Author Archives: Matt Mead

About Matt Mead

Freelance writer who likes anything with heart and soul
REVIEW: Bob Mould – Distortion: 1989 – 2019

REVIEW: Bob Mould – Distortion: 1989 – 2019

Strewn with treat after treat, the new mammoth 295 track 24 CD box set, entitled Distortion: 1989 – 2019 released via Demon Music Group, represents the last word on the work of Bob Mould as a solo artist plus his…

REVIEW: Nimbus Sextet – Trap Door

REVIEW: Nimbus Sextet – Dreams Fulfilled

If you think of the modern funk, jazz charm of Incognito mixed with Bobby Hutcherson vibes and sweet soulful vocals lifted from the very best that Stax had to offer you’re bound to feast upon the new album delivered by…

NEWS: Auto Erotica - Jonny Trunk

NEWS: Auto Erotica – Jonny Trunk

Jonny Trunk, the expert archive collector has gone and done it again. In Cooperation with Fuel Publications he’s releasing another fab book, this time all about cars. The following dialogue is taken directly from the Kickstarter book funding page: AUTO…

REVIEW: The Style Council – Long Hot Summers

REVIEW: The Style Council – Long Hot Summers

When Paul Weller left Foxton and Buckler to start a new band many might have thought; will he still play a Rickenbacker? Will it be as good? Has he lost the plot? Whilst the first 2 questions were firmly answered…

REVIEW: Jimmy Page – The Anthology

REVIEW: Jimmy Page – The Anthology

Depending on when you were born you’re more than likely to have different experiences of first hearing about and seeing Jimmy Page. Me personally it was watching a rerun of the 1966 Blow Up film featuring David Hemmings and Vanessa…

REVIEW: Menswe@r – The Menswear Collection

REVIEW: Menswe@r – The Menswear Collection

If you were a music fan in the early 90’s with your finger on the pulse of all things Britpop you would no doubt have seen the steady trickle of bands coming through that almost seemed to be formed over…

REVIEW: Sing Leaf – Not Earth

REVIEW: Sing Leaf – Not Earth

The new album by Sing Leaf was written in creator David Como’s home at the quiet of day maybe when the birds are singing aloft on an autumn branch, when the sun is just peaking over the brow of a…