Author name: Tero Heikkinen

Last year, the former bass player of Mew, Johan Wohlert told us that he has no idea how the new album of Mew will be written without his effort. Jonas Bjerre talked to Gaffa-magazine and this is something he had to say about it: “It has meant very much for our internal psychology. You’re used […]

Just a quick update this time around. Jonas Bjerre told us that Spin.com got one of the song titles wrong and wanted to correct it. The song is not called Cartoons and Papier Mâché as previously stated. The correct title is Cartoons and Macramé Wounds. We will be back with the rest of the titles

Mew’s official website Mewsite has reopened. Obviously, the site is still under construction, but you must take a look at the new episode of their video diary (part eight) with stunning glimpses from the upcoming backdrops. Naturally, we are happy to see MewX.info listed as one of their few official links on the front page.

Mew will play at the Japanese Summer Sonic Festival once again the following August (7.-9.) – and the festival is held in both Tokyo and Osaka in a way that the majority of bands play in both cities consecutive days (2-day festival). Now the festival is celebrating its 10th year and has expanded into three

People of Finland just heard some great news when Ruisrock announced their first slate of bands. On a list of (perhaps too) many metal acts, also Mew were announced. It’s been three years since Mew have played Finland and that show was Ruisrock 2006 (previously Mew have played this very same festival in 2003). The

Becky Jarrett was only 11 when she met Jonas Bjerre online and eventually they got to record Symmetry – a duet that was originally released in 2000 (Half the World Is Watching Me) and again three years later (Frengers) to a wider audience. Becky shares some of her thoughts to MewX.info, “I met Jonas on

Mew have been booked to Beatday Festival held in Copenhagen on August 14th-15th 2009. Beatday is a relatively small festival with less than 10 000 attendees and it was first established in 2007 when Mew were headlining the festival. There are two big stages at this Danish festival and at least 16 bands will be

Jonas Bjerre revealed to Spin.com some information regarding the upcoming Mew-album, produced by the man behind Frengers, Rich Costey. The as yet untitled album is finished and is due to be released this June. The album will be quite different from their critically acclaimed And the Glass Handed Kites released almost four years ago. The

Last year Jonas Bjerre (Mew), Guy Berryman (Coldplay), Magne Furuholmen (A-Ha) and producer Martin Terefe formed a band Apparatjik together and made a song called Ferreting. Apparently the story didn’t end there. We know next to nothing about this project right now, but take a look at their website and click on the “enjoy”-link. Jonas

Jonas Bjerre has created a website that you might be interested in. He has collected some of his animations, paintings, music and poems at jonasbjerre.com – you should really visit!