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We will not be posting every promotional poster from upcoming live shows. This is just the first one (of 2009) we’ve seen, so there you have it… The one above is promoting the Taiwanese show (August 5th) and supposedly most posters in the future would use this very same image.

It is now possible to listen to the first episode of MewCast, a podcast series created by a bunch of dedicated fans. The first episode (titled ‘Introducing MewCast Players’) is hosted by Sidse Gry Jeppesen, Ally Winford and (guest host) Matthew Evis – full credits below. Due to the length of the podcast, we couldn’t

As we know, Mew have had a few duets in the past – with Becky Jarrett on Symmetry, Stina Nordenstam on Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years and (Dinosaur Jr’s) J Mascis on Why Are You Looking Grave and An Envoy to the Open Fields. The upcoming album will have a duet with a relatively

According to this link, Mew will play a show at ICA in London on July 16th. This is the first solo gig for Mew this year and tickets go on sale later this week (June 12th). You may have heard this already, but we will be hosting the new exciting series of Mew-podcasts here at

1. Introducing Palace Players (4:46) 2. Repeater Beater (2:31) 3. Owl (B-side) (1:18) 4. Start (B-side) (2:00) 5. Swimmer’s Chant (B-side) (3:25) Total length is only about 14 minutes and the EP will be released on June 29th. Amazon has 30-second audio clips from the songs.

Introducing Palace Players has been chosen as contender for this week’s Soundvenue High 5 and you should vote for it. Mew are up against Dúné, Wilco (feat. Feist), Wave Machines and Regina Spektor. You must register before voting, but they only ask for your name and email address, so it will only take a few

It’s an invasion! Run for your lives! No, seriously. Mew have created a new MySpace-page which looks pretty wonderful with lots of features. Now they are also at Twitter which was expected sooner or later. It’s only a matter of time when Mewsite has a new look.

Pitchfork has it already!!! Just about 12 hours before it was supposed to be aired for the first time, the Americans posted the link. Listen to the song that quite obviously evolved from the intro they used to play a few times two years ago. Still, you should listen to the show tomorrow morning, it

Mew have announced on their MySpace blog that they will play in Taiwan on August 5th, two days before the first scheduled Japanese show. This is their first time in Taiwan and the gig is held in its largest city Taipei. The area has a humid subtropical climate and is known for strong hurricanes (the

This is the week when we get to hear the first single of Mew. As we’ve told before, Introducing Palace Players will get its world premiere on Finnish radio channel YleX next friday (May 29th). Make sure you access the radio channel’s live internet radio at 09:10am local time (08:10 Central European Time). You should