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.

Screen Test – Projectionists Interview

10/03/202216/01/2012 by Andy Von Pip

“I certainly don’t think Thatcher is a feminist icon, she had no interest in social equality” so says Rebecca Stephens after we’ve conluded our interview and we can’t help but think “Ahh, how we’ve missed

VPME Track Of The Day “Carver’s Kicks” by Straylings.

09/02/201211/01/2012 by Andy Von Pip

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/17359937″] Now this is fantastic. “Carver’s Kicks” by Straylings is an epic, dark, portentous sounding slice of widescreen drama. Consisting of Bahraini/Austrian songwriter Dana Zeera and London born guitarist Oliver Drake Straylings have already

VPME – Track Of The Day – Sheen – “One Step.”

09/02/201209/01/2012 by Andy Von Pip

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/20154621″ params=”auto_play=false&player_type=artwork&color=ff000e” width=”300″ height=”300″ ] Unlike London based blogs we sometimes feel a tad left out up here in the frozen north, consoled only by our warm beer, pies, our amusing flat cap collection

Magic, Moonlight And Mystery – Bird Interview

18/06/201207/01/2012 by Andy Von Pip

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/10024430″ params=”auto_play=false&player_type=artwork&color=ff000e” width=”300″ height=”300″ ] Bird are one of the most exciting new bands to emerge from Liverpool in recent years, this is not merely our opinion, we can back it up with

VPME – Track Of The Day – Frankie Rose

10/02/201206/01/2012 by Andy Von Pip

We thought we’d introduce a new “track of the day” feature on The Von Pip Musical Express, “track” you see fits in with the old “express train” logo- Genius eh! As well as interviews, reviews

Songs To Learn And Sing – Dead Social Club, Sarah Williams White, Richard Earls And French Wives.

09/02/201204/01/2012 by Andy Von Pip

Dead Social Club. Dead Social Club are six-piece electronic indie band formed in South London in 2009. There’s certainly a vaugue hint of a less doom laden Depeche Mode in the vocal delivery combined with

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The Blog Sound Of 2012 – The Top Five

26/02/201202/01/2012 by Andy Von Pip

You may recall to coincide with the BBC’s Sound Of 2012, we asked bloggers to vote for who they thought would produce music of note in 2012, the Bloggers long list is here which

John Moore’s New Year Message.

10/03/202201/01/2012 by Andy Von Pip

On Christmas Day, without fail the Queen bestows her wisdom on her loyal subjects and reflects back on what an idiot her husband has been. At the VPME we have gone one better and this

The Final Interview Of 2011 – With The Good Natured

22/02/201230/12/2011 by Andy Von Pip

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/29474427″ params=”auto_play=false&player_type=artwork&color=ff0034″ width=”300″ height=”300″ ] [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/30092501″ params=”auto_play=false&player_type=tiny&font=Arial&color=ff0034″ width=”100%” height=”18″ ] We thought it would be a rather fitting end to the year to wax lyrical once more about the band we tipped to