Author name: Frengers

Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA, USA (October 11, 2015) I first heard of Mew almost 6 years ago when a friend posted the Repeaterbeater video on Facebook. The name of the song caught my eye and I was slightly horrified, hoping it wasn’t something violent! (Kind of funny, now) As an organist, I thought Repeaterbeater […]

Webster Hall, New York, NY, USA (October 10, 2015) The old saying goes, good things come to those who wait, and fans (or Frengers as we are called) of the Danish rock band, Mew, have been waiting since 2009 to hear something new. As if having spent the last six years in a time capsule

9:30, Washington, D.C., USA (October 9, 2015) The first time I saw Mew live was in 2009 on the eve of the release of No More Stories… I was just a teenager then; I had spent that summer listening to them endlessly because they were one of the few consistencies in my life at the

Lee’s Palace, Toronto, ON, Canada (October 6, 2015) I’m not your average “fan”, being a musician and working at a high level specifying and selling audio equipment for touring and live venues for the past 17 years throughout all of North America. So forgive me if I focus a little on the production value of

Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis, MN, USA (October 5, 2015) Mew last played Minneapolis in 2006, a short while after I had discovered them. Nine years later, nearly to the day, they came back to Minneapolis, and I would see them live for the first time. Triple Rock is a small club with a capacity

The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT, USA (October 2, 2015) Note: This review is written by a mother and son pair, from two unique perspectives. Gwensarah, mother The 2006 North American tour was an epic adventure that I’ll never forget, my first Mew show then getting the chance to take my son Rymer to his

San Francisco, California (September 26, 2015) This was my first time in San Francisco and I really fell in love the city; it is very clean, the weather is nice, the people is polite, there’s a lot of pet-friendly places to go, and of course, there’s a historic music venue and also well-known for its

Hollywood, California (September 25, 2015) Los Angeles’ usual heavy traffic and never-ending annoyance of car horns filled the scene in front of the Fonda Theater in Hollywood, California. The Fonda Theater, located on Hollywood Boulevard, was a nice cozy venue for what was to be an incredible performance. As I waited in line, I was

Brecon Beacons, Wales (August 21, 2015) Green Man festival is located in the heart of the Brecon Beacons. It’s truly a sight to behold with beautiful hills and forests surrounding the festival grounds. It’s not the largest festival in the world, but it’s jam-packed with personality and has such an incredibly family-friendly vibe. It was

London, UK (May 20, 2015) It was just under a year since I last saw Mew perform at the Roundhouse. I truly believed that it was the best performance that I had seen from them thus far. However, I now believe that they have now topped that performance and personally, the show was a much