The VPME On IWFM Radio
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Track Of The Day – Bang Bang Romeo – Chemical
Sheffield-based Bang Bang Romeo who were something of a revelation for us at this year’s Liverpool Sound City unveil their soaring debut single ‘Chemical.’ Lead singer Anastasia Walker’s dramatic powerhouse blues-drenched vocal takes centre stage
Track Of The Day Thea & The Wild – City Of Gold
Thea & The Wild is the project of Norwegian singer-songwriter Thea Glenton Raknes. Her latest single ‘City Of Gold’ released via Propeller Recordings proves she’s lost none of her dramatic flair for bold, hook-laden pop
Wolf Alice – Yuk Foo
Wolf Alice come back swinging, with their punkiest, noisiest, dirtiest most feral moment yet and it’s immense. It’s two years since their critically acclaimed debut ‘My Love is Cool’ and new single ‘Yuck Foo’ is
May 2017 – Spotify Playlist
It may well be June, but May isn’t quite over … yet. We’ve decided to do monthly Spotify playlists to round up music we’ve featured on the blog, music we haven’t quite managed to write about,
Track Of The Day – Touts – Political People
So election day is here and we are faced with a stark choice. But we aren’t about to lecture you over your voting habits, there’s quite enough ‘virtue signalling’ and hectoring on social media from
Liverpool Sound City 2017 – Highlights
UK music festivals can often be a hit and miss affair, this is usually due to the depressingly uncooperative British weather rather than the music (unless it’s the lamentable V- Festival which would be ear-perishingly
Track Of The Day – Alvvays – In Undertow
Canadian jangle poppers Alvvays today announce their second album, Antisocialites, the hugely anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut album which became something of a touchstone for the lovelorn and heartbroken. The first fruits of the
In Pictures – Cherry Glazerr / Dream Nails – Get It Loud In Libraries – Liverpool
A couple of weeks back L.A.’s Cherry Glazerr brought visceral supervision to Liverpool Central Library with an unhinged set of power and melody. And this was possibly the first time I’ve ever seen a front person arrive on
Liverpool Sound City – Day 4 -Photo Gallery – The Kooks, She Drew The Gun , The Sherlocks and more
Day 4 at Sound City and arguably the best one in terms of festival vibes. Mike Sheerin, Tom Adam, Andy Von Pip, Graham Smillie, Mark Holmes and Ernie ‘Phil’ Greenhalgh were on hand again to
Sound City Day 3 – Photo Gallery – The Kills, Slaves, Peaches, Carl Barat and more
The VPME photo team were on duty at for Day 3 of Sound City and here are our visual highlights Photography by Phil Greenhalgh, Graham Smillie, Mark Holmes, John King, Mike Sheerin, Tom Adam and Andy
Sound City Day 2 Conference – John Cale – Velvet Underground and Nico 50th anniversary
Sound City – Day -2 – Photo Gallery Day 2 kicked off with the conference at Camp and Furnace with Don Letts and Peaches in conversation with Dave Haslam were the stars of the show. Then