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The VPME | Panic Shack - "The Ick."

Credit: Ren Faulkner

Panic Shack – “The Ick.”

13/03/202209/03/2022 by Andy Von Pip

Cardiff’s Panic Shack release their new single ‘The Ick’, from their incoming debut EP “Baby Shack,” released April 8th on Brace Yourself Records.

Categories Track Of The Day Tags Brace Yourself Records, Cardiff, Panic Shack, The Ick
The VPME | Track Of The Day - Joanna Gruesome - 'Sugarcrush'

Track Of The Day – Joanna Gruesome – ‘Sugarcrush’

18/09/2013 by Andy Von Pip

What’s in a name?  Well despite people whose opinions we respect and whose taste we implicitly trust insisting we’d simply love Cardiff noisepop five-piece Joanna Gruesome we foolishly refused to engage.  Rather preposterously, this was

Categories Track Of The Day Tags Cardiff, Joanna Gruesome, slider, Sugarcrush, Track Of The Day, Weird Sister
The VPME | The School – Reading Too Much Into Things Like Everything

The School – Reading Too Much Into Things Like Everything

26/05/2012 by David Cross-Kane

The VPME welcomes aboard a new writer  David Cross-Kane, a scouser exiled in London, who lends his ears to Welsh retro popsters The School’s latest album. *********************************** The remarkable thing about Cardiff-based band The School

Categories Reviews Tags 60s, Album, Cardiff, dave wrench, Elefant Records, Pop, slider, The School
The VPME | Track Of The Day - The School - "Never Thought I'd See The Day"

Track Of The Day – The School – “Never Thought I’d See The Day”

14/03/201214/03/2012 by Andy Von Pip

Cardiff retro pop sensations The School return with a glorious, effervescent, swirling spirit lifting tune that demonstrates just how life affirming great pop music can be. “Never Thought I’d See The Day” is the lead

Categories Track Of The Day Tags Cardiff, Liz Hunt, Molly Ringwald, Pop, slider, The School, Track Of The Day
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Tis The Season..Spencer McGarry Interview

09/02/201209/12/2008 by Andy Von Pip

“A Title Sparks Would Have Used” By Spencer McGarry Season “To The Liars Take Me” By By Spencer McGarry Season When it comes to action “Episode 1″ certainly doesn’t disappoint, however in terms of coherent

Categories Interviews, Reviews Tags Cardiff, Episode 1, Indie, Liz Hunt, Music, Pop, Spencer McGarry Season, Wales, XTC
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The School “Let It Slide” EP Review

07/03/202201/08/2008 by Andy Von Pip

“I Want You Back” By The School This could have been the shortest review in history, for in order to sum up the delights contained within this elegantly packaged CD, courtesy of the fabulous Elefant

Categories Reviews Tags Camera Obscura, Cardiff, Elefant Records, Ian Catt, Indie, Liz Hunt, Lucky Soul, Phil Spector, Pop Music, Saint Etienne, The Loves, The Pipettes, The Ronettes, The School
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Fatal Distraction…Hemme Fatale Interview

09/02/201208/07/2008 by Andy Von Pip

“Peryglus Lucifier” By Hemme Fatale. I mean it shouldn’t work should it? A band that claims to be influenced by R.Kelly, Faith No More and American wrestling with a penchant for Prince, Judas Priest, Jay

Categories Interviews Tags Cardiff, Christy Hemme, Electro, Hemme Fatale, Indie Music, Luke Taylor, New Music, Pop, Pop Muic, Prince, Sexy, The Hot Puppies, Welsh Music, WWE

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