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There's been much talk and praise of late of Stephin Merritt's latest Magnetic Fields album, Distortion, but on tonight's New Sounds show on WNYC, New York Public Radio, host John Schaefer takes a look at another of Merritt's many projects, The Gothic Archies, and the 2006 album The Tragic Treasury, a musical companion to the popular series of books, Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events. Folks in the New York City area can tune in at 11 PM ET to 93.9 FM on their radios. You can also listen to the show live at that time on wnyc.org.

Magnetic_distortion_lg Meanwhile, Salon finds some similarities between Merritt's use of alter egos (writing also for The 6ths and Future Bible Heroes) and Chan Marshall's work as Cat Power. Yet, writes the site's Zach Baron, focusing on the new Magnetic Fields album,

Distortion works because Stephin Merritt allows himself—however ironically—to be Stephin Merritt again; if the production's loud enough to drown out the sound of his own voice, well then that leaves him free to use it.

To read the article, visit salon.com.

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  • Thursday, January 24, 2008
    WNYC, Salon Examine the Many Musical Projects of Stephin Merritt

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    There's been much talk and praise of late of Stephin Merritt's latest Magnetic Fields album, Distortion, but on tonight's New Sounds show on WNYC, New York Public Radio, host John Schaefer takes a look at another of Merritt's many projects, The Gothic Archies, and the 2006 album The Tragic Treasury, a musical companion to the popular series of books, Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events. Folks in the New York City area can tune in at 11 PM ET to 93.9 FM on their radios. You can also listen to the show live at that time on wnyc.org.

    Magnetic_distortion_lg Meanwhile, Salon finds some similarities between Merritt's use of alter egos (writing also for The 6ths and Future Bible Heroes) and Chan Marshall's work as Cat Power. Yet, writes the site's Zach Baron, focusing on the new Magnetic Fields album,

    Distortion works because Stephin Merritt allows himself—however ironically—to be Stephin Merritt again; if the production's loud enough to drown out the sound of his own voice, well then that leaves him free to use it.

    To read the article, visit salon.com.

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