A performance of a formalist masterpiece deserves a formalist review presented as a performance of sorts. No? Well, that’s ...

Stephin Merritt learned that the common law of business balance -you get what you pay for - is true, based on the last time ...

Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields has received widespread critical acclaim and been included in countless "best of albums of all time" lists. This Thursday and Friday, the band will play the 1999 ...

One measure of 69 Love Songs ’ enduring status is that Merritt, now 60, and band have been touring the world since 2024, the album’s 25th anniversary, performing all 69 songs over two nights. Magnetic ...

In 1963, Fred Vine, Drummond Matthews, and others found that the crust surrounding the midocean ridges showed alternating bands -- each band magnetized ... of Earth's magnetic fields some 900,000 ...

He’s already coming back for a pair of shows at The Armory on his “Who the F**k is Johnny Blue Skies” tour. He’ll perform ...