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.

Dream Wife - Photo Credit Hollie Fernando

Track Of The Day – Dream Wife – Somebody

08/03/2017 by Andy Von Pip

It’s one thing to be tipped as one of the most exciting new bands in the country, it’s quite another to consistently come up with the goods. Dream Wife have done things the old fashioned

Fest Evol Gardens 2017 – Pins, All We Are and more added to the bill

09/03/202201/03/2017 by Andy Von Pip

After the success of last year’s Fest Evol which featured the likes of Juliette Lewis, Blossoms, Marnie and Hooton Tennis Club as well as rising stars Black Honey and Pumarosa Liverpool promoter Evol have raised

Track Of The Day – Kid Wave – Everything Changes

01/03/2017 by Andy Von Pip

So, we all trust Heavenly Recordings right ? They were quick to recognise Swedish singer-songwriter Lea Emmery’s innate ability to pen soaring evocative guitar driven pop as she produced demos under the name ‘Kid Wave.‘

Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation Get It Loud in Libraries - Photo: Andy Von Pip

Get It Loud In Libraries – Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation – Liverpool 25.02.17

09/03/202228/02/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Stewart Parsons has been staging gigs in libraries for ten years under the banner Get It Loud In Libraries, often on a shoestring and certainly at the expense of an ‘easy life.’ But when you

HERS - Photo Credit - Ryan Jafarzadeh

Her’s – Speed Racer

22/02/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Her’s are a strange brew, the Liverpool based duo consisting of Norway’s Audun Laading and Barrow-born Stephen Fitzpatrick write songs which in many ways redefine oddball, it really shouldn’t work … and yet it does.

Ride – Charm Assault

21/02/2017 by Andy Von Pip

So Ride return with ‘Charm Assault’, their first new music in twenty years, and it’s pretty much everything a Ride fan would expect from Ride. Jangling coruscating guitars, menacing bass lines, Laurence Colbert fantastic drumming

Pale Waves - "an extraordinarily strong debut"

Songs To Learn And Sing – Ft Pale Waves, Circa Waves, Shrinking Minds, Dyln & More

21/02/2017 by Andy Von Pip

The big debut tune Pale Waves – There’s A Honey Well, it has to be said we really do love this, an extraordinarily strong debut from Manchester four-piece Pale Waves, who have just signed for

News: LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY ANNOUNCES MORE ACTS

20/02/201720/02/2017 by Andy Von Pip

SOUND CITY ANNOUNCES MORE ACTS The Cribs, The Amazons, Vant and Declan McKenna join the bill Having announcing the biggest and best line-up yet for its tenth anniversary edition, the multi-award winning Sound City has

The VPME Radio show on IWFM Radio – Episode 1

20/02/2017 by Andy Von Pip

If you missed Episode 1 of our new radio show – The Von Pip Musical Express’ on IWFM Radio with Andy Von Pip then catch up on mixcloud below – the show will run every

The VPME | In Pictures : Sundara Karma ,Blaenavon ,The Night Cafe - Liverpool 2

Sundara Karma ,Blaenavon ,The Night Cafe O2 Academy Liverpool Pics Tom Adam 12.2.2017