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.

Songs To Learn and Sing – So Below, Feral Love and Bowie Impersonates …

22/01/2016 by Andy Von Pip

So Below – Luna New Zeland’s So Below, has recently released/uploaded her latest track ‘Luna’ to her Soundcloud account and it’s quite possibly her brightest and most optimistic tune to date. Previous releases have had

TRACK OF THE DAY – GAPTOOTH – Good Guys

21/01/2016 by Andy Von Pip

East London singer/songwriter Hannah Lucy who releases music under her “Gaptooth” moniker returns with a brand new EP. The Pillow Fort EP showcases her caustic wit, ear for melody and clever wordplay as she confronts

BOWIE – One Week On

18/01/201618/01/2016 by Andy Von Pip

“Look out my window and what do I see A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me All the nightmares came today And it looks as though they’re here to stay”

TRACK OF THE DAY – TACOCAT – I Hate The Weekend

14/01/201614/01/2016 by Andy Von Pip

We arrived at the Tacocat party fashionably late, despite the band forming in 2007 it was 2014’s album NVM that really brought them to our attention. Wry, intelligent often caustic lyrics and buoyant garage thrash with

TRACK OF THE DAY – GRACE SEES – Better

13/01/2016 by Andy Von Pip

Emerging singer-songwriter Grace Sees reveals the title track from her forthcoming debut EP ‘Better’. Whereas her debut ‘Fade To Grey’ (see video below) focussed on the intensity and anguish of dying love,” ‘Better’ examines the

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TRACK OF THE DAY – Bowie – ‘Lazarus

11/01/201611/01/2016 by Andy Von Pip

There’ll be much written about his incredible legacy over the next few days. For now, as the shock gives way to grief let’s celebrate his music, his art. Only Bowie could release a video called

TRACK OF THE DAY – WILD BELLE – Throw Down Your Guns

08/01/2016 by Andy Von Pip

Chicago’s Wild Belle have always been a hard band to pin down in the musical sense. They’ve mixed pop, reggae, jazz, Calypso, indie and electro in the past, featured on Major Lazor’s ‘Be Together’ and their

THE FIFTH GIT AWARD LAUNCHES FOR 2016 EDITION

07/01/2016 by Andy Von Pip

“There’s simply nothing like it in the UK, The GIT Award does great things for new music in Merseyside” – BBC Radio 6 Music “The GIT Award is a great advert for Merseyside. It really

The VPME | Track Of The Day - Venera 4 - 'Deaf Heartbeats'

Track Of The Day – Venera 4 – Masked Dance

05/01/2016 by Andy Von Pip

Masked Dance by Venera 4 Hello 2016, could things be any worse than they were in 2015? … yes probably. To be quite honest, it’s going to be a huge challenge to keep the blog