Stephin Merritt
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Baker's Dozen
Thirteen Albums I Currently Like, From A To M. By Stephin Merritt
As he releases new Magnetic Fields album 50 Song Memoir, Stephin Merritt doesn't delve into the past for his Baker's Dozen list but instead gives tQ an A-Z of some contemporary favourites, from Japan to Marc Almond, bawdy cockney songs and the BBC Radiophonic Workship. Pic by Marcelo Krasilcic
A Quietus Interview
Hyperreal: Magnetic Fields Arch Duke Stephin Merritt Interviewed
With his hand on the tiller of _Realism_ – the most caustically satisfying Magnetic Fields album since _69 Love Songs_ – New York’s least excitable raconteur has a few (not exclusively self-chosen) words squeezed out of him by Charlie Ivens
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How did a harmless cartoon frog turn into an alt-right hate symbol? Feels Good Man charts the rise of Pepe the Frog from the mind of one affable animator's mind into the clutches of millions of keyboard warriors. Aron Keller speaks to the film's producer to find out more
