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The great thing about the internet is you often get to chat to people who share your passion for music and who love the bands who provided part of the soundtrack to your own life.
“Good morning, starshine. The earth says hello” erm…Okaaaay.….. Welcome to the brand spanking new VPME site. We thought after almost four years of constant blogging and swimming through ear rotting effluence in search of
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/5946526″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=570c10″ width=”100%” height=”81″ iframe=”false” /] Following last year’s deluxe reissue package, the Jesus and Mary Chain have announced their first shows since 2008. Unfortunately for us Brits they are US only dates so
You may recall to coincide with the BBC’s Sound Of 2012, we asked bloggers to vote for who they thought would produce music of note in 2012, the Bloggers long list is here which
On Christmas Day, without fail the Queen bestows her wisdom on her loyal subjects and reflects back on what an idiot her husband has been. At the VPME we have gone one better and this
Last year my good self (Andy Von Pip,) Robin from “Breaking More Waves” and Simon from “Sweeping The Nation” were discussing the merits of the BBC’s annual “Sound Of” taste-maker predictions. It was forensically dissected
Ok so we’ve been named in the Best Blog category at The Record of The Day Awards for the 4th year running. Now as we don’t have teams of writers to vote for us or
The recent looting and destruction in London and beyond saw 165 independent record labels lose a huge amount of stock on Monday night as a Sony distribution warehouse in Enfield was burnt to the ground
Just a quick post to let you know I’ll be on the “Now Playing @6Music” show between 7-9pm this Friday night with Tom Robinson on BBC 6Music, picking a trio of my favourite recent new
Have a Happy Christmas folks, I’ll leave you with a couple of old favourites and a new favourite . . . “It’s Clichéd To Be Cynical At Christmas” By Half Man Half Biscuit. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/8313008″
This Week : Wye Oak, Thomas Tantrum, Matt And Kim, Saint Etienne and Uncle Shane MacGowan. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Wye Oak- Free Download. “Civilian” By Wyre Oak. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/7845499″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=cf0b1b” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] On March 7, 2011,
“Look Dad, No Tunes” So one half of the “Brothers mono- brow” finally emerges from the car crash that was the acrimonious Oasis split with some exciting, ground breaking new material. Or not. Those hoping