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.

One To Watch 2018 – No.4 – The Blinders

06/12/201705/12/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Ones to Watch 2018 – No.5 – The Blinders Visceral, unhinged, thrilling and chaotic. Just four words that could be used to describe The Blinders. We caught them in a sweaty basement at this year’s

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Ones To Watch 2018 – No.5 – Miss World

09/12/201704/12/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Ones To Watch 2018 Miss World One of our musical highlights of 2017 was the arrival of Miss World the new musical project of London based artist Natalie Chahal (also half of Shit Girlfriend alongside

Ones To Watch 2018 – No.6 – Bang Bang Romeo

01/12/201701/12/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Ones To Watch 2018 – No.6 – Bang Bang Romeo (Adopts unctuous DJ voice- ) “Continuing our Ones To Watch 2018 – in with a bullet at No.6, it’s Sheffield’s Bang Bang Romeo” Yup Liverpool Sound

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Ones To Watch 2018 – 07. Tear

10/03/202230/11/2017 by Andy Von Pip

07. Tear London quartet Tear (rip, not sob) are signed to Tim Burgess’ ‘O Genesis label’ and this year released their debut EP ‘VINYL01.’ It’s the perfect introduction to the band’s oeuvre and having caught

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Ones To Watch 2018 – No.8 – Yonaka

10/03/202229/11/2017 by Andy Von Pip

No.8 – Yonaka. Well now, it wouldn’t be a proper tips list without at least one Brighton based band in the equation. We’ve probably featured more artists from that city than any other during our ten

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Ones to Watch 2018 – 09. Pale Waves

10/03/202228/11/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Ones to Watch 2018 – 09. Pale Waves We compiled this list a few weeks ago and wondered if any of the artists we featured would be on the BBC Sound of 2018 list. The

Ones To Watch – 2018 – 10. HMLTD

10/03/202227/11/2017 by Andy Von Pip

So we kick off our Top 10 bands to watch out for in 2018 (intro HERE ) with …. 10. HMLTD One thing you can’t accuse London based collective HMLTD of is being ‘beige.’ Because in

Sound City 2018 – First Acts Confirmed

24/11/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Liverpool Sound City has announced the first slew of acts who’ll be performing at next years festival as it returns to the city after a brief stint at Liverpool’s post-apocalyptic docklands. Docklands which incidentally will

Coming Soon : Ones To Watch – 2018

09/03/202224/11/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Ones to Watch – 2018 – A Preview It’s been a bit quiet here lately, hasn’t it? Aside from the occasional crepitation of tumbleweed and the benign clanging of an old church bell carried on

Video Of The Week – Black Honey – Dig

14/11/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Another Black Honey release equals another classic slice of cinematic indie pop noir. Once again the Brighton based quartet excel with the brooding ‘Dig.’ Rather than explode out of the tracks like their previous release

Trampolene – Live – Liverpool 8.11.17

09/03/202213/11/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Trampolene Live There are some gigs that transcend the normal live music experience, gigs that are so uplifting and powerful that merely writing about them could never do them justice. Swansea trio Trampolene’s gig at

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IWFM Radio Launch Party

09/03/202207/11/2017 by Andy Von Pip

IWFM Radio Launch Party 1.12.2017 So some readers will be painfully aware of my radio work over the years, which has been described as sounding like Ian McCulloch on ketamine fused with Ringo Starr trapped