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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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“Wistful Thinking” -The Concretes Interview.

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“All Day”-By The Concretes. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/6334818″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=cf0b1b” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] “Apparently the Concretes are embracing that whole 80’s thing” shrieked my not quite enigmatic contact and Sweden’s answer to Gok Wan,  Anders Panders.  Despite my

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Something For The Weekend w/e 22/10/2010

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This week , Johnny Cola and the A Grades, The Gay Blades, Projectionists, Doctors & Dealers, The Chapman Family And Billy Bragg. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Jonny Cola and the A Grades-“In Debt” Photo by A Secret Picnic

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When Push Comes To Shove-Seeräuber Jenny Interview.

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‘Push it Away’/ ‘Waste of Time’ By Seerauber Jenny. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/288266″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&show_playcount=true&show_artwork=true&color=a70a00″ width=”100%” height=”136″ ] “Firefly” By Seeräuber Jenny (free download). [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/5345439″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=a70a00″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ] With my impending unemployment about to explode all

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Sivert Høyem & Band, Manchester Night & Day Cafe, 7th October 2010.

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Sivert Høyem & Band, Manchester Night & Day Cafe, 7th October 2010. Moon Landing” By Sivert Høyem. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/5466971″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=a70a00″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ] The oft-quoted punchline “Norway : nuls points” is not something you’re ever

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Amoral Dilemma -Violens Interview

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“Acid Rein” By Violens. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/4803894″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=a70a00″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ] ‘He Got the Girl (Marine Girls cover)‘By Violens -Free Download. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/5151105″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=a70a00″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ] “If I can make it there, I’ll make it

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Something For The Weekend w/e 8/10/2010

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This week- Little Comets, The Good Natured, Ash, The Third Sound, Blindness, the Adverts. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Little Comets-“Isles” Little Comets release a single on a new Indie label called “Dirty Hit” , but I’ll shut up

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Gorillaz New Track !

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwKcXfUmLkk] Fresh out of the studio comes ‘Doncamatic’, a brand spanking new track from Gorillaz featuring Daley. Recorded just a few weeks ago, Gorillaz were so excited about this stunning new cut, they wanted to

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Performance-Red Brick Heart

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[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/99751″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&show_playcount=true&show_artwork=true&color=a70a00″ width=”100%” height=”185″ ] Once tipped as the next big thing, Mancunian electro-pop outfit Performance seemed to be on the cusp of greatness then- ‘ Boom!’ cue self implosion, in-fighting  and the loss

The VPME | The Jesus And Mary Chain-Psychocandy 25th Anniversary-Jim Reid Interview

The Jesus And Mary Chain-Psychocandy 25th Anniversary-Jim Reid Interview

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“Just Like Honey” –By The Jesus & Mary Chain. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/643597″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=cf0b1b” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] How do you decide which is your favourite album, like, ever? What rules or tests apply? Is it really about

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Really Legal-Free downloads plus new videos 14/09/2010s

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Violens , Mojo Fury, Polly MacKey & The Pleasure Principle, Chapel Club, Wild Party, Caitlin Rose, Maps And Atlas, Alasdair Dinnewell and The 3D Glasses. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Violens-Free Download ‘He Got The Girl’ By Violens. [soundcloud