Helsinki, Finland (October 29, 2015) Mew have always sold out their shows in Finland and last week’s gig was no exception. This time it took weeks to sell all 1.500 tickets though. They had sold twice as many tickets in a matter of minutes when And the Glass Handed Kites was hot and new. This […]

Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA, USA (October 11, 2015) I first heard of Mew almost 6 years ago when a friend posted the Repeaterbeater video on Facebook. The name of the song caught my eye and I was slightly horrified, hoping it wasn’t something violent! (Kind of funny, now) As an organist, I thought Repeaterbeater

Webster Hall, New York, NY, USA (October 10, 2015) The old saying goes, good things come to those who wait, and fans (or Frengers as we are called) of the Danish rock band, Mew, have been waiting since 2009 to hear something new. As if having spent the last six years in a time capsule

9:30, Washington, D.C., USA (October 9, 2015) The first time I saw Mew live was in 2009 on the eve of the release of No More Stories… I was just a teenager then; I had spent that summer listening to them endlessly because they were one of the few consistencies in my life at the

Lee’s Palace, Toronto, ON, Canada (October 6, 2015) I’m not your average “fan”, being a musician and working at a high level specifying and selling audio equipment for touring and live venues for the past 17 years throughout all of North America. So forgive me if I focus a little on the production value of

Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis, MN, USA (October 5, 2015) Mew last played Minneapolis in 2006, a short while after I had discovered them. Nine years later, nearly to the day, they came back to Minneapolis, and I would see them live for the first time. Triple Rock is a small club with a capacity

The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT, USA (October 2, 2015) Note: This review is written by a mother and son pair, from two unique perspectives. Gwensarah, mother The 2006 North American tour was an epic adventure that I’ll never forget, my first Mew show then getting the chance to take my son Rymer to his

Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR, USA (September 28, 2015) Neumos, Seattle, WA, USA (September 30, 2015) When you’ve waited six years to see Mew return to your hometown, it feels almost silly to try to attribute mere words to the flood of feelings washing over you. I’m quite sure many North American fans relate strongly to

San Francisco, California (September 26, 2015) This was my first time in San Francisco and I really fell in love the city; it is very clean, the weather is nice, the people is polite, there’s a lot of pet-friendly places to go, and of course, there’s a historic music venue and also well-known for its

Hollywood, California (September 25, 2015) Los Angeles’ usual heavy traffic and never-ending annoyance of car horns filled the scene in front of the Fonda Theater in Hollywood, California. The Fonda Theater, located on Hollywood Boulevard, was a nice cozy venue for what was to be an incredible performance. As I waited in line, I was