The Magnetic Fields
@themagfields.bsky.social
Band. Likes ukuleles, chihuahuas. Official Page for The Magnetic Fields.
The booke of love ys long & boringe No folk kan lyft the damned thinge Crammid ful of charters & lore & rubrics And ynstructiouns for daunsing - But Ich? Ich love it whan thou readest to me; And thee, thou kanst reade me eny thinge. ~ @themagfields.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e-0...
Olivia Rodrigo – The Book of Love (Visualiser) – HELP(2)
YouTube video by War Child UK
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Happy Pride Month! We're celebrating with our newly updated playlist of recent and classic Nonesuch recordings by LGBTQ+ composers, performers, and allies, including k.d. lang, Magnetic Fields, Caroline Shaw, Ringdown, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Jeremy Denk, Illinoise, and more: nonesuch.lnk.to/Pride
Nonesuch: Pride
Go to Nonesuch: Pride.
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Oooh. Blamcmange have covered Smoke and Mirrors on their new Vince Clarke produced album! youtu.be/CVzer3zZq4U?... @blancmange.bsky.social @themagfields.bsky.social
Smoke and Mirrors
YouTube video by Doublespeak - Topic
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Stephin’s got a mini-crossword in the @nytimes.com today. Read the article and try your hand at his puzzle here: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/c...
Stephin’s got a mini-crossword in the @nytimes.com today. Read the article and try your hand at his puzzle here: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/c...
Stephin is extremely honored to be included in the @nytimes.com list of the 30 Greatest Living Americans Songwriters. Gift link: nyti.ms/4vW3zKS #nyt30greatest #americansongwriters
Stephin Merritt Is the American Songbook’s Most Mischievous Student (Gift Article)
He twists, ironizes and interrogates the tradition of songwriting, turning it into a profound and comic reflection of itself.
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Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields ( @themagfields.bsky.social ) listed as one of the 30 greateste livinge American songwryteres. Helle yes! "The reste of lyfe pales yn significance I am lookinge for somebodye wyth whom to daunse." That "wyth whom." Genius. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
But what WAS planned was seeing Stephin Merrit of @themagfields.bsky.social at Wesley Stace's Cabinet of Wonders show in NYC. And you know he did play "The Book of Love," also.
Got to see Stephin Merritt of @themagfields.bsky.social playing "The Book of Love" on a cigar-box ukulele, at Wesley Stace (a.k.a. John Wesley Harding)'s Cabinet of Wonders. Great, great show, many other awesome acts that I didn't photograph.
Get ready for Porky's, a fun new queer music party at Parkside Lounge in Manhattan on Friday, May Ist! Stephin will be DJing along w/ Mona Dehghan, Jesse Dorris, & Luke Williams. Feat performances by Sweaty Eddie & Stephin! 10PM-Late! Grab tix quick! events.humanitix.com/porky-s
Get ready for Porky's, a fun new queer music party at Parkside Lounge in Manhattan on Friday, May Ist! Stephin will be DJing along w/ Mona Dehghan, Jesse Dorris, & Luke Williams. Feat performances by Sweaty Eddie & Stephin! 10PM-Late! Grab tix quick! events.humanitix.com/porky-s
23 years ago today, the Sunday Times (30 March 2003) featured the great Stephin Merritt (Magnetic Fields, Future Bible Heroes). #StephinMerritt @themagfields.bsky.social #MagneticFields #FutureBibleHeroes @robertrotifer.bsky.social
Here @louderthanwar.bsky.social revisiting the Incredible album (one of the side projects of @themagfields.bsky.social) Stephin wanted to make albums that were physically difficult to say out loud, check out the slept on record Wasps Nests by The Gothic Archies.
Lost in the time tunnel #6 - The 6ths - Wasps Nests
Martin Gray revisits the debut album from The 6ths, just one of several intriguing side projects of Magnetic Fields' founder Stephin Merritt.
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25 years ago today: nice review of the Magnetic Fields performing their "69 Love Songs" in London. Observer, 21 January 2001. #MagneticFields @themagfields.bsky.social @robertrotifer.bsky.social
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Stereogum@stereogum.com · 8mo agoChappell Roan made a surprise appearance at last night’s Artists For Aid concert in LA, joining Lucy Dacus on a Magnetic Fields classic. stereogum.com/2484832/watc... Organized by Mustafa, the event benefits the Sudanese American Physicians Association and the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.
Some day, people will finally realise that 69 Love Songs was the greatest album of the 90s.
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Stereogum@stereogum.com · 8mo agoChappell Roan made a surprise appearance at last night’s Artists For Aid concert in LA, joining Lucy Dacus on a Magnetic Fields classic. stereogum.com/2484832/watc... Organized by Mustafa, the event benefits the Sudanese American Physicians Association and the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.
Today’s the last day to order from our merch store (domestically) and know it’ll definitely get to you before the holidays! kf-merch.com/collections/...
The Magnetic Fields
The official Magnetic Fields store for music and merchandise including T-shirts, Vinyl and more. This store is managed by Kung Fu Inc.
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FINAL 69 LOVE SONG SHOWS! Miami-area friends! With gratitude and wistfulness, we celebrate the end of a whirlwind 2-year 69 Love Songs 25th Anniversary tour, at the @arshtcenter in Miami this weekend, Nov 1+2. Tickets: www.houseoftomorrow.com/calendar
#couplegoals Great show in Madrid last night, playing to some of the sweetest fans. Part 2 of 69 Love Songs is tonight!
26 years ago today, the Philadelphia Inquirer (19 September 1999) was enthusiastic about the Magnetic Fields' wonderful album "69 Love Songs". #MagneticFields @themagfields.bsky.social
We’re at the Oslo Koncerthuset again tonight for the second half of 69 Love Songs. Tickets still available: www.houseoftomorrow.com/calendar
Calendar — The House of Tomorrow
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LiberalDespot@druidic.org · last yr.First night of the @themagfields.bsky.social tour - Oslo Koncerthuset. #69LS #MagneticFields
Official video for “Andrew In Drag” from our 2012 album “Love at the Bottom of the Sea” — to our delight, this song seems to be having a TikTok/IG moment. Hello to all of our new listeners! youtu.be/Jf_l3EGQvL8?...
The Magnetic Fields - Andrew in Drag
YouTube video by Merge Records on YouTube
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Florida friends- We regret to announce that the 69 Love Songs performances on October 29 and 30 at the Kravis Center have been cancelled. If you already purchased tickets, you will receive an automatic refund to your original method of payment within 30 days.
25 years ago today: Betty Clarke on the Magnetic Fields. Guardian, 29 July 2000. #MagneticFields @themagfields.bsky.social @robertrotifer.bsky.social
Do you have tickets yet for our EU/UK shows, or our two shows in Florida? These will be the final shows of our 69 Love Songs Anniversary tour and we’ll no longer be performing the album in full! www.houseoftomorrow.com/calendar
