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Upcoming shows: Daudi Matsiko... Jolie Holland... Christof van der Ven + Niamh Regan... Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom... Giant Sand... Melanie Baker... Sophie Hutchings... Jerron Paxton... Ghostly Kisses... Sounds From The Other City 2024... Francis of Delirium... The Buffalo Skinners... The Handsome Family... Memorial... His Lordship... Florry... Bad Bad Hats... Dana Gavanski... Caoilfhionn Rose... The Lovely Eggs... Rain Parade... Charlie Parr... Ryley Walker... Erland Cooper...

When: 7.30pm on Sunday 27 March 2016
Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW

We’re delighted to be promoting Momus’ second ever Manchester show – and first visit in four years!

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Nicholas Currie (born 11 February 1960), more popularly known under the artist name Momus (after the Greek god of mockery), is a songwriter, blogger and former journalist for Wired. Many of his songs are literary and could be classified as postmodern.

For nearly thirty years he has been releasing, to marginal commercial and critical success, albums on labels in the United Kingdom, the United States and Japan. In his lyrics and his other writing he makes seemingly random use of decontextualised pieces of continental (mostly French) philosophy, and has built up a personal world he says is ‘dominated by values like diversity, orientalism, and a respect for otherness’. He is fascinated by identity, Japan, Rome, the avant-garde, time travel and sex.

During the rainy season in Osaka, Momus began recording his 2015 LP, Glyptothek. This time the procedure was to start with samples from his extensive collection of Japanese folk 45s, making new songs with old sounds. You can see the results in this YouTube playlist.

‘Momus is the perfect rock star for the 21st century’ – Pitchfork

‘The David Bowie of the art-pop underground’ – The Guardian

‘One of the most provocative, intelligent songwriters around; someone who’ll tackle sexuality, (im)morality, and the sins of the world with almost embarrassing sincerity’ – NME

Buy tickets now. Tickets are available from Common (no booking fee), Piccadilly Records, Vinyl Exchange, Billetto.co.ukWeGotTickets.comTicketline.co.uk and on 0871 220 0260.

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