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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TRACK OF THE DAY – JUNK SON – True

28/10/2015 by Andy Von Pip

Junk Son started out as the musical alter ego of John Dunk, who gave up the delights of the Lake District, mint cake, and wide open spaces for over priced housing, jellied eels and traffic

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IN PICTURES – LAUREN AQUILINA / CHLØË BLACK – LIVE

09/03/202227/10/2015 by Andy Von Pip

We caught two singers who look set to take 2016 by storm. Lauren Aquilina’s self-released EP’s have apparently sold over 100,00 copies, she’s headlined the BBC Introducing stage and is set to release her debut

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ALBUM REVIEW : JENNIE VEE – Spying

22/10/2015 by Andy Von Pip

Jennie Vee was one of our tips for 2015 and her debut solo album ‘Spying’ certainly doesn’t disappoint, in fact it plays like a greatest hits album. This is due in no small part to the

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IN PICTURES – BLACK HONEY -LIVE – LIVERPOOL PARR STREET -STUDIO 2

21/10/2015 by Andy Von Pip

We caught Black Honey live again recently, a band we tipped back in 2013 even before they were Black Honey (see if you can spot ’em HERE.) Once again they proved to be one

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THE VPME MEETS – THE BIG MOON

20/10/2015 by Andy Von Pip

It may be an overused journalistic trope to describe a new band as “arriving fully formed”, but that’s exactly the impression given when London quartet the Big Moon appeared on the scene this year. There

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TRACK OF THE DAY – CHLØË BLACK – ‘Wild At Heart’

07/03/202217/10/2015 by Andy Von Pip

Chløë Black is a bloody marvel, literally and figuratively as her latest David Lynch inspired video demonstrates. Let’s face it anybody who expresses a desire to watch ‘Twin Peaks whilst we make love’ seems to

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IN PICTURES : METRIC – LIVE – MANCHESTER RITZ – 09.10.2015

15/10/201514/10/2015 by Andy Von Pip

One of our favourite bands of recent years , in one our favourite venues, Toronto’s Metric brought their Pagans In Vegas tour to Manchester’s Ritz Ballroom and demonstrated that after over 15 years they remain at

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TRACK OF THE DAY – ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF – ‘Evocation’

14/10/2015 by Andy Von Pip

You may by of the opinion that music from an artist who once wrote a song entitled “Funeral For My Future Children“ performed on a massive big f*ck off pipe organ could be a slightly

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Songs To Learn And Sing – The Big Moon, Stealing Sheep, Bruising, Man Made

09/10/2015 by Andy Von Pip

The Big Moon – Nothing Without You Quite possibly one of the best tracks yet so far from The Big Moon and shockingly it’s apparently being tucked away as a B-side !! It nimbly demonstrates

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TRACK OF THE DAY – Wildhoney – Laura

07/10/2015 by Andy Von Pip

Half Man Half Biscuit memorably bemoaned the fact that certain names have been sadly neglected by songwriters over the years . And they set about addressing the issue by penning ‘Ode To Joyce’ – “Hey

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IN PICTURES – DIY NEU TOUR 2015 – In Heaven – Vant – The Big Moon – Liverpool 5.10.15

06/10/2015 by Andy Von Pip

A damp muggy Monday night in Liverpool, the day after the local football Derby, could perhaps be a hard sell for any promoter … but it shouldn’t be! Not when you’ve got three bands of

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TRACK OF THE DAY – CROW BABY – Gutted

05/10/2015 by Andy Von Pip

Demos by Crow Baby Crow Baby arrive via the L.A. garage/D.I.Y scene armed with a clutch of scuffed up, sprited, incredibly catchy lo-fi demos. In doing so, they prove that you don’t need a