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Month: August 2008

Rock City Sixteen-review

09/02/201229/08/2008 by Andy Von Pip

“Lunettes Noires Pour Nuits Blanches” By Rock City Sixteen” Havana Guns are no more!! But despair not as they have re-emerged with a new name and a sound that’s darker in tone to material released

Categories Reviews Tags Havana Guns, Indie Pop, Linda Hollywood, lunettes noires pour nuits blanches, Music, Phillipe Di Nero, Pop Music, rock city sixteen, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Zoe Durante
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By Any Other Name -Rose Elinor Dougall Interview

09/02/201227/08/2008 by Andy Von Pip

“Another Version Of Pop Song” By Rose Elinor Dougall “I Know We’ll Never” By Rose Elinor Dougall “DON’T CALL ME ROSAY”……….. To lose one pipette may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two looks

Categories Interviews Tags Pop Music, Rosay, Rose Dougall, Rose Elinor Dougall, The Pipettes
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Hearts Of Darkness-International Jetsetters Interview

09/02/201225/08/2008 by Andy Von Pip

“Inside Out (Demo)” By International Jetsetters “My Redemption (Demo)” By International Jetsetters The Band: International Jetsetters : Who ? An Oxford-based five piece band formed by singer and guitarist Mark Crozer and bass player Bert

Categories Interviews Tags Indie, International Jetsetters, Mark Crozer, Music, Planting seeds records, Pop Music, Shoegaze, The Jesus And Mary Chain
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The Boy Most Likely To….Stickboy Interview

09/02/201209/08/2008 by Andy Von Pip

“Pirouette” By Stickboy. “To Do List” By Stickboy. Are you sitting comfortably? Good, then I’ll begin “A simple boy made of sticks walked out into the forest one day to discover a little wooden instrument

Categories Interviews Tags Craig Edmondson, Manchester, Marc Riley, Pirouette, Run Toto Run, Steve Lamacq, Stickboy, The Lost and Lonely Singles Club Records, Under A Sleepy Moon
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The Von Pip Eisteddfod With Bethan Elfyn

10/03/202208/08/2008 by Andy Von Pip

As a rather unpatriotic Englishman of Celtic descent, and being geographically in very close proximately to the Welsh border, I’ve always been a bit jealous of my Welsh neighbours. Not only do they have beautiful

Categories Interviews Tags Bethan Elfyn, Eisteddfod, Indie, Manic Street Preachers, Music, Super Furry Animal, Tom Jones, Wales
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Matinée Idols…Northern Portrait Interview

04/01/201406/08/2008 by Andy Von Pip

When you think of Denmark what would immediately spring to mind? Vikings? Hamlet? Hans Christian Anderson, perhaps? Peter Schmeichel ? Helena Christenson? Maybe Scooby Doo? Feeling hungry? Well how about some bacon and pickled herring,

Categories Interviews Tags Indie, Napolean sweetheart, Northern Portrait, the fallen aristocracy, the Smiths
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The School “Let It Slide” EP Review

07/03/202201/08/2008 by Andy Von Pip

“I Want You Back” By The School This could have been the shortest review in history, for in order to sum up the delights contained within this elegantly packaged CD, courtesy of the fabulous Elefant

Categories Reviews Tags Camera Obscura, Cardiff, Elefant Records, Ian Catt, Indie, Liz Hunt, Lucky Soul, Phil Spector, Pop Music, Saint Etienne, The Loves, The Pipettes, The Ronettes, The School

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