Momus

’80s/’90s UK indie label Creation Records was a powerhouse of Britpop, shoegaze, indie rave and more. We picked the label’s 21 best records.

This week: reviews of albums by Kirin J Callinan, Jane Weaver, The Band of Holy Joy, Austrian shoegaze duo MOLLY, vintage No Wave act Band Apart, and Virginia Wing.

This week in the Basement: a new box set of Scottish independent music of the ’70s/’80s, new band Beauty Parlor featuring members of Fungi Girls, a new video from fictitious cult artist Mick Trouble, a tribute to late music writer David Cavanagh, and more.

GG Allin & Tesco Vee “Throbblehead” dolls (on sale now at Aggronautix) tonight in NYC * Momus @ Highline Ballroom * Estelle, DJ Cassidy @ MoMA * Here We Go Magic @ Union Pool * The Roots @ Highline Ballroom * Jenny Scheinman & Robbie Fulkes @ Barbes * Keane & the Helio Sequence @ Wellmont Theater * A Camp, Gentleman Reg @ Bowery Ballroom * Nate Wooley, Dennis D Anderton @ The Stone * Hull, Witches Tit, Flaming Tusk @ The Charleston * Opeth, Enslaved @ Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom * JEFF the Brotherhood & Turbo Fruits @ Death By Audio * Sessions at Santa’s w/ Light Asylum, Tim Dewit, Ryan Sawyer @ Santos * Wolves in the Throne Room, A Storm of Light, Krallice @ The Studio at Webster Hall * The Dig, Those Dancing Days, Five O’Clock Heroes, Jaguar Club @ Mercury Lounge * Unwigged & Unplugged (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer) @ Beacon Theatre (Spinal Tap) A belated shout for…

tonight in NYC * DANCE * Toadies @ The STone Pony * Momus & others @ Starr Space * Enslaved @ Gramercy Theater * Crackleknob @ Issue Project Room * The Bangles @ B…

DOWNLOAD: Momus – Spooky Kabuki PREMIX (MP3) “Between 1996 and 2003, Momus — the playful, articulate, intimate Scottish songwriter who’s unpacked and repacked a gamut of styles from jangly indie thru folktronica and chamber pop to breakcore — toured the States pretty much every year…