A year ago we learned that Jonas Bjerre has written a song called Spilling to a small independent movie called Lovely, Still. Helmed by a young talented director whom Jonas met accidentally a few years earlier. I (Tero from MewX.info) exchanged emails with Jonas and director Nik Fackler. “I first met Nik back in 2006.…
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Something Special + A New Contest
Did you solve the puzzle posted a while ago? In that case you already saw the teaser website for this: Poster artwork by Silas Graae. These shows will be something special. There are only seated tickets to be sold and Mew have wanted to do shows like these for a long time. Now everybody has…
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We have talked to Jonas Bjerre about his upcoming film score to a Danish flick Skyskraber (directed by Rune Schjøtt). We will return to that shortly. We also discussed about Spilling, the song that he wrote to Nik Fackler’s directorial debut Lovely, Still. That article will also be published very soon. Now, this may seem…
A Polish Mew
Tygrys (the cat) is certain that the show in Cato… ahem… Katowice, Poland was great.
Live: Truck Festival
Yes, we know. We’re sorry for being away for so long. This website is not going anywhere, it’s just been very quiet out there. Now, here’s our review of the most recent Mew-show… Truck Festival – Steventon, Oxfordshire, UK (July 24th, 2010) The UK hasn’t always been that kind to Mew. From support slots with…
Three New Japanese Dates
Mew are opening for The Flaming Lips in Japan this November. The three shows (in both Osaka and Tokyo) are going to be absolutely amazing, seeing as the Wayne Coyne’s group is one of the best live acts one could think of. You shouldn’t miss these shows… November 15th – Namba Hatch (Osaka, Japan) November…
Live: Provinssirock
Provinssirock – Seinäjoki, Finland (June 18th, 2010) In 2005, then relatively unknown Mew stole the hearts of Finnish festival audience at Provinssirock. Located in the town of Seinäjoki (some 400km north of Helsinki), this festival is one of Finland’s oldest and largest. The 32nd annual Provinssirock gathered approximately 20 000 people on its first day…
Truck Festival Update
Many of our readers reside in United Kingdom…. and many of them know that the ONLY festival show for Mew in England this summer is the small (independent) Truck Festival in Steventon, Oxfordshire. The 13th year marks the festival’s first event in its teens, so it’s very fitting that one of the main acts is…
Live: Siesta Festival / Skive Festival
Siesta Festival – Hässleholm, Sweden (May 29th, 2010) Skive Festival – Skive, Denmark (June 2nd, 2010) Mew kicked off their summer festival tour from the town of Jelling (Denmark) on May 28th and the following day they were already performing in Southern Sweden. Hässleholm is a nice little town only an hour’s drive from Malmö,…
An Interview With Jonas
Once again, we asked Jonas Bjerre some questions that fans might be interested in. If you want to read the beginning of this interview (merely about festivals), click here. How many albums, approximately, have you sold total (worldwide)? – I actually don’t know. I haven’t read any worldwide statements since Kites. I think it’s going…