robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 14/10/2026It’s getting towards that time of year, so we’ve compiled The Very Things Hallowe’en Playlist for you, with some of our unnerving but jolly videos... youtube.com/playlist?lis... 100 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Thanks to @thejimdriver.bsky.social for including The Cravats in this excellent series of videos. Splendid words, Jim, bang on. It's much appreciated. youtu.be/nFPsvwm3iDg?...youtu.be5 More Forgotten But GREAT British Post-Punk Bands (Part 3)!YouTube video by Jim Driver 010 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We're very excited about bringing the TVT GXL set to London's The Lexington. It might look like this: Steven (and Burns 6-string) with me & Svor at Castle & Falcon earlier this year. Tickets at: www.seetickets.com/event/the-very-things/the-lexington/3732100 100 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 01/10/2026LONDON! WE’RE COMING TO VISIT. See you soon. Tickets on sale from 10am 1st October 2026 www.seetickets.com/event/the-ve... 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026HAL JOINS FROM 2001 to introduce The Very Things GXL's ‘Driver’ on the latest @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social “We are all, by any practical definition... foolproof and incapable of error.” Beautiful and prescient. Thanks to Freddie & Charlie, broadcasting to the Universe. www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... 001 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Forty years ago we’d just been shooting this video, at a nightclub in Handsworth, Brum, ready for the The Very Things' ‘This Is Motortown’ single release. The full video is here: youtu.be/dJMVAR6PQ7A 100 0
Reposted by @robdallaway.bsky.socialtheverythings.bsky.social @theverythings.bsky.social · 16/09/2026LIKE A BOAT OUT OF HULL! We played the wonderful Hull Adelphi Club in De Grey Street on Wednesday 29th October, 1986 as part of a mini tour just prior to ‘This Is Motortown’ being released. Were you there? Rob remembers fish & chips from an Art Deco chip shop… Another top archive find by @the_shend 121 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Great to spend some time with Disney Time being interviewed by Hayley CLX for Peek-A-Boo Magazine. Brilliant left-field questions and some laughs with the drumming legend. www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/interview... 100 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It’s Ned Cook in his snakeskin slacks, visiting Worcester City Art Gallery for the ‘5,4,3,2,1 FAB!’ Gerry & Sylvia Anderson exhibition. I included the Thunderbirds news reporter in my lyrics for ‘There Is No International Rescue’ recorded for The Cravats BBC session in 1982. 110 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 01/09/2026IT’S THE HEAVY-DUTY RIFF OF ‘DRIVER’ says Freddie. Unbelievably, two years since this tune swaggered onto YouTube. The full video is linked below. Thanks to the lads for giving it an airing on the latest @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social youtu.be/0DH8ZfVyvsg www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Well, The Very Things GXL's ‘Mr-Arc-Eye…’ CD has been flying out, but a couple of people have said it’s not easy to find on Bandcamp. The link is below in the comments – just scroll down the page past the digital and the vinyl editions and… there it is. theverythings.bandcamp.com/album/mr-arc... 100 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 25/08/2026News just in...'The Cravats - The Complete Peel Sessions, is pressed as a double album in a new gatefold sleeve (designed by the esteemed Cravat - Robin Dallaway) and pressed on clear smoke vinyl, limited to only 150 numbered copies' bit.ly/4qDg4sy 'A STUNNER. OUT NOVEMBER 2026.... PRE ORDER NOW'bit.lyThe Cravats - The Complete Peel SesionsPRE SALE - NOVEMBER RELEASE Originally released on Overground in 2021... these classic 4 peel sessions are re released on double clear vinyl with black smoke in a Rob Dallaway designed gatefold sle... 011 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 21/08/20261986 was all about ‘Motortown’ for The Very Things. We recorded the demo of ‘This is Motortown’ in December ’85, and finished mixing on New Year’s Day '86. We were very excited about it, but because we went on to re-record, it’s lain unheard since then. Here's an audio clip... #indiemusic #postpunk 000 0
