A little while ago, Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields announced that they’d put out their tenth LP, Love At The Bottom Of The Sea. Merritt also promised a return to the more acoustic, synth-heavy arrangements of yore, which he backs up on the record’s first single “Andrew In Drag.” Listen below. Love...

'Love At The Bottom Of The Sea' is out on March 5, 2012

'Obscurities' is for an October release

The chamber folk of the Magnetic Fields latest, Realism, was the center point for a two-hour seated affair at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Saturday night. It was the night before Valentine's Day, but of course that was a mostly meaningless designation to sardonic Stephin. "It'll be Valentine's Day soon," Claudia Gonson offered at one point. "It...

The new Magnetic Fields' documentary, which took Kerthy Fix and Gail O'Hara (also of Chickfactor, Black Tambourine fans) 10 years to make, should be a good one. There are the requisite talking heads -- including Peter Gabriel (of course), Sarah Silverman (why not), Carrie Brownstein, Neil Gaiman, etc. -- commenting on/arguing for Stephin Merritt...