Author Archives: Matt Mead

About Matt Mead

Freelance writer who likes anything with heart and soul
INTERVIEW: The Deep Blue speak!

INTERVIEW: The Deep Blue speak!

Perfect harmonizing quartet The Deep Blue are coming to the end of a nationwide tour ending tomorrow night in Nottingham. The quartet have a unique dreamy mix of heavenly vocal harmonises with their own musical backing. With an appearance at …

REVIEW: Doctor Who: The Tom Baker Collection (4CD)

REVIEW: Doctor Who: The Tom Baker Collection (4CD)

Just in time for Christmas, Dr Who returns in the guise of Tom Baker in a fantastic looking and sounding 4 CD box set released via Demon Music Group. Featuring iconic moments from the timelord in his multicolored scarf, the…

NEWS: Back for its eighteenth edition, Y Not festival 2025

NEWS: Back for its eighteenth edition, Y Not festival 2025

Y Not Festival Reveal Huge Headliners for 2025 31 July to 3 August – Pikehall, Derbyshire The North’s Indie Festival Returns For Its Eighteenth Year The Prodigy Courteeners Madness The Wombats* Primal Scream The Last Dinner Party Franz Ferdinand Plus……

NEWS: THE FARM announce first album in 30 years

NEWS: THE FARM announce first album in 30 years

Cultural figureheads of the eighties and nineties, famed for hits All Together Now and Groovy Train, announce 2025 date for fifth album. DIY from day one, The Farm’s self-released New Year singles gained BBC Radio 2 playlisting, leading to a…

NEWS: Download Festival adds 22 more artists to 2025 line-up

NEWS: Download 2025: Headliners and 90+ bands revealed

DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2025 THREE FIRST-TIME HEADLINERS AND OVER 90 OTHER BANDS REVEALEDGREEN DAY  |  SLEEP TOKEN  |  KORN PLUS WEEZER, SEX PISTOLS FEATURING FRANK CARTER, JIMMY EAT WORLD, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, WITHIN TEMPTATION, EAGLES OF DEATH METAL, THE DARKNESS, POPPY,…

NEWS: The Verve This Is Music first time on vinyl

NEWS: The Verve This Is Music first time on vinyl

The Verve – This Is Music: The Singles 20th Anniversary 2 LP set released by UMR First ever black & coloured vinyl pressings out 24 January 2025 https://theverve.lnk.to/TIMPR Released on vinyl for the very first time, This Is Music: The…

NEW MUSIC: Leah Sinead announces new song Piece of Sky

NEW MUSIC: Leah Sinead announces new song Piece of Sky

Leah Sinead announces new song ‘Piece of Sky’ to be released on the 29th November, 2024. Leah Sinead, is a musician and writer whose work has quietly gained attention for its introspective and evocative sound under her previous alias, Keto….

REVIEW: Just For One Hour John Kennedy review

NEW BOOK: JUST FOR ONE HOUR John Kennedy

After begging for a job in the music industry, John Kennedy has spent more than 45 years in the music industry. His tales of stories and ‘pinch me’ moments are unleashed in this sensational new book – JUST FOR ONE…

LIVE NEWS: Northside return to play UK 2025 tour

LIVE NEWS: Northside return to play UK 2025 tour

Northisde, the staggeringly underrated band signed to Factory records, home of Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays and the Wendys, who scored a series of cult hits with Take 5, My Rising Star and the infamous Shall We Take A…