VPME Albums Of 2014 – Part 2 – Number 10 to Number One
So following on from Wednesdays list , numbers 20 -11 (SEE HERE) we give you our top ten albums of 2014.. in reverse order. 10. Esben & The Witch -‘A New Nature’ Esben and The
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The VPME Xmas Podcast 2014
Bored with Bing? Sick of Slade? Wiped out by Wham? Does the mere mention of Cliff’s ‘Mistletoe and W(h)ine’ make you uneasy, queasy and come over all queer ? Well why not take a listen
The VPME Albums Of 2014 Part 1 – 20 to 11
This year we’ve had to dispense with producing physical versions of our magnificent “Pipster Award Trophy” (as modelled by last years recipient Ladytron’s Helen Marnie HERE), and you can thank austerity for that…However it’s time
Track Of The Day – Red Sleeping Beauty – ‘Merry Christmas Marie’
Today’s track of the day is the bitter sweet ‘Merry Christmas Marie’ by Swedish indie poppers Red Sleeping Beauty. They describe themselves as “a semi-legendary Swedish bedroom pop band,” consisting of Mikael Matsson, Kristina Borg,
Video of The Week – Stevie Riks – Do They Know It’s Christmas ?
So it’s pretty much full on sleigh bells here at VPME Towers this week as we start to embrace the Xmas spirit like crazed spittle flecked Scouse elves. And talking of mad scousers …. today’s
Pips Tips – THE VPME Tips For 2015.
So it’s time for our annual tip list, or as we prefer to call it – “bands we’d like to see do well in 2015” which we’ll concede isn’t quite as snappy as ‘Pips tips’
Video Of The Week The Courtesans – ‘The Power Of Love’
We are almost at the cut off point now, whereby we refuse to listen to any music that doesn’t have a vague seasonal theme. And so to slowly ease you into the festive season here’s
Track Of The Day – Young Summer – ‘Severing Ties’
We first stumbled across Young Summer when she uploaded a rather mournful stripped back piano led version of the Human League’s electro pop classic ‘Don’t You Want Me’. Since then she’s released a well received debut
Track Of The Day – Acre Tarn – ‘In The Bleak Midwinter’
There’s a common misconception that Christmas music is by definition redolent of cheese, horribly and relentlessly upbeat, but the truth is some of the best Christmas songs and carols are bittersweet, bleakly beautiful elegiac hymns
Track Of The Day – Dum Dum Girls – ‘On Christmas’
As we mentioned yesterday, we will yield to nobody in our view that a well judged carefully crafted Christmas tune, or indeed cover version can be a wonderful thing. And as if by magic Dum
Songs To Learn And Sing – The Aquadolls ,Mozes And The Firstborn, Sara Lowes, The Courtesans, Nadine Shah
The Aquadolls – ‘So High’ ‘So High’ is from California’s The Aquadolls debut album ‘Stoked On You’ which has just been released via Burger Records. It’s a beautifully evocative slice of dreamy reflective surf pop
Tracks Of The Day – Brown Brogues – ‘Medication’ and Skeptics – ‘TV Wizard’
Listening to some of the tips for 2015, our response in the main has been been one of ‘what a load of crystal balls’. There seems to be a worrying lack of twisted spontaneous guitar