Momus playing 3-hour retrospective in NYC +++ free MP3's

Momuthon:

Coming to New York for art stuff, Momus usually tacks on a New York music show almost as an afterthought. This year, however, something bigger is happening. His new show, a three-hour Momuthons -- will be unmissable for Momus aficionados as well as younger kids who've only just discovered his work on YouTube.

Set 1: Songs from the 1980s, from previously-unheard juvenilia (songs influenced by Eno, Magazine, Talking Heads) to live versions of Momus' albums on cult UK labels like 4AD, él and Creation.

Set 2: Songs from the 1990s -- when Momus was living in London and Paris -- as well as the Top 10 chart material he was writing for Japanese Shibuya-kei singers like Kahimi Karie, Emi Necozawa and Poison Girlfriend.

Set 3: Songs from the 2000s, when Momus helped invent the Folktronica genre and gave his music a more experimental sound, thanks to collaborations in Berlin with artists like Anne Laplantine and Germlin.

The Momuthon -- performed by one singing, talking man, a couple of special guests, an iPod and a guitar -- will be a career summary, a guided tour (with anecdotes) of a fascinatingly oblique worldview, a history of thirty years of independent music, a virtual trip from Scotland to Berlin via London, New York, Paris and Tokyo, and -- if you're into Momus and his music -- a damn good night out.