Interviews and discussions with the VPME
HOWLING BELLS ‘The Loudest Engine ‘Special. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/16255336″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=570c10″ width=”100%” height=”81″ iframe=”false” /] The Album Review The problem with producing a flawless debut album widely regarded by many as a genuine classic, is that there
There’s certainly been no shortage of intelligent, talented, singer songwriters of late. From the egregious caterwauling of Florence, a lady who on occasion can make Al Pachino’s worst excesses appear quite restrained and dignified, right
Photo Credit – Michele Civetta. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/20235733″ params=”auto_play=false&player_type=artwork&color=ff0034″ width=”300″ height=”300″ iframe=”false” /] ************************** Brian Eno once described Ladytron as a band who posses “a full awareness of what’s happening everywhere in music which is
“Bedroom Eyes” By Dum Dum Girls. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/21830514″ params=”show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=9b100b” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] ************************ For somebody brought up in a house filled with the music of Buddy Holly, Gene Vincent, Phil Spector, the Brill Building
‘Riot’ By The Whip. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/15979639″] Manchester has long been a fertile breeding ground for electronic music, be it the nihilistic, heart wrenching poetry of Joy Division, set against the backdrop of a bleak,
‘Sing You Through The Storm’ By Rebekah Delgado. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/35787627?secret_token=s-iprTX” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=53000e” width=”100%” height=”81″ iframe=”false” /] ‘Lamentine’ By Rebekah Delgado. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/15191689″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ff000a” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] If hard work, talent and passion for
“A Woman, A Woman, A Century of Sleep” By Emmy The Great. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/13651230″ params=”show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=cf0b1b” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] It wasn’t quite love at first listen with regard to Emmy The Great’s debut album ‘First Love’,
“Hollow Heart” By Birdland. Reunions are very much part and parcel of today’s musical landscape, some work extremely and sometimes things are better left in the past, that “foreign country”: where “they do things
‘Not Me‘ By Milk Maid. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/12523643″ params=”show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=9b350b” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] We have often banged the drum with regard to the fact that you don’t neccesarily need a huge budget and fancy production techniques
‘Colour Of Fire’ By Mechanical Bride. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/12657848″ params=”show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=9b350b” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] To the avid fan, music will always be something more than merely the soundtrack to doing the dishes. To suggest ‘it’s just
We’ve been fans of Bleech for quite a while now. Tracks like ‘Are You Listening?’ Is It True That Boys Don’t Cry?’ and ‘Taking Over’ soon had our musical radar beeping with unfettered joy. It
“Black Eye” By Love Inks. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/10638441″ params=”show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=cf0b1b” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] In many ways Texan trio Love Inks’ debut album ‘ESP’ is the complete antithesis of much of today’s fast food, battery farmed pop. Unlike