Magnetic Fields

One of the best independent labels of the last three decades, Merge Records has released so many amazing records over the years -- here are 20 of our favorites.

This past Saturday at Symphony Space marked the third night of the four-show A Stephin Merritt / The Magnetic Fields Residency that features two nights of Magnetic Fields, and a show each for his bands The Gothic Archies and Future Bible Heroes...

Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie, Laura Jane Grace, Jeff Tweedy, Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, Sharon Van Etten, Fred Armisen and others also read chapters from Michael Azerrad's indispensable 2001 chronicle, which is getting its first audiobook edition.

Listen to new songs by Sarah Shook, hard rock supergroup Deadland Ritual, Wintersleep, Magnetic Fields covers by Worriers and Palehound, and more.

A new tribute album to '69 Love Songs' comes out this week and also features Sidney Gish, Palehound, Illuminati Hotties, Jeffrey Lewis, and more.

Stephin Merritt continues to tour The Magnetic Fields; 50 Song Memoir opus, in which he wrote a song about every year of his first five decades of existence. With a theatrical stage show, each city of the tour gets two nights...

Blood Orange, Angel Olsen and Stephin Merritt are among the performers for the 2018 Tibet House benefit that happens at NYC's Carnegie Hall on March 3. Also performing are Philip Glass, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Rhiannon Giddens, Resistance Revival Chorus and Techung...

Superchunk's new album What A Time to Be Alive is out February 16.

The album features one song about every year of the first five decades of Stephin Merritt's life.

Few shows currently on TV are as music and song filled, without being a "musical," as Bob's Burgers. The animated series' many musical moments -- 107 of them to be precise -- have now been collected for The Bob's Burgers Music Album which will be out via Sub Pop on May 12. I…