March 7, 2012 | 12:03 PM | By The Key
Tonight: XPN Welcomes The Magnetic Fields at Union Transfer
FILED UNDER: Concert Previews, Events, The Magnetic Fields, XPN Welcomes
The Magnetic Fields are currently touring in support of the band’s new album, Love At The Bottom Of The Sea, released earlier this week on Merge Records. You can watch the (kind of NSFW) video for the single “Andrew In Drag” below.
WXPN Welcomes The Magnetic Fields and Bachelorette at 8:30 p.m. at Union Transfer; tickets to the all-ages show are SOLD OUT.
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