Brighton Rock-Ikoma Interview
“Last Chance Honey” by IKOMA Rock has had a pretty bad press over recent years, there’s maybe been a tendency to concentrate on style over substance, on living the lifestyle, without actually having the music
Never Mind The Botox-Detox Cute And The Beauty Junkies Interview
“Pop Trash” By Detox Cute And The Beauty Junkies Initially Detox Cute And The Beauty Junkies may come across as a great big good-natured sugar coated hug, and with names like Paisley Play-doh and Charlie
Life’s A Riot-Electric Blue Interview
“Teenagers In Love” By Electric blue “Somebody’s Help” By Electric Blue Where do you go when the music stops? If you take away the “snap” and the “crackle” what on earth do you do with
The Jesus And Mary Chain- Nick Sanderson Tribute Night 27/10/2008
“It should be great night for a great person” said former Lush and current Mary Chain bassist Phil King. And it was. It was a night to remember and a night for remembering. When Jim
One Man Bond-James Bond- Quantum Of Solace Special
Welcome to our VPME James Bond extravaganza, Mark Standbrook (wearing his Omega “Planet Ocean” James Bond watch, whilst sipping Zero Zero 7 coke) investigates the fascination with Bond and its links to pop music by
Shoot You Down-The Bookhouse Boys Interview
“Dead” By The Bookhouse Boys “Shoot You Down” By The Bookhouse Boys Two’s company, threes a crowd, the devil is six and god is seven, and nine is number of members in The Bookhouse Boys,
Rage Against the Tantrum-Thomas Tantrum Interview
“Swan Lake” By Thomas Tantrum “Blase” By Thomas Tantrum Thomas Tantrum is not a character in a Horrid Henry novel, which will no doubt come as a relief, I’m sure you don’t fancy sitting through
Fisherman’s Blues-Port O’Brien Interview
“Close The Lid” By Port O’Brien “Have you heard that new album by Pat O’Brien?” a friend said. “Pat O’Brien???” I retorted with no small amount of incredulity? As it happens, I love old gangster
BT Digital Music Awards 2008 -Thank you
In with a bullet! The VPME climbs this years digital music award chart! Click here for the results. Not wanting to get all luvvy and Paltrow-esque, darlings, but I’d like to thank all the amazing
Desktop Confessional-Camera Obscura Interview
Let’s Get Out Of This Country by CAMERA OBSCURA Let’s Get Out Of This Country by CAMERA OBSCURA Every time I go to Scotland it rains, it even seems to rain in between showers up
We Could Be Heroes – Those Dancing Days Interview
“Hitten” By Those Dancing Days “Action Man” By Those Dancing Days I was first alerted to Swedish pop sensations Those Dancing Days some 20 months ago by the gentlemen who run Tack! Tack! Tack!, a
The Way It Is -Nicole Atkins Interview
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/8956604″ params=”auto_play=false&player_type=artwork&color=570c10″ width=”300″ height=”300″ iframe=”false” /] New York based chanteuse, Nicole Atkins’ full length debut“Neptune City” is a luscious, brooding album that challenges your expectations, and takes the listener on a breathtaking musical