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Founded: 1991

Headquarters: New York, NY

Website Link(s): Official Site

Label(s)

• Merge
• Domino

Genre(s)

• Electropop
• Indie-Rock
• Indie-Pop
• Pop
• Rock

RIYL

• They Might Be Giants
• The Mountain Goats

Band Members

• Stephin Merritt
• Dudley Kludt
• Sam Davol
• John Woo
• Daniel Handler
• Susan Anway
• Claudia Gonson

Includes Members of

• The 6ths
• The Gothic Archies
• Future Bible Heroes

Band Biography

The Magnetic Fields is one of many projects for Stephin Merritt, this one has more of an electropop sound though typically very Lo-Fi. Their most known record is most likely 69 Love Songs, which is exactly what it sounds like, split over 3 CDs.

Discography

Albums

• Distant Plastic Trees
• The Wayward Bus
• Holiday
• The Charm of the Highway Strip
• Get Lost
• 69 Love Songs
• i

EPs

• The House of Tomorrow

Singles

Appears On

Compilations

• Knitting On The Roof
• New Music For 2005

Soundtracks

Mix CDs

• The Opposite Of Smoke Is Egg Whites
• Why Does It Have To Be Zany?
• VoVat's Mix
• The College Chronicles, Part One
• Happy Birthday Dad
• Pray For My TV Show
• Dub Club: Session 1 Fall, Buttontop
• Dub Club: Erik Blood Disc 1 (Rain)
• Dub Club: November 2005 Rain - Courtney
• Dub Club: Less Light Mix - Leslie Smith
• And A Bumper Sticker That Says "No Other Possibility"

Radio Shows

Further Reading

• Wikipedia Page