Critical Roots and Branches: The Magnetic Fields
Stephin Merritt's latter-day persona as indie rock's answer to Irving Berlin obscures his earlier connections to the international pop underground. Influenced by danceable synth-pop, post-punk minimalism, soundtrack music and the New Zealand popsters of the '80s, Merritt has explored them all in the Magnetic Fields and his many other bands.
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The Magnetic FieldsYou Must Be Out Of Your Mind |
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Paul MauriatLove Is Blue |
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The 6thsNight Falls Like A Grand Piano |
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Laura BarrettRobot Ponies |
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Young Marble GiantsCredit in the Straight World |
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Barbara ManningScissors |
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The CleanTally Ho |
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Stephin MerrittBeauty |
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Saint EtienneOnly Love Can Break Your Heart |
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Future Bible HeroesHopeless |
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The Gothic ArchiesCity of the Damned |
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Superchunk100,000 Fireflies |
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