Interviews and discussions with the VPME
“How You Gonna Feel About This” By Mono Taxi [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/vonpip/mono-taxi-how-you-gonna-feel-about-this” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=8f4300″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ] There have been a number of bands who, over the years have experienced the giddy pleasure that can only be
“Nadine” By The John Moore Rock n Roll Trio ft The Loose Moorelles [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/andy-pip/nadine-by-the-john-moore-rock-n-roll-trio”] “I thought you didn’t approve of covers bands” sneered a colleague at VP Towers. “Explain to me” he continued “What
Main Jim Bob photo courtesy of Julia Indelicate “Goffam” By Jim Bob [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/andy-pip/radio-goffam-jim-bob”] James Morrison (aka Jim Bob) and Les Carter (aka Fruitbat), known collectively as Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine to you and
Ash -Space Shot (Loverush UK! Club Mix) [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/vonpip/ash-space-shot-loverrucj-uk-club-mix”] The Noughties, whilst producing some great music also seemed to be a decade in which the hype machine went into overdrive. Obscure bands you’d never heard
[soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/vonpip/hands-and-knees-by-dag-for-dag”] “Hands And Knees” By Dag för Dag If you like reverberating guitars allied with spectral vocals of infinite beauty then Dag för Dag might just be your favourite new band. Formed by the
“Jack” By Moose [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/vonpip/jack-by-moose”] Moose may have flown under many peoples radar in the early 1990’s despite being the band that inadvertently helped coin the term “shoegaze.” In spite of their music being an
“Rollerblades” (Plastic Little Remix) –Eliza Doolittle [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/vonpip/rollerblades-plastic-little-remix-master”] “Pop” has certainly been big business in 2009, generic indie bands (who generally weren’t actually indie) found that the public had turned a deaf ear to their
A recent Q&A with the man the N.M.E. has bestowed the title “the coolest man in rock” revealed that Strokes front man Julian Casablancas may indeed be incredibly cool but he also gives interminably
“The Way It Works” By Polly MacKey And The Pleasure Principle [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/vonpip/polly-mckey-and-the-pleasure-principle-the-wayitworks”] Polly MacKey’s first public performance came when she was just shy of her sixteenth birthday, at a family party. As chance would
A girl called Lulu and her friends the dancing lampshades?? Good grief! It sounds like something that might have been commissioned for kids TV during the 60’s and early 70’s , a time when
“Constellation” By Katsen You wait years for a decent electro band to turn up and then a whole fleet come along at once! The latest to cruise down our very own “Electric Avenue” and gleefully
“Bang, Bang Cherry” By Hook And The Twin. [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/vonpip/bang-bang-cherry-hook-and-the-twin”] To be completely honest, when I heard that electronic music was making a revival my heart sank faster than Beth Ditto in a lead canoe.