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 ...

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 ...

Twenty-five years after the release of 69 Love Songs, the triple album known for its emotional wit, genre-hopping range, and lyrical audacity, The Magnetic Fields are taking their cult classic on the ...

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 ...

Yes, all 69 songs. With arrangements varying from those committed to the triple-CD set once upon a time, the eight-piece ensemble embarked on the endeavor with a tour kickoff at Roadrunner in Brighton ...

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 ...

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 ...