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Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder – The Molotovs Interview.

09/02/201213/09/2008 by Andy Von Pip

“Hills” by The Molotovs “One Up On Me” By The Molotovs First things first, The Molotovs are not, as the name may allude, a band who deliver a crude, noisy incendiary racket. They are in

Categories Interviews Tags Emile Zola, Indie, Music reviews, New Music, Pop, Sept Oct 2008, The Molotovs
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Viva Glasvegas-Glasvegas album and gig review

09/02/201212/09/2008 by Andy Von Pip

“Lonesome Swan” By Glasvegas Alan McGee has described them as “the greatest Scottish band of the last 20 years,” Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand was recently quoted, reiterating,almost word for word McGee’s sentiments, a case

Categories Reviews Tags Alan McGee, Daddys Gone, franz Ferdinand, Geraldine, Glasvegas, Glasvegas Album review, James Allan, Scotland, Sept Oct 2008
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Forbidden Fruit – Katie Herzig Interview

09/02/201211/09/2008 by Andy Von Pip

Original photography by Caleb Chancey “Hologram” By Katie Herzig “I Will Follow” By Katie Herzig Billy Bragg’s guitar apparently said“sorry,” Woody Guthrie had “this machine says kills fascists” emblazoned on the side of his guitar

Categories Interviews Tags Alt Country, Folk, Hologram, Indie, Katie Herzig, Music, Newcomers Home, Sept Oct 2008
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Screaming Ballerinas -“Daydream” Mini Review

09/02/201204/09/2008 by Andy Von Pip

Pic By Galore photography “Daydream” By Screaming Ballerinas “Daydream” is not the sort of song you’d take to Mc Donald’s then ply with cheap cider in the hope of a drunken fumble, which ultimately would

Categories Reviews Tags disco, Indie, Laura Trouble, Nicholas Bukowski, Ollie Pound, Pop, Punk, Ross Hammond, Screaming Ballerinas, Sept Oct 2008
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The Great And The Good – Emmy The Great Interview

10/11/201401/09/2008 by Andy Von Pip

One musical term that often baffled me was “Anti-folk,” what did it mean? Some sort of misanthropic music performed by heavily tattooed shouty chaps who railed against us normal folk? However upon listening to music

Categories Interviews Tags Anti-folk, Emma Lee Moss, Emmy The Great, Indie, Pop, Sept Oct 2008

Rock City Sixteen-review

09/02/201229/08/2008 by Andy Von Pip

“Lunettes Noires Pour Nuits Blanches” By Rock City Sixteen” Havana Guns are no more!! But despair not as they have re-emerged with a new name and a sound that’s darker in tone to material released

Categories Reviews Tags Havana Guns, Indie Pop, Linda Hollywood, lunettes noires pour nuits blanches, Music, Phillipe Di Nero, Pop Music, rock city sixteen, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Zoe Durante
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By Any Other Name -Rose Elinor Dougall Interview

09/02/201227/08/2008 by Andy Von Pip

“Another Version Of Pop Song” By Rose Elinor Dougall “I Know We’ll Never” By Rose Elinor Dougall “DON’T CALL ME ROSAY”……….. To lose one pipette may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two looks

Categories Interviews Tags Pop Music, Rosay, Rose Dougall, Rose Elinor Dougall, The Pipettes
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Hearts Of Darkness-International Jetsetters Interview

09/02/201225/08/2008 by Andy Von Pip

“Inside Out (Demo)” By International Jetsetters “My Redemption (Demo)” By International Jetsetters The Band: International Jetsetters : Who ? An Oxford-based five piece band formed by singer and guitarist Mark Crozer and bass player Bert

Categories Interviews Tags Indie, International Jetsetters, Mark Crozer, Music, Planting seeds records, Pop Music, Shoegaze, The Jesus And Mary Chain
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The Boy Most Likely To….Stickboy Interview

09/02/201209/08/2008 by Andy Von Pip

“Pirouette” By Stickboy. “To Do List” By Stickboy. Are you sitting comfortably? Good, then I’ll begin “A simple boy made of sticks walked out into the forest one day to discover a little wooden instrument

Categories Interviews Tags Craig Edmondson, Manchester, Marc Riley, Pirouette, Run Toto Run, Steve Lamacq, Stickboy, The Lost and Lonely Singles Club Records, Under A Sleepy Moon
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The Von Pip Eisteddfod With Bethan Elfyn

10/03/202208/08/2008 by Andy Von Pip

As a rather unpatriotic Englishman of Celtic descent, and being geographically in very close proximately to the Welsh border, I’ve always been a bit jealous of my Welsh neighbours. Not only do they have beautiful

Categories Interviews Tags Bethan Elfyn, Eisteddfod, Indie, Manic Street Preachers, Music, Super Furry Animal, Tom Jones, Wales
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Matinée Idols…Northern Portrait Interview

04/01/201406/08/2008 by Andy Von Pip

When you think of Denmark what would immediately spring to mind? Vikings? Hamlet? Hans Christian Anderson, perhaps? Peter Schmeichel ? Helena Christenson? Maybe Scooby Doo? Feeling hungry? Well how about some bacon and pickled herring,

Categories Interviews Tags Indie, Napolean sweetheart, Northern Portrait, the fallen aristocracy, the Smiths
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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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