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.

The Jesus And Mary Chain – Damage And Joy

26/03/202328/03/2017 by Andy Von Pip

If ‘Munki’ was the Jesus And Mary Chain‘s break up album then ‘Damage And Joy’ is the album that finally saw quarrelling brothers William and Jim Reid, bury the hatchet. The album title could be

Interview – Flying Vinyl -The Revolution Will Not Be Digital

09/03/202227/03/2017 by Andy Von Pip

The Revolution Will Not Be Digital. In the digital age, with readily available streaming services, illegal downloads and a generation having grown up having never actually bought a physical music product who in their right

FEST EVOL GARDENS 2017 – Final line up and stage details

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

Evol have revealed the final artists for this year’s Festevol Gardens plus details of stage breakdowns as the Invisible Wind Factory complex is transformed into “zones .” Joining the ludicrously stellar line up are Trudy and the

LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY+ ANNOUNCES SECOND WAVE

20/03/2017 by Andy Von Pip

SOUND CITY+ ANNOUNCES SECOND WAVE OF CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Internationally renowned music industry conference Sound City+ has announced a host of new high profile guests, talks and panels to join a programme celebrating the event’s

Photo Credit: Charlotte Patmore

Track Of The Week – Black Honey – Somebody Better

16/03/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Black Honey – Somebody Better. Izzy, Chris, Tom and Tommy aka Black Honey roar back into earshot with a brand new track … and it could be their best yet. Admittedly that’s a pretty bold statement

Dream Wife - Photo Credit Hollie Fernando

Track Of The Day – Dream Wife – Somebody

08/03/2017 by Andy Von Pip

It’s one thing to be tipped as one of the most exciting new bands in the country, it’s quite another to consistently come up with the goods. Dream Wife have done things the old fashioned

Fest Evol Gardens 2017 – Pins, All We Are and more added to the bill

09/03/202201/03/2017 by Andy Von Pip

After the success of last year’s Fest Evol which featured the likes of Juliette Lewis, Blossoms, Marnie and Hooton Tennis Club as well as rising stars Black Honey and Pumarosa Liverpool promoter Evol have raised

Track Of The Day – Kid Wave – Everything Changes

01/03/2017 by Andy Von Pip

So, we all trust Heavenly Recordings right ? They were quick to recognise Swedish singer-songwriter Lea Emmery’s innate ability to pen soaring evocative guitar driven pop as she produced demos under the name ‘Kid Wave.‘

Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation Get It Loud in Libraries - Photo: Andy Von Pip

Get It Loud In Libraries – Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation – Liverpool 25.02.17

09/03/202228/02/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Stewart Parsons has been staging gigs in libraries for ten years under the banner Get It Loud In Libraries, often on a shoestring and certainly at the expense of an ‘easy life.’ But when you

HERS - Photo Credit - Ryan Jafarzadeh

Her’s – Speed Racer

22/02/2017 by Andy Von Pip

Her’s are a strange brew, the Liverpool based duo consisting of Norway’s Audun Laading and Barrow-born Stephen Fitzpatrick write songs which in many ways redefine oddball, it really shouldn’t work … and yet it does.

Ride – Charm Assault

21/02/2017 by Andy Von Pip

So Ride return with ‘Charm Assault’, their first new music in twenty years, and it’s pretty much everything a Ride fan would expect from Ride. Jangling coruscating guitars, menacing bass lines, Laurence Colbert fantastic drumming

Pale Waves - "an extraordinarily strong debut"

Songs To Learn And Sing – Ft Pale Waves, Circa Waves, Shrinking Minds, Dyln & More

21/02/2017 by Andy Von Pip

The big debut tune Pale Waves – There’s A Honey Well, it has to be said we really do love this, an extraordinarily strong debut from Manchester four-piece Pale Waves, who have just signed for