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.

Track Of The Day – The Hundred In The Hands – Keep It Low.

20/04/201220/04/2012 by Andy Von Pip

Track Of The Day – The Friday Freebie The Hundred In The Hand’s eponymous début album was in our top five albums of the year in 2010, and so when we heard news of their

Track Of The Day – Velvet Two Stripes – “Supernatural”

19/04/201219/04/2012 by Andy Von Pip

Velvet Two Stripes, it’s all in the name , maybe. The cool of the Velvet Underground, the driving blues riffing of Jack White plus the insouciance of the Ramones all shine through on “Supernatural” a

Tracks Of The Day – Jack Robert Hardman and Sylver Tongue

18/04/201218/04/2012 by Andy Von Pip

We got two “Tracks Of the Day” today , as there is much musical goodness about at the moment, and we’re nice like that … Jack Robert Hardman- Lights Of London Jack Robert Hardman releases

We Were Evergreen

Track Of Day – We Were Evergreen – “Second Hand”

17/04/2012 by Andy Von Pip

At first sight We Were Evergreen sound like they’ve invented a new genre “Parisian Twee”, put apparently live they are a completely different beast altogether . The trio featuring Michael Liot, Fabienne Debarre and William

The Wild One – I Am Harlequin Interview.

20/04/201216/04/2012 by Andy Von Pip

When the Berlin wall finally collapsed the residents of the GDR endured a rather questionable introduction to live western pop music in the shape of incongruous bouffanted Baywatch suzerain, David Hasslehoff. “The Hoff” may have

Track Of the Day – Bleech- “Monday “

16/04/201216/04/2012 by Andy Von Pip

This track is from Bleech’s excellent debut album ‘Nude,’ we interviewed them a while back and described their music as loud, passionate and powerful, but were a bit confused by some bloggers/zines calling them ‘Britpop.

Track Of The Day – Zoo Zero – “Green Apples.”

14/04/201214/04/2012 by Andy Von Pip

Saturday morning and we present a hangover cure in the shape of “Green Apples” by ” London three-piece Zoo Zero. Taken from the EP of the same name “Green Apples” combines an insistent bass line

Track Of The Day – The Vestals – Perfect Pain.

13/04/201213/04/2012 by Andy Von Pip

No over the top press release, no pretentious long winded 6th form “manifesto,” no artfully styled moody photos, just an email saying “new stuff at: www.thevestals.com thanks” and so we clicked and we found this

Track Of The Day – Lizzie And The Yes Men “Broadwalk”

29/04/201212/04/2012 by Andy Von Pip

I actually came across Lizzie And The Yes Men via Robin over at the Breaking More Waves blog when he tipped them for the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Contest in 2011. Today’s track, “Broadwalk” is one

Track Of The Day – Foe – “A Handsome Stranger Called Death.”

11/04/2012 by Andy Von Pip

‘A Handsome Stranger Called Death’, the second single from FOE’s acclaimed debt ‘Bad Dream Hotline’ is released at the end of the month. FOE, or Hannah Louise Clark to her friends has been touted as

“Cyber Hex” – An interview with Curxes.

10/04/201210/04/2012 by Andy Von Pip

Depeche Mode meets Siouxsie meets Alison Moyet meets Nine Inch Nails meets … yeah, yeah, you get the picture. Music bloggers and journalists the world over simply love these sort of comparisons and scatter them

Track of The Day – Poppy And The Jezebels – “Sign In, Dream On, Drop Out!”

12/04/201210/04/2012 by Andy Von Pip

It’s been quite a while since we’ve heard from Poppy And The Jezebels, in fact it was way back in 2008 when we first interviewed them ( HERE). Their infectious indie pop recalled the Shop