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.

The VPME | TRACK OF THE DAY - WILD BELLE - Throw Down Your Guns 1

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

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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

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2015 – Our Photos Of The Year – Part 3

09/03/202204/01/2016 by Andy Von Pip

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MARNIE ( Helen Marnie - Ladytron)

2015 – Our Photos Of The Year – Part 2

07/03/202231/12/2015 by Andy Von Pip

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2015 – Our Photos Of The Year – Part 1

07/03/202231/12/2015 by Andy Von Pip

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Fave albums of the year 2015 Part 1 20-11

09/03/202218/12/2015 by Andy Von Pip

Here are our fave albums of 2015. …. These are the albums that have sustained us here at the VPME through an absolute bastard of a year. You probably won’t agree, that’s fine, it’s ok

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THE VPME CHRISTMAS PODCAST 2015

15/12/2015 by Andy Von Pip

It’s our FIFTH seasonal podcast, and it remains a relatively cheese free zone and hopefully proves that Christmas songs aren’t all relentlessly upbeat, but often ache with a bittersweet sense of melancholia, nostalgia and beauty

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12 Artists To Listen Out For In 2016 – Part 2

09/03/202209/12/2015 by Andy Von Pip

Following on from Part 1 of our artists to keep an ear (or even two) out for HERE for in 2016 – here’s our top six .. 6.The Vryll Society The Vryll Society were the last signing the

The VPME | 12 To Listen Out For In 2016 - Part 1 1

12 To Listen Out For In 2016 – Part 1

09/03/202207/12/2015 by Andy Von Pip

So we’ve had the BBC Sound of 2016 long list, and bloggers top choices via the Blog Sound of 2016 …and if we’re being honest we didn’t find too much to get excited about in

The VPME | The Blog Sound Of 2016 - Long List

The Blog Sound Of 2016 – Long List

09/03/202203/12/2015 by Andy Von Pip

So …. we’ve had the BBC Sound Of 2016 long list and instead of bemoaning how unremittingly shit it is (and it is) I’d like to praise the BBC for this essential piece of public

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INTERVIEW – THE VPME MEET – DILLY DALLY

30/11/2015 by Andy Von Pip

Toronto quartet Dilly Dally’s breathtaking debut long player Sore will no doubt feature amongst our favourite albums of 2015. Squalling guitars detonate around singer and guitarist Katie Monks bruised defiant nettle sting rasp on an album