When the video boasting a sentient-rocks-that-shoot-laser-beams narrative for Mew's "Introducing Palace Players" hit the web, the band helpfully added we shouldn't feel "like an idiot" for not understanding any of it. Which at worst was patronizing ("you're probably just not... CONTINUE READING NEW MEW VIDEO - "REPEATERBEATER"»
Posted on September 23, 2009 in (7 comments)
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Bad news for ticketholding NIN fans: Trent's sick, and tonight's show at Henry Fonda has been canceled. No big deal, they can always just come back and ... oh right. Sorry, Los Angeles. The good news is, overall, this NIN... CONTINUE READING NINE INCH NAILS/MEW @ HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM, LOS ANGELES 9/2/09»
Posted on September 3, 2009 in , , (5 comments)
Tags: Gary Numan | Mew | Nine Inch Nails | Queen Kong
The stuttering and dreamy No More Stories... standout "Introducing Palace Players" gets a Martin De Thura-directed video that incorporates frogs, horses, a forest, one possessed car, and lots of floating, sentient rocks (that can shoot laser beams obvs) into one... CONTINUE READING NEW MEW VIDEO - "INTRODUCING PALACE PLAYERS"»
Posted on July 29, 2009 in (7 comments)
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As we've mentioned, Mew's new album title, which we're shortening to No More Stories... to avoid obnoxiousness, is in fact a full-on (and pretty bad) poem. Wouldn't you know it, the collection's first single "Repeaterbeater" also rhymes. Wacky Danes. You've... CONTINUE READING NEW MEW - "REPEATERBEATER"»
Posted on June 25, 2009 in (9 comments)
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The album with the unbelievably poetic title (srsly) is introducing itself with, fittingly, "Introducing Palace Players." Mew aren't hiding the fact that they are Mew -- androgynously porcelain vocally, stuttered up and syncopated in the undercurrent, lilting and dreamy overtop,... CONTINUE READING NEW MEW - "INTRODUCING PALACE PLAYERS"»
Posted on May 28, 2009 in (17 comments)
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The rare instance of an LP title that requires a blockquote: No more storiesAre told todayI'm sorryThey washed awayNo more storiesThe world is greyI'm tiredLet's wash away You can go ahead and abbreviate it No More Stories... ala When The... CONTINUE READING MEW ARE BACK, GO FULL FIONA APPLE WITH THIS NEW ALBUM TITLE»
Posted on May 15, 2009 in (14 comments)
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Like most of you, I waste countless hours (okay, minutes) every day, 'junk'ing e-mails my spam filter misses. Lately, I've been getting a ton of Critical Investor Alerts, which I guess slip through with their embedded graphics. Check out how... CONTINUE READING SPAMBOTS USE MEW REFERENCES»
Posted on August 28, 2006 (20 comments)
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Yes, we've known about Mew for years too. But opening for Bloc Party has brought the dramatic Denmark rockers unprecedented stateside exposure, and we're happy to stay on the blogger bandwagon that's keeping the buzz alive. The band dropped by... CONTINUE READING ACOUSTIC MEW»
Posted on August 18, 2006 (5 comments)
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Turns out Under Byen isn’t the only Band to Watch from Denmark. Meet Mew, the latest Nordic-export-cum-blogger-fave. Driving tom-tom crescendos and dramatic, soaring vocal-and-piano lines recall Sigur Rós, but it's the prog-influenced drum-bass hookups and quick-turning passages that make Mew... CONTINUE READING MEW IN REVIEW»
Posted on August 2, 2006 in (27 comments)
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And nine other summer CDs you might be curious about. Courtesy of those wusses at AOL. Tom Petty - Highway Companion Mew - Mew and the Glass Handed Kites Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther New York Dolls -... CONTINUE READING STREAM THE NEW TOM PETTY»
Posted on July 24, 2006 (7 comments)
Tags: Mew | The Long Winters | Tom Petty