Interviews and discussions with the VPME
“Five Trees” By Chapel Club [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/vonpip/five-trees-chapel-club” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=af0700″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ] “Moody, majestic and magnificent,” just three words plucked from the myriad of superlatives that have been used to describe upcoming London based five piece
Picture a less imperious Ladytron or maybe Dubstar with empathy or even La Roux devoid of reedy voice and bad manners. With silver in her lungs and gold in her heart The Good Natured could well prove to be the most interesting act to emerge from the current crop of female electronic pop pioneers. . .
Such has been the hyperbole surrounding the female led synth pop revival that at times it’s been difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff and rescue legitimate contenders from the raging sea of PR propaganda. And so whilst lesser artists surf the tsunami of hype, French sonic auteur Emilie Simon has been quietly assembling something of a mini- electronic pop masterpiece in the shape of her latest album “The Big Machine. Emilie, hailing from Montpelier, in the south of France, a former student of musicology at the Sorbonn, specialising in medieval music and electronic contemporary composition, has been at the vanguard of experimental electronica in her homeland since 2003.
“Laser Shot” By The Kiara Elles. [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/vonpip/laser-shot-the-kiara-elles” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=e5e70c” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] What’s in a name? Does it really make a difference? Would The Clash’s contribution to music seem somehow less valid if they’d have
Original Dum Dum Girls photos by Lauren Dukoff “Jail La La” By Dum Dum Girls. [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/vonpip/dum-dum-girls-jail-la-la” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=c82806″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ] Free Download here (Right click here) If you’re a sucker for scuzzy guitars, Spector-esque
“Walk Through Walls” By Kyla La Grange. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/8618252″ params=”show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=cf0b1b” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] Free Download Of “Vampire Smile” Here . Let’s get a bit philosophical- “Most people live and die with their music still unplayed.
“Dancing” by Standard Fare [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/vonpip/dancing_standard-fare”] Whilst “Big Music” continues to exhibit the sort of head in the sand, Neo-Luddism that makes Ted Kaczynski look like an enthusiastic advocate of new technology, and by pursuing
“A Coming Of Age” By Lucky Soul. [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/vonpip/lucky-soul-a-coming-of-age” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=140214″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ] Lucky Soul produced a fantastic début album in the shape of 2007’s “The Great Unwanted”, a gorgeous, shimmering pop extravaganza that took
“With No Certainty” By Victoria & Jacob If you have a penchant for pretentious, mystical sounding band names then it’s entirely possible that ‘Victoria and Jacob’ may not be the sort of collective appellation that
“All I Want” By Sarah Blasko [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/vonpip/sarah-blasko-all-i-want” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=6100df” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] How times change … a number of years ago an announcement such as “Australian songbird set to release new album” would engender the
Emceeing Is Believing-Scroobius Pip Interview with the Von Pip Musical Express- February 2010
“Sea Of Regrets” By I Like Trains. [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/ilikepress/i-like-trains-sea-of-regrets” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=020521″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ] Forget about the contrived, comic book- faux-gothic demeanour and sub-standard Bauhaus karaoke caterwauling of bands like The Horrors, if you’d prefer a