Author Archives: Matt Mead

About Matt Mead

Freelance writer who likes anything with heart and soul
NEWS: Bob Dylan and The Band: 'The 1974 Live Recordings'

NEWS: Bob Dylan and The Band: ‘The 1974 Live Recordings’

Bob Dylan – The 1974 Live Recordings, New 431-Track Collection Of The Artist’s Arena Performances With The Band, To Be Released Across 27 Discs On Columbia Records / Legacy Recordings, September 20 Deluxe Box Set Features 417 Previously Unreleased Performances, Newly-Mixed…

NEWS: The Mad Walls: Have You Heard the News?

NEWS: The Mad Walls: Have You Heard the News?

Eight years since the breath taking Somewhere Anywhere EP, The Mad Walls return to set a light to the psych rock bonfire with this gorgeous, floatily heavy, effortlessly groovy and sublimely sinuous debut LP. Driven by bone shaking acoustic guitar,…

REVIEW: Normski: Man With The Golden Shutter book

REVIEW: Normski: Man With The Golden Shutter book

From the first pages of Normski; Man With The Golden Shutter you can tell the once sanguine presenter from mid-90’s dance TV shows isn’t messing about when it comes to his sensational photography work. 272 pages of prime hip hop…

REVIEW: Download Festival 2024

REVIEW: Download Festival 2024

Willy Wonka missed a trick. His river of chocolate was not the perfect recipe for making a luxurious smooth brown paste. Throw in a couple days of hard rain to fresh green acres of fields in the middle of Leicestershire,…

NEWS: Decca presents 'The R&B Scene' vinyl and CD reissue

NEWS: Decca presents ‘The R&B Scene’ vinyl and CD reissue

Following the success of The Northern Soul Scene collection Decca Presents: The R&B Scene Out 9 August 2024 Buy link: decca.lnk.to/TheRBScene     The R&B Scene brings together 24 remarkable tracks, virtually all of them much sought after on original Decca/Deram 7” single. This…

NEWS: Eddie Piller presents... The Mod Top 100

NEWS: Eddie Piller presents… The Mod Top 100

Eddie Piller presents…. The Mod Top 100   A 4CD collection spanning the cream of the ‘60s Mod scene, inspired by the hugely influential list first published by ‘Ace Face’ Randy Cozens, with new sleevenotes, and previously unseen photos from Cozens’…

REVIEW: Pet Shop Boys Birmingham 8.6.24

REVIEW: Pet Shop Boys Birmingham 8.6.24

Hanging around lamp posts late at night has often been an occupation met with risk, ambiguity and certain sense of not knowing what’s going to happen next. Bring synth pop legends Pet Shop Boys into this aquation and you’ll probably…