The Magnetic Fields, Stephin Merritt, Sings His Life in Chicago 20 Apr, 2017 Erica McKeehen Alternative, Concert Reviews, Folk, Indie, Pop, Rock Stephin Merritt, the primary songwriter and conceptual motive force of The Magnetic Fields, has molded a memorable musical career with his delightfully strange and achingly somber songwriting, and on April 19th and 20th, 2017, …