Reposted by @robdallaway.bsky.socialSilverlake @silverlakemusic.bsky.social · 17/08/2026This Saturday 22nd August we'll be taking part in Malvern Rocks, playing at The Morgan at 7.55pm. Come and say hello! 013 0
Reposted by @robdallaway.bsky.socialtheverythings.bsky.social @theverythings.bsky.social · 12/08/2026You asked for it! And thanks for doing so. In response to your requests we’ve released a CD edition of the ‘Mr. Arc-Eye…’ album. And it’s a beauty! An amazing Deluxe Digipak, with a splendid 8-page booklet, available at Bandcamp. Bring your motor's CD player to life! Huzzah! 101 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 12/08/2026You asked for it! And thanks for doing so. In response to your requests we’ve released a CD edition of TVT GXL's ‘Mr. Arc-Eye…’ album. And it’s a beauty! An amazing Deluxe Digipak, with a splendid 8-page booklet, available at Bandcamp. Bring your motor's CD player to life! Huzzah! 100 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Here’s my drawing of ‘the road curved but I didn’t’ made while recording ‘We’re Working On It’. You can hear the track on the latest @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social along with… A FIGHT! Shocking details below... 110 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 29/07/2026If you regretted not getting one at the event, we have left just a few high-quality digital art-print posters celebrating The Very Things GXL first gig in 40 years at Castle & Falcon (details below) theverythings.bandcamp.com/merch/digita... 110 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Us, working on The Very Things GXL 'Ghost Pool' video – vibrations, flickering lights, phantoms – landing this Autumn. And we’re delighted to slip into the @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social ‘Ghost Hour’, where ‘Ghost Pool’ and ‘There’s A Ghost In My House’ both feature. www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... 010 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 16/07/2026On the second anniversary of its improbable escape - and on the brink of its CD reincarnation - The Very Things GXL's ‘Mr Arc‑Eye (under a cellophane sky)’ shimmies back into the ether on the latest @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... 110 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Recently dug up from the archives (or a big cardboard box under the bed) is this beauty, a splendid poster for The Very Things at ‘Heretics’ in Brighton. Anyone recall spending their £1.50 to see us on a Thursday night in the Eighties? Thanks to The Shend’s marvellous excavation work. 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 06/07/2026‘We’re on the express elevator to hell… going down!’ Top intro by the lads to our version of the R. Dean Taylor classic, ‘There’s A Ghost In My House’, from our ‘Motortown’ album… all on the latest @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social Thanks to Freddie & Charlie. www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... #postpunk 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Oooo, it’s coming soon! The deluxe digipak CD edition of The Very Things GXL ‘Mr. Arc-Eye…’ album, featuring '76 Trombone Street', track now spinning on the latest @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social Big thanks to broadcasting arbiters of taste, Freddie & Charlie. www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Whoop whoop! Bloody huge thanks to the excellent Chris Hawkins for spinning 'The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes' this afternoon on 6Music, whilst he's standing in for Craig Charles. Thanks mate. Rob. @chrishawkinsdj.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukCraig Charles - Chris Hawkins sits in... with Names In Songs! - BBC SoundsChris Hawkins sits in, with what some people have called "the greatest feature in radio". 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Now we know how it feels to be the subject of a quiz question. Quite surreal. Thanks to Mr. Whendle… Would you have remembered the year? @whendle.net www.whendle.net 011 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 17/06/2026NOT HAPPY WITH BEING 'TOPTRUMPED' by 5-star reviews, @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social has devised its own review system and has consequently awarded The Very Things GXL a 6-star (out of 6) review for the recent gig AND pumped out ‘Ghost Pool’ on the latest show. Thanks lads. www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... 010 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 12/06/2026'THE ALBUM’S TITLE TRACK ‘MR. ARC-EYE’ IS A LIVE STUNNER!' Just when we’d started to wonder whether it really happened, there’s a fabulous review of The Very Things GXL Castle & Falcon gig @livewiremusic by Richard Davies to remind us of an amazing night. www.livewiremusic.org/home/thevery... 000 0
