At the 2018 Shiiine On Weekender some of you might have attended the Flowered Up exhibition, celebrating one of the most visually and musically iconic bands of the Madchester era, curated by Louder Than War journalist Matt Mead.

In the coming week’s and months we’ll hear more from Matt, we hope you enjoy his writing!

In the meantime Matt has put together a playlist of some of his favourite tracks from 2018, enjoy!

Plus, if you like the sound of the theme music from Grandstand, Grange hill and We Are the Champions here is a mix of the best Library Music that Matt discovered and was also re-released in 2018 to coincide with Shawn Lee’s fabulous film The Library Music Film