Track Of The Day – Marina Gasolina – ‘London Surf’
Photo: Andre Ligeiro The current music scene is often accused of blandness, of playing it safe. Much of this is based on an assumption that the bigger record labels are more ‘risk averse’ than ever.
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Iggy Pop To Present 6 Music Show on Xmas Day
Iggy Pop is set present two shows on 6 Music as part of the station’s Christmas line-up. Ignacious, real name Melvin Hayes, will present a Christmas Day special from1 to 3pm on Christmas Day and
Track Of The Day – Marmozets – ‘Move Shake Hide’
We probably don’t feature a lot of what might be termed as ‘rock’, and we confess to having absolutely no clue as to what exactly math rock is ? Are Marmozets mathrock? Well they certainly
The Snowman and The Snowdog Prize Giveaway
HAS HE BEEN YET???? Yeah here at VPME Towers we are unashamedly Christmas freaks. Miserable bitter cynics all year round but come the festive season simply show us some tinsel and a nicely decorated tree
Track Of The Day – The Happy Hollows – ‘Endlessly’
The festive season will soon be upon us and as the year hauls its cadaverous austerity riven remains over the finishing line, we give you fair warning that anybody involved in the field of music
The Daydream Club – Found Ep Première
Adam Pickering and Paula Walker AKA The Daydream Club return with a brand new Ep to help sooth you into another working week. This ridiculously talented, insanely good looking duo release their latest self produced
Track Of the Day – Drakes Hotel – ‘Young Taste’
Ever had one of those moments when you stare up at the night sky and feel like a tiny insignificant dot when faced with the vastness of the universe? We felt a little like that
Alan McGee : New Labour were a Hugo Boss version of the Tories
Alan McGee recently spoke to UK newspaper The Guardian and discussed the Mary Chain, meeting Tony Blair and reveals who were the hardest band he’d ever had to manage. On the Mary Chains early days
Never Mind The Buzzcocks – The Art of Saying NO
I’ve become increasingly weary of ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’ – a show that’s been furiously treading water in the sea of banality for a number of years now. Any wit or spontaneity has long since
Songs To Learn And Sing – Lola Colt, Snowbird, Mourning Birds, Gwenno, The Spook School, Femme, Natalie McCool
Lola Colt -Jackson We’d previously described Lola Colt as “a magisterial mix of dark seductive psyche gaze “- who “invoke a swirling musical maelstrom, a space age psychedelic spaghetti western…” but we had to stop
Track Of The Day – Sky Larkin – ‘Newsworthy’
Well this is certainly newsworthy, seriously! It’s Sky Larkin’s latest single ‘Newsworthy’ taken from their third album ‘Motto’ which is perhaps their most vibrant and focused work to date. Apparently, singer/Guitarist Katie Harkin wrote a
Billy Bragg has called on UK artists to “take action” against the major labels
In an echo of Chuck D’s famous quote regarding the music industry’s failure to adapt to the digital age, Billy Bragg has stepped into the debate labelling artists such as Thom Yorke and Placebo’s Brian