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.

Welcome To The New Site

13/02/201210/02/2012 by Andy Von Pip

“Good morning, starshine. The earth says hello” erm…Okaaaay.….. Welcome to the brand spanking new VPME site. We thought after almost four years of constant blogging and swimming through ear rotting effluence in search of

Track Of The Day – Veronica Falls – “My Heart Beats”

19/02/201208/02/2012 by Andy Von Pip

Veronica Falls release the first preview of brand new material since their fabulous début album, which was in our top five albums of 2011. Yet again its a wonderful melodic slice of frenetically strummed,

The Jesus And Mary Chain Return

09/02/201208/02/2012 by Andy Von Pip

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/5946526″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=570c10″ width=”100%” height=”81″ iframe=”false” /] Following last year’s deluxe reissue package, the Jesus and Mary Chain have announced their first shows since 2008. Unfortunately for us Brits they are US only dates so

Track Of The Day – Severin – “High Shot”

10/02/201207/02/2012 by Andy Von Pip

SEVERIN London noise pop electronica duo SEVERIN release their debut EP “Everything Breaks” on Tip Top Recordings (Blue on Blue, Royal Treatment Plant) on 19th March 2012 on 12″ vinyl and download. Their debut EP will

Songs To Learn And Sing – Oh Minnows (Mary Chain cover), Kathleen Edwards and exlovers

10/02/201203/02/2012 by Andy Von Pip

Oh Minnows. [wp_bandcamp_player type=”track” id=”1778508456″ size=”venti” bg_color=”#FFFFFF” link_color=”#4285BB”] Oh Minnows has produced a beautiful cover of Jesus & Mary Chains ”Just Like Honey” for part of the Just Like Honey charity cover compilation. The album itself is basically twelve re imaginings by

Track Of The Day – “Boundary” By Ivory Seas.

09/02/201202/02/2012 by Andy Von Pip

We must confess we don’t know a great deal about Ivory Seas other than what they’ve told us. In fact we don’t even know what they look like, however our interrogation which included the

Track Of The Day – “Hide” By Access Royale.

09/02/201201/02/2012 by Andy Von Pip

Access Royale are an eclectic indie rock band hailing from Washington DC. With influences which include Classic rock, hip hop and Radiohead the band discovered each other when the cosmos collided via Craigslist in early

Review – Lana Del Rey – Born To Die

27/01/202330/01/2012 by Andy Von Pip

On a personal level, you could certainly understand Lana Del Rey if she disagreed with the epigram “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” It’s difficult to think of

The Von Pip Musical Express Podcast – January 2012

09/02/201227/01/2012 by Andy Von Pip

The news is fucking depressing isn’t it ? Cuts, cuts and yet more cuts and then when you think it can’t possibly get any worse you observe the ghastly school matronly visage of The Daily

Track Of The Day – Good Dangers and Rose Elinor Dougall Plus New Video From Rebekah Delgado

09/02/201224/01/2012 by Andy Von Pip

Track Of The Day – Good Dangers. Ok prepare for the world’s longest opening sentence. Ready ? Appearing like a wistful summer breeze to metaphorically sweep the grey turbid doom laden clouds away from the

Songs To Learn And Sing – Jethro Fox, Frankie Rose, Toy and Creeping Ivies

09/02/201220/01/2012 by Andy Von Pip

Jethro Fox. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/28086844″ params=”auto_play=false&player_type=artwork&color=ff000e” width=”300″ height=”300″ ] It gladdens our bitter and blackened hearts to hear yet more talented musicians emerging from Liverpool, keen to explore different musical avenues and happy to leave the

Track Of The Day – Lana Del Rey – Born To Die Remix

29/08/201717/01/2012 by Andy Von Pip

I’m getting a little irritated with this whole rather nasty Lana Del Rey backlash thing. Even more so since it scaled new heights of hysteria and malicious hand-rubbing following a faltering performance on Saturday Night