The magnetic fields
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The Magnetic Fields play 69 Love Songs at Brighton Dome
In the future, will there be nostalgia shows? Or will we run out of past to celebrate? Thoughts such as these always go through my mind when I battle myself over whether I want to see a band sing songs from back when bands could still have careers. You can’t see anyone as spectacularly weird Read more
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Losing Your Affection – Future Bible Heroes cover
The Magnetic Fields cover over the weekend sent me tumbling across the meadow and head first into a rabbit hole of other beautiful songs written by Stephin Merritt. Future Bible Heroes – one of the perfect band names – was an electro pop side project of his, of varying quality but leaving us, at least, Read more
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Come Back From San Francisco- Magnetic Fields cover
It’s been 25 years since 69 Love Songs came out. From weddings to eternal indie discos, the finest and certainly most absurd Magnetic Fields album became a huge part of my life. The first song I ever learned to play was off that album, Come Back From San Francisco has three chords and lots of Read more
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Strange Powers
I am dicking around with garage band so here’s a Magnetic Fields cover. This song brings back many memories. Of Coney Island in spring, of singing in a living room in Stoke Newington. Well. Two memories, at least. The images on the video are half of Stockport in 1972 and half of Derby and Skegness Read more
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Strange Powers
There are over 240 new black majority churches in Southwark. Just off the Old Kent Road, in a grid of old warehouses and light industrial units, there were several glorious examples. Just up from the Salvation Church of God & Stress Relief Centre, and next to a church represented by a logo incorporating an eye, a Read more
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