“Neopolitan Dreams” By Lisa Mitchell
To quote Clint Eastwood “opinions are like assholes, everybody’s got one” and should you voice an opinion about certain bands or singers, you may find the online loony brigade beating a hasty path to your virtual door. Your inbox can on occasion, be overflowing with messages of “goodwill” from people whose [...]
August 18, 2009
Categories: Indie Music, Music, Music Review . Tags: Coin Laundry, Lisa Mitchell, Lisa Mitchell Wonder, Neopolitan Dreams, Surf Advert music . Author: vonpip . Comments: 5 Comments
“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 “pop?” I suppose one might suggest this was the dilemma facing Brighton pop group The Pipettes when the artist formerly [...]
November 2, 2008
Categories: Indie, Indie Music, Indie Pop, Music, Pop, Pop Music . Tags: Electric Blue, In Cinders, Indie, Pop, Power Pop, Randy Michael, Rebecca Stephens, Riot Becki, The Booze, The Pipettes . Author: vonpip . Comments: 7 Comments
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 bands who joined in plus big thanks to Mister Lion, Dogwood, Elz, Robb Dobbs, Laura and Ollie, Matt, Nick, Jason, [...]
October 7, 2008
Categories: Indie Music, Music, Pop Music . Tags: BT Digital Music Awards, October 2008 . Author: vonpip . Comments: Leave a Comment
“If You Care” (Demo) By Doll And The Kicks
Am I a Sexist? This question has been bothering me since it was pointed out that I seem to interview more female fronted bands than male. When I was a young lad I had an implausibly huge poster of Debbie Harry on my bedroom wall, so I [...]
June 3, 2008
Categories: Indie Music, Indie Pop, Music, Music Review, Music Sites, Pop, Pop Music . Tags: Add new tag, Brighton music, Debbie Harry, Doll And The Kicks, Female Singers, Gwen Stefani, Indie, Indie Pop, Music, Pop Music, Sexy, Von Pip . Author: vonpip . Comments: 7 Comments
“You’re the Kind Of Guy” By Hella Cholla
The male and the female? A harmonious blend of the ying and the yang, or polar opposites, from different planets, diametrically opposed in every way? Or is it all a myth in order to sell books about woman being from Venus and men being obsessed with Uranus? [...]
May 3, 2008
Categories: Indie, Indie Music, Indie Pop, Music, Music Sites, Pop, Pop Music . Tags: Hannah Yadi, Hella Cholla, I-tunes, Indie, Leeds, Pop, Singers, Will Betts, You're The Kind Of Guy . Author: vonpip . Comments: 1 Comment
Righty Oh, its review time, and again, we have tempted some fine musicians into the murky world of The VPME. The glitterati of popular music agreed to take time out from partying hard with celeb types like Jane McDonald and Colleen Nolan and meet up at Von Pip Towers. Sadly we were [...]
April 19, 2008
Categories: Indie, Indie Music, Indie Pop, Music, Music Review, Music Sites, Pop, Pop Music, The Pipettes . Tags: Alastair Dougall, Alex Turner, And What Will Be Left Of Them, Arctic Monkeys, Dogwood, Joe Lean, Laura Marling, Mystery jets, Nick Cave, Rose Dougall, Screaming Ballerinas, Slow Down Tallahassee, The Last Shadow Puppets, The Lieutenants Mistress, The Long Blondes, Von Pip . Author: vonpip . Comments: 9 Comments
The Fabulous, gorgeous VOTE SHOW PONY Interviewed By Andy Von Pip April 2008
April 17, 2008
Categories: Indie, Indie Music, Indie Pop, Music, Music Review, Music Sites, Pop, Pop Music . Tags: Beautiful, Sorcha Hawkins, Vote Showpony . Author: vonpip . Comments: 6 Comments
“Faces Going Places” By Jose Vanders
Londoners are famous for having a good old knees up around the “old Joanna” (piano) with their “china plates” (mates). In fact if you were to believe the portrayal of Londoners as painted by “comedic” screenwriter Richard Curtis you’d probably expect to walk into a London pub and be [...]
March 25, 2008
Categories: Eddie Harrison, Indie, Indie Music, Jose Vanders, Kate Bush, Kate Nash, Music, Music Review, Music Sites, Transactional Language . . Author: vonpip . Comments: 6 Comments
“Come With Me ” By And What Will Be Left Of Them
The Band : And What Will Be Left Of Them
The Line Up : Red White -Vocals, Blue Peter -Vocals /Guitar, Chris Wemyss-Drums, Matt Pooler- Keyboards, Joe Beech-Bass
If you say the word “Worcester” people will immediately shout back “Sauce”, thats a fact. Yes indeedy [...]
March 24, 2008
Categories: And What Will Be Left Of Them, Indie Music, Indie Pop, Music, Music Sites, Pop Art, Punk, Steve Lamacq, VPME, Von Pip, Worcester . . Author: vonpip . Comments: 4 Comments
“Mr Understanding” By Pete And The Pirates
Well, well, well, Radio 1’s head of music -George Ergatoudis has rather belatedly declared he wishes “to f***ng stop “pop” being a “dirty mutha f***ing word”. Hmmmm?.. not the most original statement is it? What’s that you hear? Ah yes it’s another bandwagon Radio 1 [...]
March 2, 2008
Categories: Cheryl Cole, Cheryl Tweedy, Girls Aloud, Indie, Indie Music, Indie Pop, Johnny Depp, Music, Pete And The Pirates . . Author: vonpip . Comments: 11 Comments