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.

TRACK OF THE DAY – COLLEEN GREEN – ‘TV’

29/01/201529/01/2015 by Andy Von Pip

We caught Colleen Green live last year when she opened for EMA and were hugely impressed. She arrived armed with just an electric guitar a drum/loop machine and proceeded to charm the collective pants off the

TRACK OF THE DAY (2) – TORRES – ‘Strange Hellos’

12/02/201527/01/2015 by Andy Von Pip

Brooklyn based artist (by way of Nashville) Mackenzie Scott aka Torres makes a blistering return with ‘Strange Hellos,’ the first track to emerge from her second album ‘Sprinter’ which was recorded in Dorset, England; and then at

Track Of The Day – Tuff Love – ‘That’s Right’

27/01/2015 by Andy Von Pip

It’s another track of the day from Glasgow’s Tuff Love and the second song to be released from their forthcoming ‘Dross’ Ep . ‘That’s Right’ continues where previous single ‘Slammer’ left off which a short

LIVE – ALVVAYS and MOON KING – Deaf Institute Manchester – 21/01/2015

09/03/202223/01/2015 by Andy Von Pip

Few bands of late seem to have captured discerning indie pop fans collective hearts as quickly and as effortlessly as Canadian quintet Alvvays. Their self-titled debut album appeared in a plethora of “best of 2014”

TRACK OF THE DAY – MY INVISIBLE FRIEND – ‘Eyes’

21/01/2015 by Andy Von Pip

We love Italy and we are also rather partial to dreampop and happily today we can combine both by introducing My Invisible Friend who are a dream pop trio from Parma Italy. Our track of the

TRACK OF THE DAY – ANNALIBERA – ‘Black Cat, White Cat’ ( Free Download)

20/01/2015 by Andy Von Pip

Annalibera’s full-length debut ‘Nevermind I Love You’ is one of the most spellbindingly beautiful, assured and astonishing debut albums we’ve heard in quite some time. ‘Black Cat, White Cat’ is the first single to be taken from

TRACK OF THE DAY – THE BLACK RYDER – ‘Seventh Moon’

19/01/2015 by Andy Von Pip

The Black Ryder have been around for a few years, indeed we remember being somewhat bowled over by their beautiful debut album ‘Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride’ back in 2009. So we were a little surprised

TRACK OF THE DAY – GHXST – ‘No Luck’

17/01/2015 by Andy Von Pip

Brooklyn’s incendiary doom rockers GHXST are back with a brand new track ‘No Luck ‘ which features singer Shelly X’s trademark insouciant seductive vocals backed by huge slabs of shuddering Sabbath-esque guitar riffs. It translates into a dark

Video Of The Week – Moon Duo – ‘Animal’

16/01/2015 by Andy Von Pip

‘Animal’ is from Moon Duo’s upcoming Third album ‘Shadow Of The Sun.’ It’s a driving slice of cosmic punk psych rock and equally hypnotic is the video starring pro skater and all round psychedelic dandy

Track Of The Day – Lusts – ‘Temptation’

13/01/2015 by Andy Von Pip

When we featured Lusts back in October last year there was precious little information available, all we knew was that they were brothers, they were from Leicester, and they wrote music that conjured up a

pic by Daniela Fleckenstein.

Première – Deux Furieuses – ‘The Party Of Shaitaan’

09/03/202212/01/2015 by Andy Von Pip

One of the criticisms of modern music is that it seems reluctant to engage in any sort of political discourse, preferring to play it safe, stay bland, and say nothing. We’re not entirely sure that’s

Track Of The Day – LE THUG – ‘Basketball Land’

13/01/201509/01/2015 by Andy Von Pip

Today’s Track of the Day ‘Basketball Land’ comes via Glaswegian and Outer Hebridean trio Le’ T h u g (Michael Raphael Gilfedder, Dann McColgan and Clio Alexandra Maclellan.) It’s mesmerising and majestic, a beguiling mix