Stephin Merritt will be DJing at the George & Dragon pub in London on December 10. He's been a regular at NYC’s Beauty Bar night "The Phantastic Invisible Tentacle" and a co-host of the Nowhere Bar’s "Runt" party. This marks his return to the London venue, where he'll be spinning his eclectic mix of late '60s and early '70s bubblegum and psychedelic pop songs. Distortion, the forthcoming The Magnetic Fields album, was featured on BBC 6 Music's Roundtable and scored high on the show's rating scale.
Stephin Merritt will be DJing at the George & Dragon pub in London's Shoreditch neighborhood on Monday, December 10. He's been a regular at New York City’s Beauty Bar night "The Phantastic Invisible Tentacle" and a co-host of the Nowhere Bar’s "Runt" party. Monday marks his return to the London venue, where he'll be spinning his eclectic mix of late '60s and early '70s bubblegum and psychedelic pop songs.
For the past five years, the George & Dragon has played host to "the offbeat and the unlikely," and has become "a favourite amongst some of the most creative and talented drinkers moving through London." For more information, visit myspace.com/georgeanddragon.
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In further Stephin Merritt news from the UK, Distortion, the forthcoming Nonesuch release from The Magnetic Fields, was the featured album on this week's BBC 6 Music show Roundtable and scored high on the Roundtable panel's rating scale.
You can listen to the show at bbc.co.uk, with Distortion starting near the hour mark.
For more on the album, due out on Nonesuch January 15 in the US and January 14 in the UK, click here.