Author name: Tero Heikkinen

The 1977 science fiction masterpiece Close Encounters of the Third Kind has quite obviously inspired the new music videos, at least partially, no-one can deny that. Written and directed by Steven Spielberg, the classic film tells a story of a cable guy (Richard Dreyfuss) who is one of several people experiencing a close encounter. Soon […]

The wait is finally over. The music video for Beach has premiered and you may watch it from this link. It took a while, but some may remember that The Zookeeper’s Boy was also a rather late release (some six months after the album And the Glass Handed Kites was out) whereas music videos for

Some sad news for those who bought tickets to Coachella Festival just to see Mew. The band’s management just announced that the show has been cancelled due to health reasons. “Mew are sorry to announce that as a result of unforeseen health issues in the Mew family, we will need to cancel our scheduled performance

Mew have been announced to this summer’s Provinssirock in Finland (June 18th-June 20th). Located in the city of Seinäjoki, Provinssirock is one of Finland’s oldest and largest annual rock festivals and this is Mew’s second time visiting these festivities. One could say that Mew’s success in Finland really started here with their stunning 2005 performance,

Danish frengers may consider them quite lucky this summer. Mew have just announced their fifth festival show in Denmark (others being the ones in Jelling, Skive, Nibe and Skanderborg) and that will take place in the city of Aarhus on June 19th. Northside Festival’s lineup consists of some of the biggest Danish acts (including Nephew,

If memory serves, this is Mew’s first ever show in Poland. OFF Festival 2010 will take place in the city of Katowice in Dolina Trzech Stawów (Three Lake Valley). The festival is held on August 5th through August 8th, but we have no exact date for Mew yet. Still, it will be on one of

Let’s take a look at some recent Mew cover versions from YouTube. This is our third part of the series, check out Part I and Part II as well. 156 (piano/vocals), Bamse (piano), Behind the Drapes (drums), Circuitry of the Wolf (guitar), Comforting Sounds (acoustic guitar/vocals), In Time Do You Forget (Daydream) (acoustic guitar/vocals), Introducing

Ok, let’s wrap this up (this has taken us months to complete)… Jonas Bjerre’s favourite movie he saw in 2009 was the Swedish vampire masterpiece Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In, 2008) which will get its unfortunate “remaking” in the US very soon. He also listed two of his favourite Danish

As many had expected, Nibe and Skanderborg are now added for next summer. Nibe Festival will be held on June 30th through July 3rd and Mew will take the stage on July 2nd. Skanderborg Festival will be held on August 4th-8th and Mew will play on the last day. It is now pretty much a

We’re a little late with these Japanese setlists (February 20th-23rd), but here they are: As was mentioned before, Jonas Bjerre finished the visuals for Tricks of the Trade on their way to Japan. Images created by the Bacon team (above right), they look amazing and very weird. Very suitable for Mew who are now on