Articles and Reviews: the Magnetic Fields


Album/EP/Single Reviews


Reviews of 69 Love Songs

Bombast-xxx: Vol 3 *added 5/1/01*
El Pais (in Spanish!) *added 5/1/01*
Music Emissions *added 5/1/01*
CD Consumer
The Sunday Times (London)
The Guardian
NME
Rocket Fuel
Outlines (best of 1999 list)
Chickfactor
Village Voice review by Robert Christgau
Salon (best of 1999 lists)
Beer
SF Bay Guardian
Pitchfork
City Search (alt locations: 1, 2)
CMJ
Canoe
Pop Matters
Freaky Trigger
Minneapolis City Pages
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Amplifier Online
Alternative Press
Nashua Telegraph Online
Willamette Week
The Pathetic Caverns
Flak
Las Vegas Sun
Village Voice
SonicNet
Spin Cycle (alt location)
Washington Post
The War Against Silence
New York Observer
Drawer B: Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3
Salon review by Greil Marcus



Reviews of the "I Don't Believe You" 7" single

SlingShot Kickers
The War Against Silence
Phaser
Drawer B



Reviews of Get Lost

NME
Queer Zine Explosion
Review by Traddles the Pop-Picking Pooch
OutNOW! review by Robey Pointer
Indie Boy review by Robey Pointer (same review, different layout)
The Chronicle
The War Against Silence
 



Review of the "All the Umbrellas in London" 7" single

The War Against Silence



Review of The Charm of the Highway Strip

Maroon



Reviews of Holiday

Pitchfork
Salon review by Douglas Wolk
33 RPM
Drawer B
Worcester Phoenix



Reviews of The House of Tomorrow

Pitchfork
Caught in Flux
Salon review by Douglas Wolk
Drawer B
Worcester Phoenix
Indie Boy
The War Against Silence



Reviews of The Wayward Bus/Distant Plastic Trees

The Washington Post
The Chronicle



Review of the "100,000 Fireflies" single

Freaky Trigger: "100 Best Singles of the 90s"
 


Compilation Appearances


Review of Oh, Merge
(includes the Susan-sings version of "Take Ecstasy with Me")

Review by Jeffrey Norman *added 5/1/01*
Salon



Reviews of Pop Romantique
(includes cover of Bassiak's "Le Tourbillion")

Chickfactor
Review by Jeffrey Norman
Drawer B
Billboard



Reviews of Merge 100
(includes "Smoke and Mirrors" remix)

Kickstand
KSPC Music Director's Picks of the Week



Reviews of Random
(includes cover of Gary Numan's "I Die: You Die")

Review by Al Crawford
The War Against Silence



Reviews of Crash Course for the Ravers
(includes cover of David Bowie's "Heroes")

Goldmine
Scratch


Reviews of performances by the Magnetic Fields

Clubplanet.com - Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA (4/14/01) *added 5/1/01*
Washington Post - 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C. (4/13/01) *added 5/1/01*
Luna Kafé - Prime Club, Cologne (11/3/00) and De Balie, Amsterdam (11/4/00) *added 5/1/01*
Battery Park, NYC (8/3/00) by Fred Solinger
Dotmusic - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (7/25/00)
Ironminds - El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA (6/11/00)
San Francisco Chronicle - Bimbo's, San Francisco, CA (3/5/00)
Splendid - Black Cat, Washington, DC (1/22/00)
Rolling Stone - Irving Plaza, NYC (12/2/99)
Philadelphia Inquirer - Harrison Auditorium, Philadelphia, PA (11/99)
Salon - Merge's 10th Anniversary at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC (7/23/99)
Music365 - Bowery Ballroom, NYC (5/21/99)
Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA (8/12/98) by Robey Pointer
Ink Nineteen - in Tampa (7/30/98)
Flow - Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC (7/26/98)
Spontaneous Combustion - Westbeth Theatre, NYC (4/19/97) (link is currently broken)
 


Miscellaneous Reviews and Articles

Modern Humorist gift suggestions - comments on 69 Love Songs *added 5/1/01*
Tangents - "The Magnetic Fields vs. Belle and Sebastian" *added 5/1/01*
W. Minc Productions page on 69 Love Songs *added 5/1/01*
ASCAP Playback article on the Magnetic Fields
The Village Voice 1999 Pazz & Jopp Critics' Poll: article by Robert Christgau
The Village Voice 1999 Pazz & Jopp Critics' Poll: comments by various reviewers
Epinions page on 69 Love Songs
Consumers Guide review of Stars Forever by Momus: (compares to 69 Love Songs)
SonicNet article on 69 Love Songs (alt location)
SonicNet article about forthcoming 69 Love Songs tour
Douglas Wolk's Small Mouth article (Boston Phoenix) on silence (mentions the track of silence on the Merge reissue of The Wayward Bus/Distant Plastic Trees)
Addicted to Noise review of the 1998 TeenBeat Sampler (mentions the "Smoke and Mirrors" remix)
The Tufts Daily Syrup USA Valentine's Day Bash pre-performance teaser (short mention of the Magnetic Fields)
Jacksonville.com article on the Magnetic Fields (pre-performance teaser)
Barcelona Acció Musical - article on the Magnetic Fields (in Spanish!)
Los Angeles Times article "Breaking Out of the Big Apple"
Addicted to Noise article "The Strange Pull of Magnetic Fields"


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