The short tour of only eight gigs – now called Slick Monsters Tour 2010 – kicked off yesterday from Trondheim, Norway and today is Oslo’s turn. Finland next and then Japan. Make sure that you buy the new tour shirt that contains the dates for these three countries. Yesterday’s 90-minute show was played without Comforting…

Mew have been announced to this summer’s Bukta Festival in Tromsø (July 15th-July17th). They have played these festivities before in 2006 and have been in great demand by the public ever since. A rising new festival called Slottsfjell (in Tønsberg) will announce more bands today and Mew will be among the new names. This festival…

Apparatjik, WMF Club Berlin (Berlin, Germany, February 1st 2010) With all the mysterious hints of what the show would be like, I still didn’t really have a clue of what the show would be alike. Bauhaus, cubism, music and visuals combined with technique and science. Some said the guys would be performing inside a cube…

Apparatjik have released their debut album We Are Here and it’s available for purchase here. Once you have ordered the CD/DVD, you immediately get access to the songs. Here’s the video for Antlers. 01. Deadbeat (2:52) 02. Datascroller (2:57) 03. Snow Crystals (4:32) 04. Supersonic Sound (3:32) 05. Arrow and Bow (4:19) 06. In a…

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…