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Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree by The Magnetic Fields

Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree by The Magnetic Fields

Since it's Christmas Day, we wrap up the Christmas countdown - this year with the Magnetic Fields song Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree. As a band who's been in the business for more than 20 years and has only ever gotten due credit in the last five years, I feel...

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Short But Sweet

Short But Sweet

They say good things come in small packages – for others, good things come in short bursts -- like songs done in two minutes or less. I’ve always had a thing for songs that go over that the five minute mark (without you feeling that it’s going for longer than...

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Manic, Melancholic and Magnetic

Manic, Melancholic and Magnetic

If I ever had the urge to woo anyone with music, I'd probably pick up a mandolin and sing a Magnetic Fields song. It's the anti-romantic, utterly pathetic, sometimes cheesy but always funny, tug-at-your-heartstrings, endearing alternative to those run of the mill, top...

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