Brooklyn Vegan — After being handpicked to open for the Deftones earlier this year, Brooklyn's Spotlights are playing another well-matched bill with Shiner offshoot The Life and Times this weekend. They also covered Mew... Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — After a long break, Danish proggers Mew returned this year with the new album +-. They’ve already made two videos for “The Night Believer,” as well as clips for “Satellites,” “Water Slides,” and “Witness,” and now they’ve got one ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield Mew / The Dodos Danish dream proggers Mew returned this year with +/-, their first new album in six years, and they brought their tour in support of it to NYC over the weekend. First they... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Yo La Tengo @ The Bell House (more by PSquared) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Yo La Tengo, Nick Lowe @ Kings Theatre This is a... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Morning Edition interviewed Patti Smith about her new memoir M Train. The New York Times also profiled Smith. Vulture recapped her recent Mew Yorker Festival appearance. Current odds for the Nobel Prize in Literature. PopMatters interviewed Josh Epst... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Mew at BV-SXSW 2015 (more by Tim Griffin) Mew are on a North American tour with The Dodos as we speak, and that brings them to NYC on October 10 at Webster Hall (tickets). That will actually be their... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Mew's North American tour with The Dodos starts this week on the West Coast, making its way east and will hit NYC on October 10 at Webster Hall. Tickets for the NYC show are still available. Updated... more info

Stereogum — We named Mew’s lush 2015 release, +-, Album Of The Week back in April, and it ended up landing a spot on our 50 Best Albums Of 2015 So Far list. Around the time of the record’s release, Mew invited fans via Facebook to come to the Republique Thea... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Bo Madsen with Mew at BV-SXSW 2015 (more by Tim Griffin) Earlier this year, Mew released +/-, their first album since 2009 and one that has their prog/dream pop blend in excellent form. Not long after that great news... more info

Stereogum — Mew and guitarist Bo Madsen announced today that they will “part ways for the time being” after 20 years playing together. The Danish band released their latest full-length, +-, this past April, which we named Album Of The Week and later listed a... more info