Bloody Knees – Maybe It’s Easy
Bloody Knees have been around a few years and have amassed a rather impressive back catalogue of releases. We caught them in 2016 supporting Wolf Alice in Liverpool and were transfixed by their frenetic mix of
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Track(s) Of The Day – Best Girl Athlete – In Your Head & Baby Come Home
Wow ! Not sure what we were doing in 2015 that ensured we somehow contrived to completely miss out on Best Girl Athlete‘s debut album ‘Carve Every Word’. An album which was apparently nominated for
Video of The Week – Samantha Urbani – Hints And Implications
It seems an age ago that Brooklyn collective Friends were beguiling the blogosphere with their fusion of indie art pop and mutant funk grooves. They made the “BBC’s Sound Of” list and won the “UK
VPME Recommends – Spotify Playlist July/August 2017
Here’s our latest monthly playlist for July and August. You’ll note the slight flaw in our plan when doing these monthly playlists namely we completely forgot to do last months. So it’s a double helping
Track Of The Day – Pale Waves Television Romance
Pale Waves Television Romance Manchester’s indie pop new comers Pale Wales return with brand new track ‘Television Romance’, but what sort of reception will it get? (ho, ho). It’s the follow up to their sublime
Track Of The Day – Dream Wife – Fire
Dream Wife – Fire Dream Wife return with a new track and EP, which includes their previous release, the excellent ‘Somebody’ plus three exclusive remixes of ‘Fire’. It’s a track that’s already a live favourite
Album Of The Month – Juanita Stein – America
Juanita Stein – America It’s hardly a huge surprise to discover that Howling Bells singer songwriter and guitarist Juanita Stein‘s debut solo album has distinct alt- country flavour running throughout. It’s a genre that’s been
In Pictures : Kendal Calling 2017 – How to run a festival.
We’ve been caught up in the abject shambles that was the Hope And Glory festival in Liverpool over the last few days, an object lesson in how NOT to run a music festival. And how
Hope And Glory Festival Liverpool
Hope and Glory Festival have just issued this statement HERE . It appears they have named and blamed everybody else in the world, like, ever. They also seem more concerned about riders and sandwiches going missing?
Live : Brian Wilson Presents Pet Sounds: Liverpool Exhibition Centre
Review: Brian Wilson Presents Pet Sounds: Liverpool Exhibition Centre Words By Susie Bennett / Photography Andy Von Pip The sound of Brian Wilson presenting 1960s Hawthorne California is more than enough to inspire a happy battle
The VPME – 10th Anniversary !
Today the VPME celebrates 10 years at the musical coal face. Yes, on 31st July 2007 we posted ‘ The Burning Ambition Of The Early Diuretics” by Brighton uber-pop band The Pipettes. Listening back it’s
TRACK OF THE DAY – Johnny Kills – My Shirt Guy is High
After impressing with the giddy garage surf thrash of their debut single ‘Let’s Talk About Me’, Brighton/London/York based Johnny Kills return with an ode to boredom in the shape of ‘My Shirt Guy Is High.’