Sam Davol

The Magnetic Fields announce '69 Love Songs' 25th anniversary shows with original players

’69 Love Songs’ will be played in full at 2024 shows in NYC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and MASS MoCA.

Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt played the reopened City Winery (review & pics)

Live music continues to make its slow return to NYC, including at City Winery, where The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt played a pair of socially distanced shows on Friday.

Bang on a Can Marathon 2018 lineup (Stephin Merritt, Xenia Rubinos, more)

The free Bang On A Can Marathon moves back to Manhattan for its 31st year.

Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt announces 2015 solo tour

Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merritt has announced a solo tour for this spring/summer with longtime bandmate Sam Davol on cello. The press release notes, “For this series of performances, Merritt will present a set of solo, acoustic versions of selected songs from his extensive cata…

Stephin Merritt, Tanya Donnelly, Matthew Friedberger, Dungbeetle & more playing 'Radio Silence' release show

Radio Silence is a San Francisco-based arts magazine focusing on music and literature. To celebrate the release of their third issue, they’re putting on a show in NYC at Le Poisson Rouge on Saturday (11/22) featuring notable talents from both: Stephin Merritt (Magnetic Fields, The 6ths) and Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses, Belly) will be playing, while acclaimed rock critic Greil Marcus and author Rick Moody (The Ice Storm) will do readings…