Mitski – “Love Me More”
Mitski releases another track from her much anticipated forthcoming album Laurel Hell which lands on February 4th via Dead Oceans. “Love Me More” certainly has propulsive uplifting 80’s pop undertones but it was a song
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Track Of The Day – Blushing – “The Fires”
Blushing – “The Fires”Possessions by Blushing Austin based shoegazers Blushing have been teasing their new album Possesions over the last few months. Their previous single “Sour Punch” mixed gorgeous layered guitars with dream pop vocals,
Track Of The Day – Crake – “Winter’s Song”
Humans’ Worst Habits by Crake Leeds quartet Crake share their new single “Winter’s Song” from their forthcoming debut album Humans Worst Habits. It’s a song suffused with an understated sense of iridescent wistful beauty and
Track Of The Day – Silverbacks – “A Job Worth Something”
Archive Material by Silverbacks Of all the bands to emerge from Dublin in the last few years Silverbacks have remained my favourite. They seemed a bit more “real” than some of their contemporaries and set
Tunes of the Week : Yard Act, Blood Red Shoes, Softcult
Tunes of the Week : YARD ACT – RICH Another great track from Yard Act (pictured above) who occupy the space between John Cooper Clarke And Half Man Half Biscuit. It’s from their forthcoming
Let’s Eat Grandma – “Happy New Year”
Whilst tennis star and new age loon Novaxx Djokovic languishes in a hotel Downunder prior to the Australian Tennis open due to a mixture of his bizarre anti-scientific beliefs ( he once promoted the idea
VPME : The Best Songs of 2021
The last post of a fairly miserable year, cheered up by some great music and the emergence of Wet Leg who reminded me what fun actually was. I also discovered what a perfect match Lauren
VPME Albums of The Year 2021
Another weird year for the world and for music draws to an end as it soils its ill-advised advised trousers before staggering toward the finishing line. At the time of writing there seems little respite
The Von Pip Christmas Podcast 2021
Blimey. It’s that time of the year when I provide a kind of national elf service and assemble the finest Christmas Podcast the world has ever known. I’ve actually been doing this for 10 years
Track Of The Week – Momma – Medicine
This is very cool, sounds a little like a mix of Belly and Throwing Muses, who are themselves of course a mix of both. This is NYC’s Momma who has just been signed to Lucky
The VPME Podemic Podcast November 2021
The latest Podemic podcast features some great new music and some special guests pop in such as Wet Leg and Self Esteem. There are new tracks from Skating Polly, Blood Red Shoes, New Pagans, Pip
Track Of The Week – Blood Red Shoes – Morbid Fascination
To be honest I thought I’d posted about this last week. But I hadn’t and can only conclude I am losing the few marbles I had left. GHOSTS ON TAPE by Blood Red Shoes Anyway,