Reposted by @robdallaway.bsky.socialSilverlake @silverlakemusic.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Ms. Parker will see you now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ikm...youtube.comSilverlake – Mercury SoulYouTube video by Silverlake 021 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 09/06/2026‘IT WAS A TRIUMPH!’ So says Freddie @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social Thanks to the lads for the splendid review of The Very Things GXL gig in Brum and for spinning ‘Ghost Pool’ and ‘Time Is Not On My Side’ on the latest show. IT’S TOP RADIOPHONIC ENTERTAINMENT. www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 06/06/2026***** WHAT A BLOODY MARVELLOUS SURPRISE! Well, it’s not every day that you get a five-star gig review… A great big THANK YOU to Guy Oddy at The Arts Desk. theartsdesk.com/new-music/ve... @theartsdesk.bsky.social Photo by Joel Hicks 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 03/06/2026BLIMEY, WHAT A NIGHT! Thank you for all your brilliant feedback about The Very Things GXL gig in Brum at The Castle & Falcon on Sunday, can’t tell you how amazing it felt to be on the receiving end of so much love for our songs new and old. Just… overwhelming. Photo by Richard Davies. 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 03/06/2026'DRIVER’ is rumbling out from the latest @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social with a review of last Sunday’s gig in Brum coming on tonight’s show, says Freddie. Bloody marvellous, thanks lads. www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... #livemusicbirmingham #indiemusic #postpunk 010 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Merch desk is officially prepped and ready for tomorrow! 📷📷 If you’re heading down to The Castle & Falcon in Birmingham, make sure to come say hello and check out the desk. Doors open at 7:00 PM. See you there! 📷📷 #TheVeryThings #livemusicbirmingham #CastleAndFalcon 010 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 25/05/2026JUST A WEEK TO GO until we’re back onstage for the first time in 40 years. A big thank you to Mark Hogan and @slapmaguk Magazine for the splendid preview… slapmag.co.uk/gig-preview-... #gigsinbirmingham #livemusic #postpunkslapmag.co.ukGig Preview: The Very Things, Birmingham - SLAP MagFour decades on, The Very Things return to the stage. Re-emerging in 2026 under the banner of The Very Things GXL 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 20/05/2026TOP OF THE SHOW @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social it’s The Very Things' ‘The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes’, title track of our hit indie album from 1984, clanging over the airwaves. Thanks lads! Marvellous to hear you’re coming to the gig in Brum – see you there! www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Ha! Me wailing on The Cravats 'Precinct single about a million years ago. www.instagram.com/p/DXrR9AdqLsW/ 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 15/05/2026The Spinning Man No. 778 is BLLLLISSTERING! Splendid tracks include D-Cell Games’ ‘Proper Rhythm’ and Omniwhores’ ‘Carcass’. BIGGEST THANKS to Shend for spinning The Very Things GXL’s 'Titanic Suit’ and his lovely chat about our forthcoming gig in Brum. www.podomatic.com/podcasts/the...podomatic.comThe Spinning Man No. 778| 1. | D-Cell Games, | Proper Rhythm | 2. | These New South Whales, | Cholesterol Heart (God Bless Ya) | 3. | Omniwhores, | Carcass | 4. | The Pattern, | Unnatural Silence | 5. | The Martells, | Time ... 010 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 11/05/2026We worked on the The Very Things' ‘Motortown’ album during much of 1986. It included our version of ‘There’s A Ghost In My House’, which is now spinning on @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social thanks to the fab Freddie & Charlie. www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... 