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 […]

Manchester, UK (May 19, 2015) I was told a great anecdote by some fellow Mew fans last night. About a decade ago or so Mew played a concert in a smaller northern UK venue. They must have felt like the tour had become a bit repetitive at that point, because they opted to shake things

Glasgow, UK (May 17, 2015) It was Bonfire Night 2009 the last time Mew came to Scotland. I distinctly remember moaning about how the last thing I needed on a Thursday night was to be rushing down Sauchiehall Street at midnight, trying to avoid neds chucking fireworks at each other. That show was great, filled

From the very first moment I heard My Complications live at Vanguard Festival in the summer of 2014, I knew it’d be one of my favourite songs off the new album. Granted, the dynamic-less Russell Lissack riff felt (and still feels!) a bit forced, but I have no problem coping with it. The pace of

Glasgow was Mew’s first indoor solo (non-festival) show since the release of “+ -” and here they revealed what the new setlist could be like for the rest of the tour. Witness Satellites Special The Zookeeper’s Boy Silas the Magic Car My Complications The Night Believer Beach Eight Flew Over, One Was Destroyed Apocalypso Saviours

EDIT: The sign up for this project is now closed! Hey, frengers, all around the world. Here’s an interesting project for all of us. YOU have been invited to participate in a creative, wild and challenging new project together with Mew. The band has always appreciated their fanbase and this time they want to give

Waiting for a new Mew album is like waiting for a bus: One will come along eventually. Today, two thousand and seventy-nine days on from No More Stories…, the Mew bus has finally pulled up at the bus stop of Frengerdom; as always, it’s unavoidably boardable. In their review of the three-piece Mew’s first and

“…The simple lyrics fit nicely atop the absolutely enormous soundscape presented by Rows. No doubt this song is in league with Comforting Sounds and Cartoons and Macramé Wounds as the most colossal-sounding Mew tracks to date. If any song could oust Comforting Sounds as a closing sound for a live concert, this is it. Even if

Jakarta, Indonesia (March 31st, 2015) “Jakarta, Indonesia, you have been amazing! Thank you so much. Glad to see you, we will miss you!”, shouted Johan Wohlert right before their first solo concert in Jakarta ended. Yes, Tuesday, March 31st of 2015, was a staggeringly beautiful moment for Mew and Indonesian Frengers who filled the venue

Singapore (March 30th, 2015) After sixteen months, Mew finally came back to South East Asia. Their tour schedule was quite hectic after they had shows in America (SXSW) and Taiwan (T-Fest), however this time they held two solo concerts in a row – in Singapore and Jakarta. I met Mew at Changi Airport. It was