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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.

Songs To Learn And Sing – Slow Down Tallahassee – ‘Knees As Sweet As These.’

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  ‘Knees As Sweet As These‘ By Slow Down Tallahassee. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/9555167″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=cf0b1b” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] Today’s song is tinged with more than a little sadness, regrettably Sheffield’s Slow Down Tallahassee, haven’t so much slowed

The VPME | Thrill Seekers - Let's Buy Happiness Interview

Thrill Seekers – Let’s Buy Happiness Interview

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LBH _ ALBUM · Let's Buy Happiness – Run letsbuyhappiness · Let’s Buy Happiness ‘Six Wolves’ Let’s cut to the chase and at the  risk of sounding like an M&S advert, categorically state,  Let’s Buy

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Songs To Learn And Sing – James Vincent McMorrow- ‘This Old Dark Machine.’

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‘This Old Dark Machine‘ By James Vincent McMorrow [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/6595399″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=cf0b1b” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] Listening to Irish singer songwriter James Vincent McMorrow’s debut album you wouldn’t think he’d been raised on hardcore punk or found

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Songs To Learn And Sing – VVolves – ‘Birds In Berlin.’

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‘Birds In Berlin’ By VVolves [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/9242385″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=a70f00″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ] Ok, no idea how to pronouce today’s bands name, it has a double VV at the begining but that’s were the similarity to VV

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‘Hold On To The Light’ – Emily Barker Interview And Album Review

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  ‘Calendar’ By Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/9132534″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=cf0b1b” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] As a blogger I’d like to say that I discovered Emily Barker before you, that I had been tipping

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Songs To Learn And Sing – Sarabeth Tucek – ‘Get Well Soon’

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Song Of The Week ‘Get Well Soon‘ By Sarabeth Tucek. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/9069825″ params=”show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=a70f00″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ] There are occasions in life when you come across a song of such exquisite beauty that it literally stops

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The Joy Formidable – The Big Roar

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The Joy Formidable-‘ The Big Roar’ Review ‘Austere’ By The Joy Formidable. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/4181952″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=a70d00″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ] The Joy Formidable have garnered a fearsome reputation as being one the UK’s most thrilling bands on

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Ones To Watch in 2011

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Ones To Watch in 2011 1. The Good Natured   ‘Be My Animal’ By The Good Natured [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/7277775″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=cf0b1b” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] We’ve featured  Sarah McIntosh-The Good Natured, a fair bit in 2010, and