Sep 17, 2020 By Andy Von Pip Photography by Nicole Loucaides On paper, 2020 looked like being a busy and exciting time for UK singer/songwriter Fenne Lily. Appearances at SXSW, U.S. dates with Waxahatchee and Lucy Dacus, before an extensive tour of…

Fenne Lily on “BREACH”

Sep 15, 2020 By Andy Von Pip By Andy Von Pip While other bands surf waves of manufactured hype, Another Sky have been quietly going about the business of crafting their own unique majestic brand of otherworldly avant-garde post-rock-pop. A slew of…

Another Sky

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VPME – Best Of August 2020 Playlist

King Hannah have been lurking in the shadows of Liverpool for a few years now. They occasionally popped up for the odd gig and interview but seemed to keep a low profile. They quite sensibly weren’t what you’d call scenesters. Or maybe they just went…

Track Of The Week – King Hannah – Crème Brûlée”

Sep 11, 2020 By Andy Von Pip By Andy Von Pip Moss may have recorded Who the Power in a home studio but throughout, the album is imbued with stadia filling power and intensity. The walls of icy atmospheric gothic synths do induce a slightly retro vibe…

Liela Moss

Deep Sea Diver, led by Seattle guitarist and songwriter Jessica Dobson are already a formidable proposition, but on their latest track, they have added bonus of a guest appearance from the sublime Sharon Van Etten. Van Etten would, of course, enhance…

Track Of The Week – Deep Sea Diver ft Sharon Van Etten – Impossible Weight

Sep 04, 2020 By Andy Von Pip By Andy Von Pip Throwing Muses somewhat fittingly return with 10 near-perfect tracks to mark their 10th studio album. Sun Racket is all that you’d want from a Throwing Muses album and after a career spanning almost 40…

Throwing Muses

It’s been quite a while since I blogged “properly” here aside from playlists and podcasts, but I didn’t want to miss out on sharing one of my favourite artists latest releases.
Bristol-based Fenne Lily will unveil her wonderful second album BREACH…

Track Of The Week – Fenne Lily – Solipsism

Better late than never here’s our best of July 2020 Playlist. At this rate, August’s should arrive around January 2023
You can find my music reviews etc – HERE . And photography HERE and podcasts HERE

VPME Playlist Best Of July 2020

 Aug 17, 2020 By Andy Von Pip It’s been almost seven years—bar 2016’s rather beautifully desolate Christmas single—since Scots-born Northampton-based artist Katie Malco released new music. But 2020 sees her long time coming debut…

Katie Malco

Aug 07, 2020 By Andy Von Pip By Andy Von Pip New Truth , the third album by Los Angeles artist Jenny O. ( full name Jennifer Anne Ognibene) was written and recorded against the backdrop to an unexpected and cruel twist of fate. One morning she sat up…

Jenny O.

Aug 04, 2020 By Andy Von Pip By Andy Von Pip The new wave of bands from Ireland enjoying critical acclaim and success in the UK and beyond have often been poetic, brooding, and intense. However, it wouldn’t be remiss to suggest there are a few who…

Silverbacks

Jul 27, 2020 By Andy Von Pip By Andy Von Pip Bryde’s debut solo album Like An Island was a body of work heavily informed by a break-up, as the Welsh-born singer/songwriter (full name Sarah Howells) rode often turbulent seas of emotion as she worked…

Bryde

Jul 21, 2020 By Andy Von Pip By Andy Von Pip Manchester’s PINS return with their third album, Hot Slick, their first full release since 2015’s Wild Nights. It’s an album that lives up to its name as they take their post-punk sound, hurtle it across…

PINS

Jul 10, 2020 By Andy Von Pip By Andy Von Pip Ironically singer and songwriter Elizabeth Stokes touches on themes that revolve around keeping in contact with people who you may be socially distanced from. Of course, the album was written before the…

The Beths

Jul 09, 2020 By Andy Von Pip By Andy Von Pip The trio of Rakel Mjöll (lead vocals), Alice Go (guitar, vocals), and Bella Podpadec (bass, vocals) were adamant they wanted to work with an all-female team on this album and the result is certainly more…

Dream Wife

Jul 03, 2020 By Andy Von Pip By Andy Von Pip Since first picking up a guitar in high school, Sarah Lipstate has relentlessly explored the possibilities of what guitar music can be. She is genuinely a true innovator, and when she performs live under…

Noveller

Jun 29, 2020 By Andy Von Pip By Andy Von Pip Stylistically, Pottery fuse garage and psychedelia with dance-driven, angular art-pop. There’s an appealing, anarchic sense of fun which often masks the skill of their musicianship, but they can be…

Pottery

Jun 12, 2020 By Andy Von Pip By Andy Von Pip Multi-talented French artist Jehnny Beth came to wider prominence as the intense and confrontational lead singer and co-writer of acclaimed cult UK post-punk band Savages. Her debut solo album To Love Is…

Jehnny Beth

Here’s May 2020’s Best of Spotify Playlist – each month tracks will be deleted to make way for new songs – and all tracks will then roll over to a huge BEST OF 2020 playlist
You can find my music reviews etc – HERE . And photography HERE and podcasts…