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 – Jesse Jo Stark Fire Of Love

17/04/2018 by Andy Von Pip

Jesse Jo Stark Fire Of Love Jesse Jo Stark returns with another slice of chiming dramatic pop noir which sounds a little like Black Honey colliding with Lana Del Rey. Or perhaps David Lynch meets

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Bluedot Festival, Day 2, Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, UK - 08 Jul 2017

Blue Dot Festival 2018 – Radiophonic Workshop 60th Anniversary Redisency

16/04/2018 by Andy Von Pip

Blue Dot Festival 2018 19 – 22 July 2018 Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire TICKETS ON SALE www.discoverthebluedot.com A festival experience like no other, Blue Dot Festival 2018 is a weekend of discovery,

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Track Of The Day – Juanita Stein – Forgiver

16/04/2018 by Andy Von Pip

Juanita Stein Forgiver “You’re a dark horse, baby I can feel it ” sang Juanita Stein on her first solo album ‘America’ which was released last year. Perhaps it takes one to know one :)

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Video Of The Week – Ladytron – The Animals

07/03/202213/04/2018 by Andy Von Pip

It’s hard to believe it’s been seven earth years since Ladytron graced us with an album, the cinematic ‘Gravity The Seducer’. When we interviewed Helen Marnie from the band back in 2011 regarding that particular

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In Pictures : Bryan Ferry Live 2018 – Liverpool Philharmonic – 11.04.18

15/04/201812/04/2018 by Andy Von Pip

Bryan Ferry Live 2018 – Liverpool Philharmonic Support: Juanita Stein Bryan Ferry Live 2018 : – At 72 Bryan Ferry rolled back the years and proved himself to be as stylish and enigmatic as ever,

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Track Of The Day – Hatchie – Sugar & Spice

10/04/2018 by Andy Von Pip

Track Of The Day – Hatchie – Sugar & Spice If you’re a fan of artists such as The Cocteau Twins, The Sundays, Lush, Chapterhouse then Hatchie could well be right up your musical street.

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In Pictures : Arcade Fire Live At Manchester Arena – 8.04.18

10/04/201809/04/2018 by Andy Von Pip

Arcade Fire Live At Manchester Arena Arcade Fire Live At Manchester Arena : Arcade Fire brought their acclaimed live show to Manchester Arena and left the audience spellbound. The critics may have been given the bands

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Featured Artist – Kino Kimino

15/03/202206/04/2018 by Andy Von Pip

Featured Artist Kino Kimino Welcome to our new “featured artist” erm, feature … or perhaps if we were being more truthful we should call it ‘artists we missed the first time around’ … because there

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Track Of The Day – Swoon- Fun Police

05/04/2018 by Andy Von Pip

Swoon Fun Police ‘Fun Police’ manages to live up to its title, energetic, spiky, brutal, relentless and you can imagine it’s a hell of a lot of fun to perform live. Indeed the accompanying video

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In Pictures – Evanescence – Synthesis Live – Manchester Apollo 2-04 -18

04/04/201803/04/2018 by Andy Von Pip

EVANESCENCE Live Mon 2nd April 2018 O2 Apollo Manchester Multi-platinum selling U.S. rock (dare we say goth) band Evanescence brought their Synthesis Live tour to Manchester Apollo, performing with a full orchestra. We were there to take

The VPME | VPME IWFM Radio Show - March 2018

VPME IWFM Radio Show – March 2018

30/03/2018 by Andy Von Pip

Von Pip Musical Express on IWFM Radio Show Well, there’s not been a whole lot of blogging going on of late due to other commitments, but we’ll be throwing more musical fuel into the engine room

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Sound City 2018 – 150 more artists announced plus day splits

29/03/2018 by Andy Von Pip

Liverpool Sound City 2018 Sound City Friday 4th – Sunday 6th May 2018 Taking place across Baltic Triangle and Cains Brewery, Liverpool www.soundcity.uk.com Twitter: @soundcity / Insta: @liverpoolsoundcity To be honest Liverpool Sound City, for