stephin Merritt-led outfit will bring back the album’s major players — Claudia Gonson, John Woo, Sam Davol and Shirley Simms — to perform alongside the Magnetic Fields’ current lineup for the trek, which kicks off in March 2024.
Exciting News! In celebration of the 25th anniversary of 69 Love Songs, we'll be doing...
- 6/22/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Nearly a quarter-century ago, Stephin Merritt had a brilliant idea: Record exactly 69 love songs and release them on an album called 69 Love Songs. The Magnetic Fields songwriter is celebrating his magnum opus in 2024 with a 25th anniversary tour, in which he’ll perform the album in its entirety over the course of two nights each in a select few cities.
The tour will feature all of the original players from the 1999 album, including Claudia Gonson, John Woo, Sam Davol, Shirley Simms, along with recent members Chris Ewen and Anthony Kaczynski.
The tour is set to kick off in March at Mass MoCA in North Adams, Ma, with subsequent shows scheduled in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
An artist pre-sale is set for July 11th, ahead of a public on sale on July 14th via Ticketmaster. You can find more information via the band’s website.
Once tickets are on sale,...
The tour will feature all of the original players from the 1999 album, including Claudia Gonson, John Woo, Sam Davol, Shirley Simms, along with recent members Chris Ewen and Anthony Kaczynski.
The tour is set to kick off in March at Mass MoCA in North Adams, Ma, with subsequent shows scheduled in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
An artist pre-sale is set for July 11th, ahead of a public on sale on July 14th via Ticketmaster. You can find more information via the band’s website.
Once tickets are on sale,...
- 6/22/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Are the Magnetic Fields worthy of a cinema-released documentary film, Strange Powers? Listen closely and the answer can only be a resounding yes
For the last decade and a half I've been hoisting the tag "modern genius" upon the shrugging shoulders of Magnetic Fields man Stephin Merritt. Yet even I wondered if they were really worthy of a cinema-released documentary. Thankfully, my concerns were dismissed within the first few seconds of Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields.
Over the opening credits played Epitaph for My Heart, a track from the band's 69 Love Songs album, which I carried on my person for about three years after its 2000 release, devouring it like a bottomless tub of Chunky Monkey and proclaiming it the best album since Revolver. Despite playing it so often, a line leapt out from this dolorous slab of heartbreak that I'd never noticed before: "Cupid put too much poison in the dart.
For the last decade and a half I've been hoisting the tag "modern genius" upon the shrugging shoulders of Magnetic Fields man Stephin Merritt. Yet even I wondered if they were really worthy of a cinema-released documentary. Thankfully, my concerns were dismissed within the first few seconds of Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields.
Over the opening credits played Epitaph for My Heart, a track from the band's 69 Love Songs album, which I carried on my person for about three years after its 2000 release, devouring it like a bottomless tub of Chunky Monkey and proclaiming it the best album since Revolver. Despite playing it so often, a line leapt out from this dolorous slab of heartbreak that I'd never noticed before: "Cupid put too much poison in the dart.
- 2/16/2011
- by Mark Beaumont
- The Guardian - Film News
Durham - Once more The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is a four day film festival that plays like it should last a week They show so many films that it’s impossible to even come close to seeing them all. Five theaters are going at once and the only repeats are the award winning movies. It’s hard to pick while going through the schedule. I’ve yet to hear anyone complain about the movie they saw so much as wishing they could have seen two or three of the other ones that were showing concurrently. This is the best festival for documentary film viewers. The 2010 edition kept up the lofty standards with films about basketball, pork, pastries, scoundrels, nomads and undiscovered superstars.
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Steve James created the greatest film about the dirty business of Chicago high school basketball in Hoop Dreams. Espn gave him a chance to look into...
- 5/14/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
The Magnetic Fields are an eclectic but fairly obscure American indie rock band that has been recording for nearly twenty years. While not a household name, they have a fairly devoted following, and many musicians, such as Peter Gabriel, count leader Stephin Merritt as one of the great contemporary American songwriters. In Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields, directors Kerthy Fix and Gail O’Hara follow the band for 10 years to get an understanding of Merritt and his songwriting technique, how the band makes their music, and the relationship between Merritt and his longtime collaborator and manager, Claudia Gonson. Generally, any documentary about an artist is either going to be a labour of love or an exposé. This film certainly falls into the former category, particularly considering the time and care used to make it. Fix and O’Hara are given intimate access to Merritt’s creative process.
- 5/8/2010
- by Shelagh
- DorkShelf.com
Rating: 8/10
Directors: Kerthy Fix, Gail O’Hara
Cast: Stephin Merritt, Claudia Gonson, Peter Gabriel, Neil Gaiman, Sarah Silverman, Daniel Handler, Sam Davol, John Woo
Any Magnetic Fields fan is aware that Stephin Merritt is a very private man. His songs are the soundtrack to our heartbreaks and romances, but he only lets us into his life so far. If you’ve attended a Magnetic Fields performance, you get the impression that the gears are always working inside Merritt’s head; and though he doesn’t say much, his statements are short and to the point, their aim always dead on with a touch of sarcasm.
Read more on SXSW 2010 Review: Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt And The Magnetic Fields…...
Directors: Kerthy Fix, Gail O’Hara
Cast: Stephin Merritt, Claudia Gonson, Peter Gabriel, Neil Gaiman, Sarah Silverman, Daniel Handler, Sam Davol, John Woo
Any Magnetic Fields fan is aware that Stephin Merritt is a very private man. His songs are the soundtrack to our heartbreaks and romances, but he only lets us into his life so far. If you’ve attended a Magnetic Fields performance, you get the impression that the gears are always working inside Merritt’s head; and though he doesn’t say much, his statements are short and to the point, their aim always dead on with a touch of sarcasm.
Read more on SXSW 2010 Review: Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt And The Magnetic Fields…...
- 3/29/2010
- by Ronnita Miller
- GordonandtheWhale
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