Stephin Merritt

...who once referred to Mould as "the most depressed man in rock." Mould's response was, "He's never met Stephin Merritt, obviously." Merritt suffers from a hearing condition known as hyperacusis; any sound heard louder than normal...

In this article: Bob Mould, Chen Shi-Zheng, Nonesuch Records, The Magnetic Fields, Irving Berlin, New York City, Chihuahua, and Buddhist

...labels do. If one of their artists has something to release, they release it. [The Magnetic Fields'] Stephin Merritt didn't want to tour and they didn't make him do so. It just gave them more resources for other things." Merge has recorded...

In this article: Mac McCaughan, Laura Ballance, Magnetic field, Superchunk, Spoon, Arcade Fire, Matt Suggs, and Butterglory

...my brain away". But the crux of it turns out to be pronouncing Missouri "misery", something that's been done before, subtly by Stephin Merritt and no doubt less subtly by plenty of others along the way. Here the misery is all experienced by...

In this article: David Nail, Missouri, Gary LeVox, This Time Around, Red Light, Keith Urban, Marc Cohn, and Kenny Chesney

..."Zombie Boy" - A subtly creepy tune about romancing (okay, humping) the dead, sung by a guy - Stephin Merritt - who's so droll that he might actually be dead. Michael Jackson, "Thriller" - Perhaps you've seen the video? Misfits,...

In this article: Sufjan Stevens, Michael Jackson, Zombie, Zombieland, The Cranberries, Thriller, White Zombie, and The Zombies

...Surprises" and "Exit Music (For a Film). " The Magnetic Fields - "69 Love Songs" (1999): Initially, Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merritt set out to write 100 love songs. Realizing how long that would take, he pared - if you can call it...

In this article: David Bazan, Green Day, American Idiot, 69 Love Songs, Magnetic field, Paranoid Android, No Surprises, Karma Police, Do You Realize, and Wake Me Up When September Ends

15) The 6ths - "Heaven In A Black Leather Jacket b/w Rot In The Sun" (7") Just one of hundreds of shiny gems written by Stephin Merritt. It's like '60s girl-group perfection except replace Spector's Wall of Sound with Merritt's army of...

In this article: Superchunk, Cornershop, Spoon, 69 Love Songs, Guv'ner, Dan Bejar, The Clientele, The Magnetic Fields, and Strange Geometry

It isn't exactly Disney material. Fans of the book will be relieved to know, then, that in the hands of Magnetic Fields mastermind Stephin Merritt, the story retains every bit of its fantastical, delightfully macabre tone. Merritt acquired the...

In this article: Magnetic field, Neil Gaiman, Coraline, New York City, Orchestration, Disney, and David Greenspan

...of Disillusionment Banged Out Quietly on the Bouzouki Hiroyuki Ito for The New York Times From left, John Woo, Sam Davol and Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields at Town Hall. Verbally meticulous, restrained and constitutionally...

In this article: Magnetic field, Claudia Gonson, John Woo, Distortion, Gothic Archies, Yeah!, and Beach Boys

"I have a strange relationship to variety," the singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt said recently, as he sat at a West Village cafe meticulously tearing a croissant into little bits. He was discussing his wardrobe absolutely all of his...

In this article: Rufus Wainwright, Magnetic field, Distortion, Stephen Sondheim, and Psychocandy

...website. Stephin Merritt's 'Coraline' Musical Debuts Off-Broadway Best known for his work as the wry frontman for the Magnetic Fields, Stephin Merritt's music and lyrics for the off-Broadway version of Neil Gaiman's "Coraline"...

In this article: Coraline, David Greenspan, Magnetic field, Asher Roth, Gothic Archies, Spencer Pratt, MCC Theater, and A Series of Unfortunate Events