This week, we’re looking at XTC’s ninth studio album, which would help usher in a beloved, new era for a band on the brink of implosion or worse, total irrelevance. As Partridge and his ...

The music, however, only improved. With versatile guitarist Dave Gregory, XTC continued as a studio project, crafting better and more intricate albums with each passing release. Their studio rat ...

By late 1982, Partridge announced that XTC would become a studio-only entity. “It’s a long time down the track now to remember it,” Chambers said of those troubled times, “but we had ...

DETAILS: Singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff is an if-you-know-you-know gem. Had a hit in 1982 with “Personally” and has written ...

Colin Moulding, Terry Chambers, Dave Gregory and Andy Partridge of XTC on 11/22/80 in Chicago, Il (CREDIT: Paul Natkin/WireImage) XTC have spoken about the possibility of reuniting the band at ...

With “Respectable Street,” like all great XTC songs, the balance is pure ... We took an instrumental mix of the track, went in the studio, redid the vocal with “cleaned-up” phrases.

New Atmos And 5.1 Surround Mixes Reinvent XTC’s Smash 1986 hit Skylarking and 1984’s The Big Express. In 2016, a wonderful CD+Blu-ray release celebrated XTC’s 1986 masterpiece, Skylarking, with a lush ...

Recently, while reflecting on how nice a Kate Bush-style viral comeback would be, XTC’s Andy Partridge said he no longer writes new songs and is “waiting for my music mojo to return ...

XTC co-founder Andy Partridge looked back at the moment he knew he played his final show and said, “My dream had died.” The British new wave band was just about to start a North American ...