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.

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New Tracks : Ali Horn – Bloom

25/10/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Ali Horn – Bloom Now here’s a thing, we actually thought we’d written about this having picked it as our favourite for Tom Robinson’s Fresh On The Net a few weeks back. But it turns

Words And Pictures – Dream Wife -Sløtface – Peaness – Liverpool Magnet 19.10.17

17/10/201717/10/2017 by Andy Von Pip

After winning hearts minds and ears over the festival season Dream Wife returned to Liverpool and proved once again that the excitement and buzz they are generating is very much the real deal. ‘Thanks to

Track Of The Day – Marmozets – Habits

16/10/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Bingley’s Marmozets are undoubtedly one of the most interesting and inventive artists amongst the current crop of bands whose music errs on the heavier side. It’s been quite a while since we’ve caught them live,

NEW : Liverpool Music Week 2017 – Final Line Up

11/10/2017 by Andy Von Pip

LIVERPOOL MUSIC WEEK 2017 Announce Huge List of Additional Names For Final Line Up Supports revealed for festival’s 15th anniversary year including: STEALING SHEEP / GOD COLONY / SHE DREW THE GUN / HER’S / PINK

Track Of The Day – Miss World – Click And Yr Mine

11/10/201710/10/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Miss World – Click And Yr Mine Well, well, well, Miss World appears to have had more “tracks of the day” on this site in the last few weeks than any other artist. In fact, she

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Track Of The Day – Kristin Kontrol – “Concrete Love”

05/10/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Kristin Kontrol – “Concrete Love” Kirstin Kontrol is the synth-pop alter ego of Kristin Gundred, also the artist formerly known as Dee Dee from Dum Dum Girls. Her new single ‘Concrete Love ‘ snuck out

The VPME Meets – Juanita Stein

03/10/201703/10/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Last week the incredibly talented Juanita Stein (Howling Bells) arrived in Liverpool as part of her first tour to promote her beautiful debut solo album ‘America,’ which incidentally is one of the finest releases of

VPME Recommends – Spotify Playlist – September 2017

03/10/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Another edition of our recommended Spotify playlist for September – music, we’ve featured, loved or seen live in the last month. You can also listen to our IWFM radio show on Mixcloud or subscribe via

Track Of The Day – Miss World – Lip Job

29/09/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Miss World – Lip Job. We thought out previous feature ‘Bubblebutt’ by Pink Kink looked like winning our shortest “track of the day” post ever checking in at 1 minute and 49 seconds. We were

Track Of The Day – Pink Kink – Bubblebutt

27/09/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Pink Kink – Bubblebutt. So finally Pink Kink take the plunge and release their first recorded music! It seems a long time coming but their live shows have already become some of the most talked

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Liverpool Sound City 2018 – Moving Back To The City

09/03/202226/09/2017 by Andy Von Pip

So two great pieces of news! Liverpool Sound City will be heading back to the city centre in 2018 and The VPME will also be curating the emerging talent lineup at Sound City 2018! We are

In Pictures – Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia 2017

26/09/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Once again Liverpool Pysch Fest gathered artists from around the world to bring an explosion of noise to Liverpool’s Baltic triangle for two days of mind-bending noise and art. Headliners The Black Angels were immense,