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Yea I was at them too.

Digital Cover Story: Wolf Alice on “The Clearing” {meta_description}

It was a real pleasure to chat with Ellie & Joff from one of my favourite bands of the past decade and a half, WolfAlice for @undertheradar.bsky.social
I’ve watched them grow from playing in tiny venues to now preparing for a full-blown arena tour.

www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/d...

Last week Coach Party released a new album, "Caramel," on Chess Club (@chessclubrecords.bsky.social). Here's Andy Von Pip's (@andyvonpip.bsky.social) review of it.

"Second album syndrome? Thankfully, Isle of Wight quartet Coach Party didn’t get the memo."

www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/cara...

Track Of The Week - Sofia Isella - “Out In The Garden” It’s been a strong week for single releases, but at the top of the pile is US artist Sofia Isella.

Lots of strong releases over the past seven days, but @sofiaisella.bsky.social SOFIA ISELLA’s "Out In The Garden" is our track of the week. Darkly cinematic, menacing, and unpredictable, she’s a truly brilliant young artist.

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In Pictures : 2025 Gig Photography I haven’t posted much on here of late, and yet the world still turns. Blame the usual suspects deadlines, gigs, life and the slow death of attention spans.

A rare VPME post. Some but not all, photographic musical highlights from 2025

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Haha was very nice to get that feedback from a legend

It was lovely to chat to the legend that is Shirley Manson of Garbage for @undertheradar.bsky.social 's digital cover story

“there are a million ways life can hurt. But hope is how we get through it.”

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@jay.bsky.team hey there. I know you guys are crazy fucking busy, but we're indie af, and it would help to get verified. We were all old-school verified on Twitter in the Before Times

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As the fantastic WolfAlice are back, here's a throwback to when I selected my top 12 WA songs for Under the Radar Honestly, I could have chosen another 30 quite easily.

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Samia on “Bloodless” {meta_description}

Interviewed @samiatheband.bsky.social about her remarkable new album "Bloodless"

“ I was thinking a lot about absence, how when something’s missing, it takes on a greater presence in your mind. ”

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Cliffords Announce New Single “Bittersweet” {meta_description}

A Cork-er from Irish band Cliffords with new single 'Bittersweet '

www.undertheradarmag.com/news/cliffor...

You can read my early interview with them here

www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/c...

listening to @mrjamesob.bsky.social and hearing Farage breathlessly gushing over his friendship with JD Vance and excusing Putin and Trump is not only stomach churning , but also leads me to believe he’s rapidly turning into a 21st century Lord Haw-Haw

Hurrah @sunday1994.bsky.social are back and given current world events, “Doomsday” could not be a more aptly titled new release.

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Brilliant talk on @mrjamesob.bsky.social about OCD my son was diagnosed and it’s so misunderstood and debilitating. Through this his feature I’ve found that Tuppence Middleton is doing a book tour and talk and have just booked tickets for it . Thank you

HotWax: From School Corridors to Festival Stages {meta_description}

Pleased to Meet You: I spoke to the fantastic Hot WAC about their forthcoming debut album "Hot Shock", grassroots music venuez touring in the U.S and spiders in the Mojave Desert. for @undertheradar

www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/h...

YouTube video by HBO The Plot Against America: Official Trailer | HBO

People are saying the salute was "From the heart" erm, that assumes Musk has one ? We are truly through the looking glass now @mrjamesob.bsky.social

This is worth a rewatch, based on Phillip Roth's dystopian novel as basically, this is what's happening

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New Music Of The Week 2025 - VPME Music Blog Weekly Playlist

Give this playlist a listen: New Music Of The Week 2025 - VPME Weekly Playlist

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Feel free !

Ones To Watch 2025 Ones to Watch 2025 Instead of overwhelming you with a huge exhaustive/exhausting list that’ll be forgotten by next week, I’ve narrowed it down to a magnificent 7. These are the ones that I reckon coul...

New music for 2025 . Who else should I be looking out for ?

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Happy Christmas 24

Various Artists

Have Yourself Merry Indie Christmas (4 volumes, 208 tracks of original Christmas songs) has so far raised over £11,000 for Crisis at Christmas. It's been widely acclaimed as the greatest indie Xmas comp of all time. Download and donate - every penny to Crisis. v4velindre.bandcamp.com

Merry Christmas Eve Eve

Christmas No 1

I'm 1st in the Dream Pop chart www.mixcloud.com/TheVonPipMus... #Dream Pop via @mixcloud

Almost

The Mary Chain last night - epic

Amazing work by Kevin and the artists who contributed

In Defence Of ... Christmas Music Christmas music tends to evoke strong emotions. However if it sends you into a state of puce faced apoplexy then you're clearly listening to the wrong sort..

Don’t feel like I’ve interacted with the usual bunch of #christmasmusic fans & writers as much this year . Possibly because some are here some are still on X - or I’m disorganised - anyway wrote this a year or 2 back www.thevpme.com/track-of-the....
If you’re a festive music fan let’s connect !

Hahaha Im the same . Festivepodanxiety, what have I missed, what else is coming , should I wait ....

Lovely - A real Christmas tradition this when i started to listen to these mixes my kids were , well, actually kids

It's On Mixcloud !

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