My longstanding love affair with @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social started here, about 40 years ago. Only just re-got this on vinyl, so had forgotten what a brilliant album it is. Post-punky, jazzy, dark and sophisticated; brilliant songwriting and musically v sophisticated. Great stuff 👌 #NowPlaying

#CDFriday with The Blow Monkeys new album, Birdsong. Dr. Robert and the group always do an excellent job and this one is no different. Short but energetic songs here that are all fun listens. Really like Shadowplay a lot for how it sounds like a Blur song. #NowPlaying @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social

My @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social media spots playlist now includes this morning's chat with Garry Christian of The Christians on BBC Breakfast (plus recent radio appearances too): www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I finally got around to listening to @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social new album Birdsong. Full of all those fabulously familiar funk riffs, bass lines and beauty. My current favourite is when Dr Robert goes all introspective on Giving Up The Ghost. Man oh man this is beautiful. youtu.be/Vce9Ry4N2K0?...

It's release day for @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social's latest album Birdsong, their first for the cool-as-all-heck Creation Youth label, so we nabbed a Very Special Guest to come on the podcast and help us review it... strangersinspace.libsyn.com/music-club-e...

DR WATSON: What's on the agenda today Holmes? SHERLOCK HOLMES: I'm speaking at a local school today... DR WATSON: Oh? High School I presume? SHERLOCK HOLMES: No, elementary my dear Watson, elementary. RS

Today marks 10 year anniversary of our Stone Foundation record “A Life Unlimited” Artwork @thespecials.bsky.social Horace Panter, the album features @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social Dr Robert, Graham Parker & Northern Soul legends The Four Perfections. you can stream it on all streaming platforms now

Blow Monkeys & Curtis Mayfield - Celebrate The Day After You (1987) #MusicSky #80sMusic #Blue-EyedSoul One of my absolute favorites Would love to see you back in Japan! youtu.be/E2FofhZXzFA?...

Lovely to talk to one of my fave singer-songwriters,Dr Robert from @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social ,for the new issue of Hi-Fi+ mag. We chatted about the band’s new album, Birdsong - out this month on Creation Youth Music - and loads of other stuff, including Paul Weller, Alan McGee and Curtis Mayfield.

#WeekendSingles some of you may be aware I'm on a weekend away in Blackpool at the darts. A lovely day in St Annes today peaked finding this beauty by @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social. Not sure I've come across a 12" single put together with so much detail. A lovely thing and a fabulous song

🇬🇧 The Blow Monkeys - The Penny Drops #MusicSky #80sMusic New single released June 17 New Album 'Birdsong' will drop on August 15 open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... youtu.be/5NBDiAU_RnE?...

🎶 When I get off this plane Gonna break down that door Gonna give you what you're looking for Gonna change all my ways, day by day All you ever say is Wait! #NowPlaying Kym Mazelle & The Blow Monkeys, Wait (1989)

And there was also this track from the Blow Monkeys, which spoke to me as a kid 😂 youtu.be/vuX3gFmVXUQ?...

Harsh

I'm not sure if it's cool or not to say that I rather liked the Blow Monkeys. #totp

Man did I think Dr Robert and The Blow Monkeys were cool back in the day 👌 #TOTP

More bassists dressed like this please #TOTP

Crikey. When did the Blow Monkeys get with the program? It's like watching Clark Daschler hanging off the podiums in Es Paradis. I have to say, "I like it!" #totp

"The 28 clauses and your market forces." They may have gone acid house, but the Blow Monkeys are no sell-outs #totp

It's a long time since this sizzled across our screens; Dr Robert of @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social and that there Paula Yates steaming up The Tube in their recreation of Brief Encounter: youtu.be/xaBvRCjqu20

A brilliant new record The Instant Garden from Dr Robert & Matt Deighton which I'm sure will become my album of summer 2025 @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/daveross...

More thanks to @gidcoe.bsky.social for driving the first @bbc6music.bsky.social play last night of 'Dude In A Roller'. shop.lastnightfromglasgow.com/products/dr-... @lnfg.bsky.social @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social @amylame.bsky.social @garycrowleyonair.bsky.social @stuartmaconie.bsky.social

Just a beautiful record @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social @mattdeighton.bsky.social #theinstantgarden

open.spotify.com/track/1r1ve1... This has aged well. Love this song. @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: The philosopher was hounded out of her job for her views on gender. Now that Sussex University has been punished, she wants a public conversation with her critics, not a public shaming

Tickets booked for a trip to Alnwick to see the magnificent @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social

AOC, @aoc.bsky.social, making the case for free speech alongside universal healthcare is so KEY for the left, because it's time progressives reclaimed the mantle of fighting for free speech from the faux free speech warriors of the right.

This account uses the data below to recount votes in the Commons in terms of the voters represented by the MPs voting aye/no. You may find the results surprising. Follow @propvoting.bsky.social for recounts of every division.

In Britain, 16 million chickens spend their entire lives trapped in tiny cages just so you can have their eggs for breakfast. It’s unnatural and unhealthy for them and for you. Choose What You Chew More Wisely. Read more: buff.ly/Z138Xst

James Hollis on empathy.

Actually I was having a go at Rod and ElO for playing apartheid era Sun City in South Africa ... We were young and righteous ...and right

It's coming Prof. New album in Summer on Alan McGees label

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#AtoZAlbumCoverObjects 16 ~ Picture/framed photo or art Limping for a Generation THE BLOW MONKEYS (1984) Cover Illustration Andrew Ekins ~ "Atomic Lullaby" youtu.be/ff92nmkOYL0?... ~ "Wildflower" youtu.be/yZQm4lqyUvA?... ~ "Man from Russia" youtu.be/fZU8ktrbpDA?... ~

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

Check out Lawrence Watsons amazing pics from Cadogan Hall www.theblowmonkeys.com

"...a record grounded deep in experience, both of life and of music ..." In issue 14, Blitzed reviewed 'Together/Alone', the latest album offering from The Blow Monkeys