Track Of The Day – The Mysterines – Take Control
For me, the best emerging Merseyside bands don’t actually sound like Merseyside bands. If you get what I mean. None of that jangly “strum-baya my lord”, la, la, la, la, she loves you heritage
Year: 2019
Track Of The Day – Average Sex – Erotomania
London based Average Sex have already created their own instantly recognisable idiosyncratic sound.’ It’s fuzzed-up dual guitared off-kilter soaring indie pop, with upbeat melodies that often mask the band’s dark sense of humour. They also
Track of The Day – Miss June – Enemies
New Zealand grunge punks Miss June will release their debut album ‘Bad Luck Party’ on September 6th via French Kiss Records. In the wake of their previous double A-side release the glorious ‘Best Girl’ b/w
Track Of The Day – The Paranoyds – Carnage Bargain
“Barbed wire on the fence /doesn’t make any sense why should I want to keep/ cool shit away from me” sings Staz Lindes vocalist and bassist of L.A’s The Paranoyds on their latest single ‘Carnage
Track Of The Day – Olivia Jean – Night Owl
Olivia Jean first arrived on the scene as the leader of the Goth garage group The Black Belles back in 2010. In 2014 ‘Bathtub Love Killings ‘ her first solo album, which was produced by
In Pictures – Bluedot Festival 2019
This year’s Blue Dot at UNESCO World Heritage site Jodrell Bank once again proved that it remains one of the friendliest and best-run festivals in the Uk. Here’s a photo gallery of just some of
Track Of The Day – Black Doldrums – She Devine
Black Doldrums merge the disorientating sonic washes of MBV allied to a swaggering Mary Chain sense of insouciant cool to produce a majestic reverb-laden tower of a song on their new single ‘She Devine’. Black
Automatic – Too Much Money
Too Much Money by Automatic LA trio Automatic (not to be confused with ghastly Welsh “alt rockers” “The” Automatic) combine pulsing electronic motorik rhythms with ghostly undulating synths to conjure up the minimal electronica of
Track Of The Day – Tennis System – Turn
LA trio Tennis System summon up a powerful fusion of shoegaze and grunge-pop vibes on their new emotionally charged single ‘Turn’. It’s taken from their forthcoming album ‘Lovesick’ ( released on 2/08/2019) via the excellent
Track Of The Day – Broken Down Golf Cart – Rip My Head Off
‘Rip My Head Off’ is the latest release from Broken Down Golf Cart which comes with a striking animated video. It’s the solo project of Liverpool based Canadian musician and visual artist Jen Baranick, who
Track Of The Day – Pumarosa – Fall Apart
Weirdly I was only wondering what Pumarosa had been up too after listening to their Piano Sessions Ep which came out in the wake of their brilliant debut album ‘The Witch’ in 2017. Quite a
The VPME Podcast – July 2019
Well, we’ve finally gotten round to doing another podcast. It’s been a long time coming due to life getting in the way. Anyway, we’ve had a word with ‘life’ and it assures us it will