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The Magnetic Fields seminal album 69 Love Songs @ The Union Chapel @UnionChapelUK in glitzy Islington by @themagfields and @stephinmerritt

Two nights. Sixty nine songs. One baritone that sounds like the devil singing karaoke in a library.

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October 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM Everybody can reply

Ryan

@theumbrellapuzzles.bsky.social

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields. The most epic Indiepop album and a masterwork of Stephin Merritt. This is the 2024 25th Anniversary Reissue. ❤️x69

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September 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM Everybody can reply

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A Head Full of Wishes

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My record collection: [268] The 6ths - Wasps' Nest (CD) The 6ths was one of Stephin Merritt’s side projects that released two albums of his own compositions mostly sung by... #The6ths #WaspsNest #StephinMerritt #DeanWareham #MyRecordCollection

[268] The 6ths - Wasps’ Nest (CD)

The 6ths was one of Stephin Merritt’s side projects that released two albums of his own compositions mostly sung by guest artists. Dean guested on the first of these albums Wasps’ Nest in 1997.

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July 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM Everybody can reply

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extra-music.at

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| BEIRUT | Ein Jongleursakt

Der Auftraggeber, ein schwedischer Zirkus, die narrative Grundlage, ein Buch der deutschen Autorin Judith Schalansky: Das neue, einmal mehr großartige Beirut-Album „A Study Of Losses"

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Beirut: Ein Jongleursakt - extra-music Album, Legende

Unter ziemlich eigenartigen Umständen ist das neue, einmal mehr großartige Beirut-Album „A Study Of Losses" zustande gekommen: Der Auftraggeber war ein schwedischer Zirkus, die narrative Grundlage lie...

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May 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM Everybody can reply

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fetchfeeds.com

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"Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs (1999) features iconic tracks like "The Book of Love" & "Papa Was a Rodeo." A timeless classic in the music world. #MusicLegacy #StephinMerritt https://fefd.link/Amk0o

May 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM Everybody can reply

The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ #BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot - #BBCRadio6 #6music

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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe

Stephin Merritt:
🎵 One April Day

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▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

▶️ Song on #Spotify:

One April Day

Stephin Merritt · Pieces of April · Song · 2003

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April 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM Everybody can reply

Christian Cargnelli

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22 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

March 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM Everybody can reply

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Jamie Roxx Artist

@jamieroxxartist.bsky.social

Happy Birthday. Today, 1965 – #StephinMerritt, American singer-songwriter ( #TheMagneticFields, #The6ths ) was born.

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The Magnetic Fields - Andrew in Drag

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February 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM Everybody can reply

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Jamie Roxx Artist

@jamieroxxartist.bsky.social

🎵I'd sign away my trust fund
I would even sell the Jag
If I could spend my misspent youth with
Andrew in drag 🎵

Happy Birthday. Today in 1966 – #StephinMerritt, American singer-songwriter ( #TheMagneticFields, #The6ths, #FutureBibleHeroes, and #TheGothicArchies ) was born.

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The Magnetic Fields - Andrew in Drag

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January 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM Everybody can reply

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ListenMusic.fm

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Strange Powers by The Magnetic Fields

Released in 1994 on the album Holiday.

🎇 #newyear2025 #IndiePop #SynthPop #TheMagneticFields #StephinMerritt

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Strange Powers

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December 31, 2024 at 5:56 PM Everybody can reply

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Bob Barth

@bobbarth.bsky.social

Bob Barth's ONE NIGHT STAND - THE BEST OF 2024!!

Stephin Merritt of THE MAGNETIC FIELDS on 69 LOVE SONGS: An Interview - 5/2/2024

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Full archive:

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#themagneticfields #stephinmerritt #unitedtheateronbroadway #wfmu #bestof2024

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December 23, 2024 at 1:22 AM Everybody can reply

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The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ KEXP 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot

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🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix

Stephin Merritt:
🎵 Listen, the Snow Is Falling

#StephinMerritt

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Spotify:

Listen, The Snow Is Falling

Stephin Merritt · Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono · Song · 2022

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December 11, 2024 at 10:41 AM Everybody can reply

The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ #BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot - #BBCRadio6 #6music

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🔊 #NowPlaying on BBC 6 Music's #CerysMatthews

Stephin Merritt:
🎵 One April Day

#6music #BBC6Music #StephinMerritt

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Spotify:

One April Day

Stephin Merritt · Song · 2003

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April 14, 2024 at 11:41 AM Everybody can reply

Michael Thomsen

@michaelthomsen33.bsky.social

I love this song... alaso a great album, a kind of country music themed synth-pop album.

Magnetic Fields: "Lonely Highway"

#TheMagneticFields #StephinMerritt #IndieRock #SynthPop