Author Archives: Matt Mead

About Matt Mead

Freelance writer who likes anything with heart and soul
NEWS: The Lathums - New Album/Tour/New Music!

NEWS: The Lathums – New Album/Tour/New Music!

The Lathums return with  their second album, released next February, along with a brand new single, Say My Name, and as if that wasn’t enough a UK Tour for next March. The opening track on From Nothing To A Little…

REVIEW: 90s Club Classics (140g Black Vinyl)

REVIEW: 90s Club Classics (140g Black Vinyl)

Decorating sticky nightclub dancefloors, MTV paylists and Top Of The Pops studios where innovative dance tracks that have gone to be continual reminders of the 90’s heady glowstick years. Demon Music Group have now set free a bunch of the…

REVIEW: Mike McCartney – Early Liverpool book

REVIEW: Mike McCartney – Early Liverpool book

Mike McCartney might have one of the most distinctive and well known surnames in popular music, yet his forename and photography work might not be as familiar to some as his brothers work, yet there’s little doubt many would know…

REVIEW: The Beatles – Revolver 2022 mix

REVIEW: The Beatles – Revolver 2022 mix

The Beatles Revolver. Opening with George Harrison’s Batman theme groove Taxman; middle section dives deep into the jolly psychedelic Jugnauth world of Yellow Submarine; earth shattering supersonic drum pattern finale Tomorrow Never Knows completes the long player that sounded like…

REVIEW: James Brown – Animal House autobiography

REVIEW: James Brown – Animal House autobiography

If you were an eagle-eyed reader of the weekly music papers back in the late 80’s/early 90’s such as NME the name James Brown was synonymous with some of the most captivating articles that featured artists such as The Happy…

BOOK REVIEW: Rick Buckler – The Jam 1982

BOOK REVIEW: Rick Buckler – The Jam 1982

The Jam. The energetic, powerpacked mod, guitar, soul 3 piece that conquered the British shores through the late 70’s and early 80’s with Eton Rifles, Going Underground, StArt!, A Town Called Malice and Beat Surrender have continually captured the imagination…

REVIEW: Leah Weller new album Freedom

REVIEW: Leah Weller new album Freedom

The defining vocal beauty and song writing expertise of Leah Weller has been skillfully captured on her astonishing new longer player Freedom released via Modern Sky UK. If you’ve been a fan of her old man, Paul, his audiences have…

NEWS: Billy Sullivan new single Running Out Of Time

NEWS: Billy Sullivan new single Running Out Of Time

Running Out Of Time’ is the first physical single to be taken from Billy Sullivan’s forthcoming debut solo album – due early 2023. Commenting on the new material, Sullivan says: “Lyrically it’s about the idea that once you hit your…

REVIEW: Ian Brown Nottingham Rock City 6.10.22

REVIEW: Ian Brown Nottingham Rock City 6.10.22

‘Karaoke!?’, ‘don’t waste your money?!’, ‘everyone walked out?!’, ‘the guys a fraud?!’ all these judgements and many many more have been made all over social media at the long awaited return to a live setting of The Stone Roses front…