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This series has taken too long… we’ve been busy. Here are Jonas Bjerre’s favourite movies in horror and thriller genres. “Heeere’s Johnny!” The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980) Based on Stephen King’s novel, The Shining contains some of the best shots ever created to a horror film. What else can you expect from a perfectionist like […]

Mew will play at Sweden’s Siesta Festival this May (in Hässleholm), but also in the city of Borlänge a month later. Peace & Love Festival is one of the fastest growing festivals in Sweden and this year it will be held on June 28th – July 3rd. We don’t know the exact date for Mew

According to an interview with Bo Madsen (from Finnish music magazine Rumba), Mew will play two festival shows in America this spring/summer. First up is Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (April 16th-18th) in Indio, California. Second one is Bonnaroo (June 10th-13th) in Manchester, Tennessee. As these are unconfirmed at this point, we will not

Mew have released new interesting items for sale. Among them, their very own 4GB-capacity USB Memory Stick (priced 30 euros!!!) plus something for the cold winter nights. The new headgears like this (for 13€ each) should keep you warm and, according to Mewsite, they will release a special Mew-related snow globe very soon, too. With

Here are Jonas Bjerre’s favourite movies from science fiction-, adventure- and fantasy genres. “Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?” 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) The dawn of man, a mysterious monolith buried on the moon, a quest to solve the mystery, a self-thinking computer going berserk… Stanley Kubrick’s unique masterpiece is as

Oh, we promised to return to this series with scifi, fantasy and adventure, but since it’s Christmas… Jonas Bjerre’s favourite Christmas movie of all time is no surprise… “Can I say The Snow Man? Even if it’s not a whole film? Otherwise… It’s a Wonderful Life“. “Look, daddy. Teacher says, every time a bell rings

Mew are on a well-deserved tour break once again. The shows in North America ended last Monday in Los Angeles (setlist below) and during this tour – surprisingly – almost every show had Louise Louisa as the last track played when Comforting Sounds has been completely absent. Mew are also playing summer festivals in 2010.

Metro (Chicago, Illinois, December 7th) On Mew’s latest visit to the States, they made a return to the Windy City. One would think that Mew have grown quite familiar with the frengers of Chicago: this being their fourth show in the city since the No More Stories -era began. These dates consists of two support

Two shows in Finland have just been announced. House of Culture and Pakkahuone fit under 3000 attendees together, so the shows are going to be much more intimate than the Old Ice Hall (that fit 4500 alone). Mew have played gigs in both venues before. They performed two shows at Helsinki’s House of Culture in

Jonas Bjerre’s favourite comedies are as follows: “Well, it’s one louder, isn’t it? It’s not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You’re on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you’re on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there?”