Andy Von Pip

ANDY VON PIP - Founder, editor, writer, reviewer, photographer and all-round good guy at the VPME.com.House photographer for The Academy Music Group, Zuma Press, Event Magazine and Rex Features worldwide. You can check out his photography atAndy Von Pip PhotographyCurrently writing for U.S. Magazine and website Under The Radar.Andy been new music tipster on BBC6 Music, Amazing Radio, and DJ on Strangeways Radio (USA.) Regular podcasts can be found on Mixcloud and Spotify.He's also been a moderator for BBC 6 Music DJ Tom Robinson's Fresh on the Net, and a former member of "BBC's Sound Of" panel. Written and photographic work has been published worldwide wide and appeared in the likes of The Guardian, The Times, The Quietus, Music Week, Record Of The Day, GIITV, The Sabotage Times, The Skinny, Louder Than War.

The VPME | Track Of The Day - Musique Le Pop - 'Turn To Sand'

Track Of The Day – Musique Le Pop – ‘Turn To Sand’

26/03/2013 by Andy Von Pip

It’s been almost a year to the day since we featured Norwegian electro pop trio Musique Le Pop’s début single ‘Time Changes’ which, quite frankly had us in a rapture of delight. We were so

The VPME | Track of the Day - Midas Fall - 'BDP' 2

Track of the Day – Midas Fall – ‘BDP’

25/03/2013 by Andy Von Pip

When you posses the sort of voice Midas Fall’s lead singer Elizabeth Heaton has been blessed with, comparisons are inevitable. Liz Fraser, Harriet Wheeler, and Amy Lee (possibly fronting Portished) are names that can easily

The VPME | The Von Pip Musical Express Podcast March 2013 1

The Von Pip Musical Express Podcast March 2013

23/03/201323/03/2013 by Andy Von Pip

The latest Von Pip Musical Express Podcast , featuring Primal Scream, Suede, Nicole Atkins, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Coves, classic Bowie, Jason Molina (R.I.P), Blindness, Echo And The Bunnymen and a shed load of great

The VPME | Track Of The Day - Sky Between Leaves - 'O.B.E.'

Track Of The Day – Sky Between Leaves – ‘O.B.E.’

22/03/2013 by Andy Von Pip

Sky Between Leaves are based in London and evolved from the bedroom recordings of former Drugstore guitarist Tito. They describe their music as alt-rock/Krautronica and take their collective name from Jarvis Cocker’s description upon receiving

The VPME | Songs To Learn and Sing - Feathers and A*Star 1

If All Now Here – FEATHERS – Interview/ Album Review

17/03/2013 by Andy Von Pip

FEATHERS, one of our top tips for 2013 are set to release their début album “If All Now Here” on April 15th. Happily we can report that it’s a genuinely fabulous début from a collective

The VPME | Track Of The Day - Primal Scream - '2013' (Andrew Weatherall Remix)

Track Of The Day – Primal Scream – ‘2013’ (Andrew Weatherall Remix)

15/03/2013 by Andy Von Pip

I used to hate remixes, rather like the existence of Jeremy fucking Clarkeson I really just couldn’t see the point. But then Andrew Weatherall took Primal Scream’s ‘I’m Losing More Than I Ever Had’ de-constructed

The VPME | Track Of The Day - Nicole Atkins - 'Red Ropes' - Exclusive.

Track Of The Day – Nicole Atkins – ‘Red Ropes’ – Exclusive.

15/03/201314/03/2013 by Andy Von Pip

We’ve been fans of the best thing to come out of New Jersey since Springsteen and Paulie Walnuts, acclaimed singer songwriter Nicole Atkins, for quite some time! We’ve followed her in a none stalky way

The VPME | Track Of The Day - In The Valley Below - Last Soul.

Track Of The Day – In The Valley Below – Last Soul.

04/04/201313/03/2013 by Andy Von Pip

Wow, just wow – we have been as short on time of late as David Cameron is on common decency, empathy and ‘anti-shine facial wipes’ but we had to share this wondrous track from new

The VPME | Songs To Learn And Sing - Jess Roberts & The Silver Rays, Shannon Hope, Blindness,The Underground Youth, Johnno Casson. 1

Songs To Learn And Sing – Jess Roberts & The Silver Rays, Shannon Hope, Blindness,The Underground Youth, Johnno Casson.

09/03/2013 by Andy Von Pip

Jess Roberts & The Silver Rays Jess Roberts is one of those rare singers whose blues soaked smoke stained honey cracked voice sounds as if it comes from the depths of her soul. She gives

The VPME | Track Of The Day - FINDLAY - 'Off and On' (Free Download)

Track Of The Day – FINDLAY – ‘Off and On’ (Free Download)

02/03/202207/03/2013 by Andy Von Pip

Findlay was described to me once as ‘a female Iggy Pop, albeit much better looking” (fun fact -her cats called Iggy) and yeah, we get what they mean, there’s a raw primal, hot sweaty dynamism to

The VPME | Track Of The Day - Lady Lamb the Beekeeper - Bird Balloons

Track Of The Day – Lady Lamb the Beekeeper – Bird Balloons

05/03/201305/03/2013 by Andy Von Pip

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper is the musical project of 23 year-old Brooklyn-based Aly Spaltro who releases her début album, Ripely Pine, in April via Ba Da Bing Records. ‘Bird Balloons‘ – today’s track of the

100 NEW ARTISTS ADDED TO THE GREAT ESCAPE LINE-UP

05/03/2013 by Andy Von Pip

100 NEW ARTISTS ADDED TO THE GREAT ESCAPE LINE-UP EUROPE’S LEADING FESTIVAL FOR NEW MUSIC ANNOUNCES SECOND WAVE OF ARTISTS BILLY BRAGG CONFIRMED FOR BRIGHTON DOME SHOW Hot on the trail of the first wave