Author Archives: Matt Mead

About Matt Mead

Freelance writer who likes anything with heart and soul

REVIEW: Splendour Festival 2023

The past month in Nottingham saw a horrific incident involving 3 innocent residents that shocked and bewildered many. This year’s Splendour festival could not have come at a better moment helping bring the historic city together in a spirit of…

INTERVIEW: Angela Smith - The Paul Ryder tapes

INTERVIEW: Angela Smith – The Paul Ryder tapes

Angela Smith is a journalist and international award winning TV producer, as well as the former wife of Paul Ryder, with who she has two children. The Paul Ryder Tapes podcast is being released weekly, but they’re also doing an…

REVIEW: Corduory Men Of The Cloth mini album

REVIEW: Corduory Men Of The Cloth mini album

30 years ago as the dying embers of classic James Bond, Michael Caine and BBC films bit the dust of popularity came a rediscovery of these classic films and their soundtracks via The Sound Gallery albums. Presented in the releases…

NEWS: THE SOUP DRAGONS first new single for 3 decades

NEWS: THE SOUP DRAGONS first new single for 3 decades

THE SOUP DRAGONS NEW DOUBLE A-SIDE SINGLE: LOVE IS LOVE/NO MUSIC ON A DEAD PLANET Hot on the heels of last year`s “Raw TV Products – Singles & Rarities 1985-88” vinyl compilation (released on the mighty Last Night From Glasgow imprint), the…

Ocean Colour Scene: 'Yesterday Today: 2005 - 2013' vinyl collection out 18 August

NEWS: Ocean Colour Scene: Yesterday Today: 2005 – 2013

Demon Music Group present Ocean Colour Scene Yesterday Today: 2005 – 2013. Third instalment in Demon’s Ocean Colour Scene limited edition vinyl collection, featuring four LPs all remastered and on coloured vinyl Out 18 August Buy Link: https://ocscene.lnk.to/yesterdaytodaybox Continuing their…

REVIEW: Corduory Men Of The Cloth mini album

INTERVIEW: Corduroy’s Richard Searle speaks!

The funky cheery soundtrack sounds of Corduroy gleefully return with scintillating new mini album entitled Men Of The Cloth, released on Acid Jazz records on 14th July. To mark this release, classic Corduroy LPs are available again directly from Acid…