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The MewX Podcast

The MewX Podcast

By MewX

This is THE Mew podcast, 100% for fans by fans. In each episode we aim to reminisce and talk nostalgia, as well as analyze and discuss everything about each song in the Mew back catalog.
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#023 Snow Brigade

The MewX PodcastJun 24, 2019

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#062 Special
Feb 27, 202301:23:56
Alex Maiolo (Themes For Great Cities)

Alex Maiolo (Themes For Great Cities)

Welcome to The MewX Podcast!

This week we're joined by the brain behind the Themes For Great Cities project, Alex Maiolo. Alex, Jonas Bjerre, Jonas Kaarnamets, Erki Pärnoja and the city of Tallinn, released an album earlier this month, of music made largely on modular synths, performed live at Tallinn Music Week. It's an inspirational talk about how the four guys and one city came together, creating music and a great friendship. We also hear about how they made the album, Alex's musical inspirations, his relationship with Mew, modern ways of creating and consuming music versus old, and much more.

The album is available on limited edition red vinyl, pressed at Citizen Vinyl in Asheville, NC, and digital download on
moroderikmusik.bandcamp.com.

Credits:
Host: Thomas Dyregaard. Co-hosts: Ann Lancaster, Oddvar Røste and Keir Martin. Guest: Alex Maiolo.

Themes For Great Cities: Tallinn
Alex Maiolo
Alexmaiolo.com
Alex on Instagram
Triple X Snaxxx on Instagram
Lacy Jags on Instagram

Jonas Bjerre
Jonasbjerre.com
Mewsite.com
Jonas on Instagram
Mew on Instagram
Mew on YouTube

Jonas Kaarnamets
Frankieanimal.com
Jonas on Instagram
Jonas on YouTube
Frankie Animal on YouTube

Erki Pärnoja
Ewertandthetwodragons.com
Erki on Instagram
Ewert and The Two Dragons on YouTube

Moroderik Musik
Moroderik.com
Moroderik Musik on YouTube

Other links:
Themes For Great Cities: Tallinn, Live at Tallinn Music Week, 2001
Ewert and The Two Dragons - (In The End) There's Only Love, Official Music Video
Estonian Voices & DJ Sander Mölder with guitarist Jonas Kaarnamets and String Quartet FourFest
Suburban Summit
Simple Minds - Theme For Great Cities, Audio
Themes For Great Cities: Five Things I Wish I Had Known, with Alex Maiolo and Jonas Bjerre

E-mail the show: podcast@mewx.info

Feb 20, 202302:03:21
#061 Nick Watts & Mads Wegner
Feb 13, 202301:30:07
#060 Shoulders/Zanzibar
Feb 06, 202349:47
#059 Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years
Jan 30, 202351:02
#058 Cartoons and Macramé Wounds
Jan 23, 202301:25:51
#057 Count to Ten
Jan 16, 202352:52
#056 White Lips Kissed/白い唇のいざない
Dec 24, 202201:08:40
#055 Saliva
Dec 19, 202248:14
#054 Beautiful Balloon
Dec 12, 202246:51
#053 Why Are You Looking Grave?
Dec 05, 202201:09:35
#052 Nothingness and No Regrets
Nov 28, 202248:48
#051 Symmetry (Feat. Becky Wilson)
Nov 21, 202201:19:48
#050 B-Side Bonanza

#050 B-Side Bonanza

Welcome to The MewX Podcast!

Season 5 of The MewX Podcast starts off with not a normal B-side episode, but a B-side Bonanza! We discuss some of Mew's dearest and rarest non-album tracks in this special episode.

Credits:
Host: Thomas Dyregaard Co-hosts: Ann Lancaster, Oddvar Røste and Keir Martin.

Where Have All The Geysers Gone?, B-side for I Should Have Been A Tsin-Tsi (For You)
Like Chaser, B-side for Special 7"
City Voices, B-side for Comforting Sounds
Bones (Song For Albert), B-side for I Should Have Been A Tsin-Tsi (For You)
Drown, B-side for Apocalypso7"
Watch This Space, B-side for Mica and She Came Home for Christmas
Killer, B-side for Special 7"
Safe As Houses, B-side for The Zookeeper's Boy and The Zookeeper's Boy 10"
Misplaced, B-side for Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years
Quietly, B-side for King Christian
Succubus, B-side for Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years

Lyrics:
Where Have All The Geysers Gone?, lyrics
Like Chaser, lyrics
City Voices, lyrics
Bones (Song For Albert), lyrics
Drown, lyrics
Watch This Space, lyrics
Killer, lyrics
Safe As Houses, lyrics
Misplaced, lyrics
Succubus, lyrics

Other versions:
City Voices, Live at Barbican Hall, London, 2018
Quietly, Demo version
Quietly, Cover by Annie Holiday
Succubus, Live at Det Elektriske Barometer, 2001

Other links:
Hawaii Dream, Cover by Dereck Higgins, YouTube
Dereck Higgins' YouTube Channel
Dereck Higgins talks to Jonas Bjerre, YouTube
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again, Official Video

Follow us:
www.mewx.info
Instagram: mewxinfo
Twitter: @mewxinfo
Facebook: mewxinfo

Nov 14, 202201:15:33
Tachys (Feat. Jonas Bjerre & Tobias Wilner)
May 20, 202255:46
#049 Johan Wohlert
Oct 18, 202101:54:38
#048 Swimmer's Chant
Oct 11, 202156:48
#047 Wheels Over Me
Oct 04, 202101:07:36
#046 Interview the Girls
Sep 27, 202101:16:12
#045 Clinging to a Bad Dream
Sep 20, 202101:17:11
Live Shows Recap
Sep 13, 202101:22:24
#044 The Night Believer
Sep 06, 202101:27:10
#043 Learn Our Crystals
Aug 30, 202159:55
#042 Hawaii
Aug 23, 202101:12:01
#041 Coffee Break
Aug 16, 202101:00:54
#040 85 Videos
Aug 09, 202101:24:17
#039 Beach
Aug 02, 202101:14:59
#038 Mica
Jul 26, 202152:06
#037 The Zookeeper's Boy / Animals of Many Kinds
Jul 19, 202101:25:17
The MewX Files
Jul 05, 202101:17:08
#036 And the Glass Handed Kites (15 Year Anniversary Special)

#036 And the Glass Handed Kites (15 Year Anniversary Special)

Sep 19, 202002:04:06
#035 Satellites
Sep 14, 202001:38:19
#034 Repeaterbeater

#034 Repeaterbeater

Welcome to The MewX Podcast!