010 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 06/05/2026STANDBY FOR ACTION! Coming soon – The Very Things GXL ‘Ghost Pool’ single and video. Here’s a snapshot from the video shoot, with Svor Naan looking a bit deranged. And the track is on the latest @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social thanks to Freddie & Charlie. www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... #livemusic 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I had the disturbing, exciting 1953 biopic 'Houdini' in mind when finding seance samples for The Very Things' ‘I Said Yeah’. The film's final 10 minutes are on YouTube. The tune is now on the latest @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social. Thanks lads. www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... youtu.be/YS4Y-Ffuo14?... 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 15/04/2026LAUNCH ANGELS 1, 2 AND 3. SPECTRUM IS GREEN. ESCORT THE VERY THINGS GXL. Hear those beautiful jets wailing at the end of ‘Hop On Pop’, now spinning on @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social Big thanks to Freddie & Charlie. www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... #postpunk #indiemusic #altrock #livemusic 020 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 10/04/2026OUR FIRST GIG FOR 40 YEARS NOW ON THE HORIZON! What do you want to hear? Tickets from Skiddle or Seetickets #postpunk #indiemusic #alternativerock #livemusic #birminghamgigs 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 31/03/2026SHOULD WE PLAY ’76 TROMBONE STREET’ AT THE VERY THINGS SPECIAL BIRMINGHAM GIG IN MAY? In the meantime, it’s on the latest @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social with favourites Wall Of Voodoo’s ‘Tomorrow’ and Devo’s ‘Gates Of Steel’. All on Freddie & Charlie’s ENORMOUS playlist. www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 20/03/2026The universe is speaking to us! In advance of a forthcoming live appearance by The Very Things GXL, an excellent episode of 'In Our Time' – 'Dadaism' – appears on the radio. Big ideas for us. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #livemusic #dada #postpunk 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 18/03/2026DOING THE DOUBLE! BLOODY MARVELLOUS TO HEAR A CRACKING PAIRING – The Very Things' 'The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes’ + ’Titanic Suit’ + a classic John Collier ad, all on the latest @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social . BROADCASTING AT ITS FINEST from Freddie & Charlie. www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... 001 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 11/03/2026GLORIOUSLY SANDWICHED between The Beatles’ ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ and The Supremes ‘Automatically Sunshine’, it’s The Very Things GXL’s ‘I Said Yeah’ on the latest @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social , thank you sirs and a tip of the hat to the marvellous Freddie & Charlie. www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 03/03/2026MINGLE WITH THE STARS! The lovely Freddie & Charlie @PMMusicCafe are rumoured to be attending The Very Things GXL forthcoming gig in Motortown. Bloody marvellous to hear ‘Ghost Pool’, from the ‘Mr. Arc-Eye…’ album on the latest show. www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... #livemusicmixcloud.comThe PM Music Cafe with Freddie & Charlie 25/02/26An indie and alternative show with Freddie & Charlie playing great music with loads of entertainment 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Mick Mercer’s ‘Panache’ has published ‘ON THIS DAY IN 1984 – THE VERY THINGS’ with some fabulous pics of us, alongside splendid words about current GXL work & forthcoming gig in Birmingham. open.substack.com/pub/mickmerc... #livemusicopen.substack.comON THIS DAY ... in 1984 - THE VERY THINGS35 posed photos from a 1984 ZigZag magazine interview 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 26/02/2026‘FLIPPIN’ HECK… GO ALONG AND WATCH THE VERY THINGS GXL BEING MAGNIFICENT ON STAGE’…. Big thanks to @The_Shend for airing ‘Driver’ and some splendid words about the forthcoming gig in Brum. It’s on the always wonderful The Spinning Man Radio Show. www.totallyradio.com/shows/the-sp... 000 0
robdallaway.bsky.social @robdallaway.bsky.social · 24/02/2026TRAILING THE VERY THINGS GXL FORTHCOMING GIG IN BRUM with a spin of ‘Driver’, lead single from the ‘Mr. Arc-Eye…’ album, it’s another SPARKLING show from @pmmusiccafe.bsky.social , featuring favourites: John Foxx’s ‘No-One Driving’ and Wet Leg’s ‘Wet Dream’. HUZZAH! www.mixcloud.com/radiopluscov... 010 0
