As imaginary keenan reported last week, there's a new Magnetic Fields album headed our way on January 26, 2010 {thanks to Nonesuch Records}. And as we speculated {and crossed all our fingers for}, the band will hit the road in support of Realism in February and March!

Get your credit card ready... tickets are on sale RIGHT NOW!

Full deets from the email sent to superfans {which I'm sure includes you and all of the cool people we love}:

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OK, so it's not in Seattle (and how I wish it were!), but because it has to do with our (my) favorite eccentric genius artist-who-only-wears-brown, Stephin Merritt, it's newsworthy to me! Our dear SM has created a new opera/musical based on Neil Gaiman's book (and now, movie) Coraline, it it premiers in New York May 7th for a limited engagement run at New York City's Lucille Lortel Theatre.

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The Magnetic Fields have posted a new song for our downloading and repetitive listening pleasure!

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I'm usually a utilitarian when it comes to my vehicles, but this commercial with Stephin Merritt singing "The wheels on the car go 'round and 'round" over footage of a sporty new Volvo commercial makes me hanker for a 'vo!

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Nothing says fun like biblical plagues! I mean, I'm sure the Pharaoh was having a blast, so why not make an entire album that sets the whole thing to music.

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