We take a deep dive into the radio-friendly, yet mysterious, song from "No More Stories..."; Repeaterbeater. What's going on in the song, and in the music video?

It repeats itself.

Credits:
Host: Thomas Dyregaard Co-hosts: Ann Lancaster, Oddvar Røste and Heather Tinneny.

Repeaterbeater, Album version
Repeaterbeater, Official Video, long version
Repeaterbeater, Official Video, short version

Live versions mentioned:
Repeaterbeater, Live in Bristol, 2009

Lyrics:
Repeaterbeater lyrics

Recommendations:
'It is happening again' - Twin Peaks
This Town Needs Guns - Cat Fantastic, Album version
Linkin Park - What I've Done, Official Video
Groundhog Day, IMDb

Other links:
Behind the Scenes of the Repeaterbeater Music Video
Mew talking about the No More Stories album
Forget Your Name - Nimja Hypnosis
Hypnosis, Mayo Clinic
'Omelette du Fromage', Dexter's Laboratory
Meshuggah - Clockwork, Official Video

Heather's breakdown of Repeaterbeater:
Starts in
3/4 x 4
4/4 x 4

First verse
6/4
7/4 x 2
3/4
7/4

6/4
7/4
3/4
6/4
4/4 x 2

60 beats throughout verse altogether

Chorus
6/4
6/4
4/4
6/4
Repeat

Chorus outro (Show me something good)
4/4 x 3
6/4
5/4
4/4
6/4

Second verse
5/4
8/4
7/4
6/4
4/4

6/4
3 /4
4/4
7/4
5/4 x 2

60 beats throughout verse altogether

Follow us:
www.mewx.info
Instagram: mewxinfo
Twitter: @mewxinfo
Facebook: mewxinfo

Thomas:
Instagram: detkanin

Ann:
Instagram: ovaltine8

Oddvar:
Instagram: oddvarroste

Heather:
Instagram: misslethalminx
Twitter: @xlethalxminx

E-mail the show: podcast@mewx.info

Sep 07, 202001:21:05
#033 Cross the River on Your Own
Aug 31, 202001:09:57
#032 In A Better Place
Aug 24, 202001:16:57
#031 Behind the Drapes
Aug 17, 202040:05
#030 Panda
Aug 10, 202048:45
#029 Sometimes Life Isn't Easy
Aug 03, 202001:07:58
#028 Say You're Sorry
Jul 27, 202055:55
#027 A Dark Design / Saviours of Jazz Ballet (Fear Me, December)
Jul 20, 202001:09:52
#026 She Spider
Apr 13, 202001:39:48
#025 No More Stories... (10 Year Anniversary Special)

#025 No More Stories... (10 Year Anniversary Special)

Welcome to The MewX Podcast!

On the day of the release of this episode, the fantastic Mew album, "No More Stories...", turns 10. We celebrate this by discussing our relationship with the album, hear from other frengers, talk favorite songs, and much, much more.

Credits:
Host: Thomas Dyregaard Co-hosts: Ann Lancaster, Oddvar Røste and Heather Tinneny.

No More Stories... for sale at the Mew Store

Live clips mentioned:
Mew Live at The Interface Part 1
Mew Live at The Interface Part 2
Mew Live at The Interface Part 3
Mew Live at The Interface Part 4
Mew Live at Institute of Contemporary Arts, London Part 1
Mew Live at Institute of Contemporary Arts, London Part 2
Mew Live at Institute of Contemporary Arts, London Part 3
Mew Live at Institute of Contemporary Arts, London Part 4

Music videos:
Introducing Palace Players
Beach
Repeaterbeater

Reviews mentioned:
MewX, by Stefano Perfili
BBC, by Mike Diver
Rock Freaks, by Tim Larsen
Drowned In Sound, by James Skinner
Slant Magazine, by Jesse Cataldo

Other links:
Mew's video diaries
Apparatjik live at CTM10, Berlin, 2010
Apparatjik - Ferreting
Frengers Facebook group
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... Wikipedia article
Chumbawamba - The Boy Bands Have Won... Wikipedia article
M/M Paris official website

Follow us:
www.mewx.info
Instagram: mewxinfo
Twitter: @mewxinfo
Facebook: mewxinfo

Thomas:
Instagram: detkanin

Ann:
Instagram: ovaltine8

Oddvar:
Instagram: oddvarroste

Heather:
Instagram: misslethalminx
Twitter: @LethalxMinx

E-mail the show: podcast@mewx.info

Aug 17, 201901:52:22
#024 Rows
Jul 01, 201901:15:38
#023 Snow Brigade
Jun 24, 201901:09:11
#022 That Time on the Ledge
Jun 17, 201944:58
#021 An Envoy to the Open Fields
Jun 10, 201951:15
#020 Silas the Magic Car/Reprise
Jun 03, 201901:10:11
#019 Candy Pieces All Smeared Out
May 27, 201901:15:33
#018 Eight Flew Over, One Was Destroyed
May 13, 201901:17:18