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.

IN PICTURES : WOLF ALICE LIVE @ EAST VILLAGE ARTS CLUB, LIVERPOOL

15/03/2016 by Andy Von Pip

Wolf Alice, Swim Deep and Bloody Knees, live in Liverpool – March 2014

LIVERPOOL PSYCH FEST RETURNS – 23 + 24 SEPTEMBER 2016

14/03/2016 by Andy Von Pip

LIVERPOOL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL of PSYCHEDELIA returns over 23rd + 24th September 2016 to the warehouses and recesses of Camp and Furnace, Blade Factory and District, in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. The festival are thrilled to announce

Track Of The Day – Bleached – Sour Candy

11/03/201611/03/2016 by Andy Von Pip

It’s Bleached‘s second Track Of The Day in a matter of months, but ‘Sour Candy’ from their forthcoming album ‘Welcome To The Worms’ is such a spankingly good tune it would be remiss of us

Track Of The Day – Innerspace Orchestra – ‘One Way Glass’

03/03/2016 by Andy Von Pip

Pulsing electronica, hypnotic beats and sultry crystal cut vocals are the hallmarks of Innerspace Orchestra’s debut track ‘One Way Glass’. It’s sophisticated soaring electro-pop tinged with layered psych/shoegaze gauziness which ebbs and flows whilst disorienting the

The Village Limits

Festival No 6 reveals second wave of artists

02/03/2016 by Andy Von Pip

Super Furry Animals announced as very special guests Broken Social Scene, Temples, M. Ward, Gold Panda, Eagulls, A Certain Ratio and many more join the bill Celebrating its fifth year, the multi-award winning Festival No.6 has today

Track Of The Day – Kate Jackson – ‘Metropolis’

01/03/2016 by Andy Von Pip

It seems to be the week of the return! We’re back after a break due to bereavement and yesterday we focused on Lush’s very welcome reappearance. Today we are absofuckinglutely delighted to learn that former

LUSH – Blind Spot EP

29/02/2016 by Andy Von Pip

We’ve missed quite a lot since we’ve been away, including the return of Lush !! Unlike many recent reformations which trade entirely on nostalgia, Lush’s return has been marked by the release of their first music

Tracks Of The Day – Viola Beach

18/02/2016 by Andy Von Pip

I’m currently having a blog break due to bereavement, alongside the grief and sense of loss is a search to find comfort and consolation, which in some circumstances can be incredibly difficult. For me personally, it

TRACK OF THE DAY – BLEACHED – Keep On Keeping On

07/03/202228/01/2016 by Andy Von Pip

Sisters Jennifer (vocals, guitar) and Jessie Clavin (guitar, bass) AKA Bleached have announced details of their second album ‘Welcome To The Worms’ alongside a trio of UK date** (details below). It’s a wonderful follow-up to

NEWS : Liverpool Sound City announces more acts

27/01/2016 by Andy Von Pip

UK Festival Awards crowned Sound City the Best Metropolitan Music Festival of 2015 and Sound City is going for gold yet again with a 2016 line up that’s bigger, better and even more diverse than

TRACK OF THE DAY – HEAVY HEART – ‘Time Will Stand Still’

26/01/2016 by Andy Von Pip

We first tipped Heavy Heart in 2014 after falling for a sound which we, at the time, and with one eye on a spot in “Pseud’s Corner” described as “Music which packs an emotional punch,

Songs To Learn and Sing – So Below, Feral Love and Bowie Impersonates …

22/01/2016 by Andy Von Pip

So Below – Luna New Zeland’s So Below, has recently released/uploaded her latest track ‘Luna’ to her Soundcloud account and it’s quite possibly her brightest and most optimistic tune to date. Previous releases have had