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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.
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Totally Wired – The Whip Interview/Album Review

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  ‘Riot’ By The Whip. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/15979639″] Manchester has long been a fertile breeding ground for electronic music, be it the nihilistic, heart wrenching poetry of Joy Division, set against the backdrop of a bleak,

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Songs To Learn And Sing – Ladytron, Prince Edward Island, Howling Bells, No Ceremony,The Icarus Line.

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Today we feature Ladytron, Prince Edward Island, Howling Bells, No Ceremony and The Icarus Line. Ladytron.   Let us be clear so there is no misunderstanding, I love Ladytron, their icy, hauntingly sinister goth electronica

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Riding Through The Storm – Rebekah Delgado Interview

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    ‘Sing You Through The  Storm’ By Rebekah Delgado. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/35787627?secret_token=s-iprTX” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=53000e” width=”100%” height=”81″ iframe=”false” /] ‘Lamentine’ By Rebekah Delgado. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/15191689″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ff000a” width=”100%” height=”81″ ]   If hard work, talent and passion for

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Throwing Knives – Christine Owman.

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Guest Blog By Shay Rowan. “Throwing Knives” by Christine Owman. “The thought counts, but the action makes the difference”. ‘Circles’ By Christine Owman. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/7216780″ params=”show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=9b100b” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] ‘Apart’ By Christine Owman. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/7217383″

Virtual Reality -Emmy The Great Interview/Review

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“A Woman, A Woman, A Century of Sleep” By Emmy The Great. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/13651230″ params=”show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=cf0b1b” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] It wasn’t quite love at first listen with regard to  Emmy The Great’s debut album ‘First Love’,

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Songs To Learn And Sing – Dum Dum Girls, The Big I Am, The Jezabels and Bombay Bicycle Club.

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Today it’s Dum Dum Girls, The Big I Am, The Jezabels and The Bombay Bicycle Club. ***************************************************** DUM DUM GIRLS. Dum Dum Girls release their second album, Only In Dreams for 26th September on Sub

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The Horrors – Skying.

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  I was genuinely rather looking forward to hearing The Horrors latest album ‘Skying’ based on the lead single ‘Still Life’,a rather wonderful anthemic slice of dark 80’s synth pop. I thought, finally, at last,